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Tories accept another £5 million from ‘racist’ donor Frank Hester
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THE Tories have accepted another £5 million from Frank Hester, the disgraced health tycoon who reportedly said Diane Abbott “should be shot.”

His software firm, the Phoenix Partnership, made the payment in January, Electoral Commission data released today revealed.

It brings the total from the party’s biggest donor to £15m.

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