Problematic
Officials face PR problems with alleged racist comments and publicly funded "pornography"
Officials face PR problems with alleged racist comments and publicly funded "pornography". The Podlitical team sit down to discuss the week's news, including a row in Westminster into alleged comments made by Tory donor Frank Hester about MP Diane Abbott which politicians and public figures have called racist, with pressure mounting on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to return the 拢10m donation. In Holyrood, public arts body the National Lottery Open Fund faces criticism as Scottish culture secretary Angus Robertson says an arts project involving "hardcore" sex performances which received 拢100k should have "in no way" been given public funding.
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Podlitical
Politics chat with the latest goings on at Holyrood and Westminster.