Black Britons feel hurt by Hester attack on Diane Abbott, says ex-Tory adviser

Samuel Kasumu responds to party donor telling colleagues that looking at Abbott makes you want to hate all black women'

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Black British people feel a sense of hurt every time the veteran MP Diane Abbott is attacked, a former senior adviser to Downing Street has said.

Samuel Kasumu, who advised Boris Johnson on civil society and communities, was reacting after it emerged that the Conservatives' biggest donor had told colleagues that looking at Abbott makes you want to hate all black women" and said the MP should be shot".