Senior Tory says donor’s ‘horrific’ comment that Diane Abbott should be shot unlikely to be investigated by new taskforce
Michael Gove has said remarks made by the Conservative party’s largest donor were “horrific” but were unlikely to be referred to the government’s new extremism taskforce.
The communities secretary said Frank Hester’s comments about the veteran MP Diane Abbott were “racist”, but that he “wouldn’t want to conflate” an individual set of remarks with an extremist ideology.
