Minister says Tories would be willing to accept more cash from Hester as ‘we don’t think he’s a racist’ – UK politics live

Minister: returning Hester donations ‘not right thing to do’

Sammy Gecsoyler

Good morning. Sammy Gecsoyler on the blog here until 10am GMT.

The fallout from comments made by top Tory donor Frank Hester, who said looking at Diane Abbott makes you “want to hate all black women” and said the MP “should be shot”, continues.

On Tuesday night, No 10 called the comments “racist and wrong” after mounting pressure. Earlier in the day,…