Anneliese Dodds responds to Scottish Tories comments on Frank Hester donations

Responding to the Scottish Tories saying that the UK Conservatives should repay money donated by Frank Hester, Anneliese Dodds, Labour Party Chair, said:

"The Scottish Tories are saying what we all know: accepting tens of millions of pounds from Frank Hester is wrong on every level.

"Rishi Sunak needs to extract himself from this quagmire and show that he is willing to stand up to racism within his party.

"He must pay back the money in full, cut ties with Mr Hester and apologise unequivocally to Diane Abbott."

ENDS

Notes to editors:

Scottish Conservative spokesperson responding to Hester: “These comments were racist and wrong. The Scottish Conservative Party has never accepted a donation from Frank Hester and the UK Conservative Party should carefully review the donations it has received from Hester in response to his remarks.” - https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/24182312.scottish-tories-urge-uk-party-review-race-row-donation/?ref=twtrec