Rishi Sunak’s refusal to give up the Frank Hester gold proves his principles have a price point | Andrew Rawnsley
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It has been such an atrocious six days for Rishi Sunak that his most lowering point was not Lee Anderson, the gargoyle the prime minister appointed as deputy Tory chair, giving him the finger by declaring that he was jumping ship to the Faragiste Reform party.
In the interim, ministers were fielded on the interview circuit to defend the risibly untenable position that the donor had not been guilty of racism, slavishly echoing Mr Hester’s own claim that he was “rude” but is not a racist.This reluctance to condemn the Tory donor followed Number 10’s refusal to agree that Lee Anderson was an Islamophobe when he was suspended for peddling the grotesque smear that the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, was controlled by Islamist “mates”. Read More..