He later apologised for what he called rude comments. Plenty of people saw the remarks straightaway as racist but it took an age in political terms for rishi sunak to agree. At a rally on friday night in hackney, diane abbott told the crowd to stand firm against racism. This is about the way that black women are disrespected. Decade upon decade. The conservative Cabinet Minister and transport secretary, mark harper, spoke to laura kuennsberg, on her sunday morning programme, she asked him Whether Frank Hester s comments were racist. Did you think these comments were racist . Yes, look, the Prime Minister made it very clear at Prime Ministers questions on wednesday that they were racist. It took him some time to do that. Did you think straight they were racist . You said it took an age in political terms but it didnt take long at all, the Prime Minister said it on wednesday and his spokesperson was clear the day before that they were racist comments and unacceptable. And frank hester ap
Picking up and bringing showers later in the far north. For england and wales, still some rain and drizzle and low cloud around some Western Hills and coast but further east, not a great deal of sunshine him want to hate All Black Women. What took them so long . Number tens change in tone and language came three hours after business secretary Kemi Badenoch said frank hester s comments were racist and there was a Space For Forgiveness. Well talk live to the woman who co founded conservatives against racism and a former candidate who says most black people think hes a race traitor to be a tory. Also tonight a warning that the increasing privatisation of nhs eye care could see it go the same way as Nhs Dentistry, with minimal Public Access to treatment. They say, were not going to do nhs cataracts, are losing money on them, people pay two go private or we have a loss of provision and thats really the end of the nhs. Plus a conversation between this conservative mp and the close friend who
And well get the global picture with the woman whos literally written the book on the guidelines to Mental Health at work thats dr aiysha malik from the World Health Organization. And shes a pioneer of wellbeing at work, driving the issue to the top tables of Corporate Power for nearly a decade. Jen fisher of deloitte tells us the perils, the pitfalls and the potential of tackling these conditions at the highest ranks of Corporate Power. Wherever yourejoining me from around the world, once again, a big hello and a warm welcome to the show. Lost working days to anxiety and depression is costing the Global Economy some 1 trillion a year. Thats according to the World Health Organization. Lots of people dont want to struggle out of bed on a Monday Morning or have a problem with their team at work. But in the last few years, the global covid pandemic may have made our Mental Health worse. In fact, there was a 25 increase in cases of depression and anxiety in the first year of the pandemic.