I'm often silly and stupid but I try to be honest, even with myself. It seems obvious that in a population of around 70M many are going to have views that involve protected characteristics and that ther will be many in positions of influence. We have two people in this case doing this now. Party...
The Diane abbot who has her own racism problem. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-65365978
These people, Abbot and tory donor, suck the life out of meaningful politics. I kind of agree with you though.
I think the bigger question here is how political parties are funded and what influence that gives. Did anyone know how much this man was giving the conservatives before this or had heard of him? He's a silly man who said a silly thing about a silly woman. If he hadn't said this would anyone...
Maybe if he had said black haired women there wouldn't have been a problem. If you listen to R4 Womens Hour, they often refer to black women or women of colour, usually to say how they have to work twice as hard. A silly thing to say but not really an incitement, didn't we have a song about...