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By Andy Silvester Distracted as they are from governing, the Conservatives have got themselves into yet another unholy mess over their now “controversial” donor Frank Hester. A story that should have been over in the space of a news cycle has now dragged on for days thanks to a strange combination of bad media management and an unwillingness to bend to reality. All that said, we are now very much in the silly season part of this row. The Tories are being asked to hand back the cash – and slammed for not doing so. Now, Hester’s racist comments do him little credit, but it is absurd to suggest t…

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