Hour. Newsroom. Your top story this hour. A newsroom. Your top story this hour. A spokesman for the Prime Minister has said comments allegedly made by a tory donor about diane abbott were racist and wrong, but he was greatly to apologise for causing offence. It comes as the police are understood to have been contacted over the Frank Hesters alleged remarks. The conservative partys biggest donor reportedly said miss abbott made him want to hate all black women and she should be shot. Mr hs2 has now apologised and says he abhors racism. Miss abbott, whos now an independent mp, described the comments as frightening and worrying. Lee frightening and worrying. Lee anderson made his first appearance in the commons this afternoon since defecting to reform uk. He took his seat on the opposition benches next to george galloway. Mr anderson was stripped of the conservative whip last month after refusing to apologise for saying islamists had got control of the london mayor children in england who
Change . You tell me and get this the media democracy festival takes place this weekend. Sounds fabulous. What, though, is their first item of discussion . Any guesses how to solve a problem like gb news . A look at here. Conspiracy and bias. Well, look at that. Yes, indeed. Thats all at that. Yes, indeed. Thats all to come over the next hour. Richard tice Angela Phillips keeping me company. But before we get stuck in, lets cross live for tonights latest news headunes. Headlines. Im sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom. Your top story. Kemi badenoch has become the first government minister to say francescas remarks about diane abbott were racist. She welcomed mr hesters apology, but said its Never Acceptable to conflate someones views with the colour of their skin. Its after the conservative partys biggest donor reportedly said miss abbott made him want to hate all black women and she should be shot. Mr hester has now apologised and says he abhors racism. Miss abbott, abhors racism. Miss
Worrying. Meanwhile, shadow paymaster general Jonathan Ashworth says its staggering that rishi sunak has taken so long to recognise the comments as racist. Theyre absolutely reprehensible comments. Rishi sunak should now apologise to diane abbott and the £10 million the tory party have taken from this individual. Rishi sunak this individual. Rishi sunak should order that money to be paid back if these comments are racist, as they are, if they recognise these comments are wrong, they should pay the money back. In other news, children in england who identify as trans will no longer be prescribed puberty blockers. The government said it welcomed the landmark decision, which they say is in the best interests of children. Puberty blockers, which pause physical changes in young people, will now only be available to children as part of Clinical Research trials and social Media Influencer andrew tate insisted that hes innocent of the charges laid against him as he was released from Police Cus
Johnson could be deployed to the red wall to campaign for the tories in the next general election. Well be hearing from voters in a tory stronghold and what they think about his potential return. And later in the show, andrea jenkyns, who says this is all absolute codswallop. Thats all coming up in your next hour. Welcome to the show. So yesterday, lee anderson defects to reform, sensationally sending seismic ripples through the tory party today. Oh, call me a cynic. Bofis today. Oh, call me a cynic. Boris johnson is being deployed to the red wall to try and save the conservatives faith. This feels to me like the classic dead cat story. Nothing to see here. Say cc hq , all is fine. Here. Say cc hq, all is fine. Bofis here. Say cc hq, all is fine. Boris will ride in on his white horse with his scruffy hair and save the day, but does the idea have any merit . Would it convince you to stick with the tories after that brexit revolt in 2019, or is it simply curtains for the conservatives
Has had more than seventy five thousand people arrested under suspicion of supporting terrorism well the government says the raids are a matter of National Security but critics say theyre designed to silence dissidents and its not only men and women who are imprisoned small children are also living behind bars in the town of gap so kurdish activists goodness down at baba is in prison with her son murad it is overcrowded and ill equipped to house children arises only contact with the outside world is on weekends with his father who worries about the impact life behind bars is having on his son. Saturdays the day the fathers pick up their children at the gates of the gibbs a prison the little ones can spend a day or two in freedom. As acrobat takes his two year old son miras home every weekend the toddler is already gotten used to leaving his mother behind. The other for a kurds miras his mother has been active for an Opposition Party with links to the kurds that was enough to get her a