Minister says he would accept another £10m donation from Frank HesterSource: BBC Breakfast
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00:00 I think a lot of people watching this programme have been deeply shocked by this story over the last 36 hours now.
00:06 And for them, it is a big issue because it tells them a lot about the government and what the government thinks and how it operates and about community cohesion.
00:14 And they've been really disturbed by this and they would like you to give the money back.
00:18 I mean, if Mr Hester today said, I'd like to give you another 10 million pounds, would you take it?
00:25 Well, on the basis that we don't believe Mr Hester is a racist, yes.
00:28 But I've got to say, all these people I spoke to yesterday, I spoke to members of the public and postmasters and many other people,
00:34 nobody mentioned this story to me in terms of the context of what we're trying to do, which is overturn convictions and pay people compensation.
00:40 That's what I'm really focused on. And I think quite rightly so.
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