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Frank Hester: Tory Northern diamond

Frank Hester: Tory Northern diamond

The Slow Newscast • S1, Episode 261

Frank Hester: Tory Northern diamond

Frank Hester has given the largest donations to the Conservative party in history. Even with the party's popularity at rock bottom with the public, on the cusp of potentially entering a period in opposition, Frank Hester has continued to prove a lucrative donor to the party. How is it that the Conservative party has come to be so reliant on the money of one man?

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