Editing Diane Abbott (section)

=== Frank Hester ===
On 11 March 2024, ''The Guardian'' alleged that businessman and [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] donor [[Frank Hester]] had said in 2019 that Abbott made him "want to hate all black women" and that "she should be shot".<ref name=Zeffman>{{cite web |last1=Zeffman |first1=Henry |last2=Rhoden-Paul |first2=Andre |title=Diane Abbott row: Tory minister says they'd take more cash from donor Frank Hester |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-68552407 |website=BBC |access-date=13 March 2024 |date=13 March 2024}}</ref> Hester apologised to Abbott on [[Twitter|X]] (previously Twitter) after the allegations were published, stating that his comments were "rude" and had "nothing to do with her gender nor colour of skin". The comments led to Labour and the [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]] calling on the Conservative Party to return Hester's £10 million donation.<ref name=":5" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Major Tory donor Frank Hester apologises to Diane Abbott over 'reprehensible' and 'revolting' comments |url=https://news.sky.com/story/major-tory-donor-frank-hester-apologises-to-diane-abbott-over-reprehensible-and-revolting-comments-13092903|date=11 March 2024 |access-date=14 March 2024 |work=Sky News}}</ref> Abbott described Hester's remarks as "frightening" and reported Hester to the [[Metropolitan Police]]'s parliamentary liaison and investigations team.<ref name=Zeffman/><ref>{{cite web |last1=White |first1=Nadine|author-link=Nadine White |last2=Mitchell |first2=Archie |last3=Gregory |first3=Andy |title=Diane Abbott reports Tory donor to Met Police over 'should be shot' comments |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/diane-abbott-frank-hester-met-police-tory-b2511427.html |website=The Independent |access-date=13 March 2024 |language=en |date=12 March 2024}}</ref>

On 13 March 2024, Abbott criticised the [[Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom)|Speaker]] of the House of Commons ([[Lindsay Hoyle|Sir Lindsay Hoyle]]) after he failed to call on her to speak during [[Prime Minister's Questions]], which was dominated by the "race row" surrounding her. It was reported that Abbott stood up 46 times in 35 minutes to try to have her say, without success. She later criticised the Speaker, saying: "I don't know whose interests the Speaker thinks he is serving. But it is not the interests of the Commons or democracy."<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |title=Diane Abbott slams Speaker for not calling her to talk on race row despite standing up over 40 times |url=https://news.sky.com/story/diane-abbott-criticises-speaker-for-not-calling-her-to-speak-during-pmqs-dominated-by-tory-donor-row-13094018|first=Alexandra|last=Rogers|date=14 March 2024 |access-date=14 March 2024 |website=Sky News |language=en}}</ref>