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Wigan owner Dave Whelan charged by FA over comments

Wigan owner Dave Whelan has been charged by the Football Association for comments made regarding Jewish and Chinese people.

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Labour: Tories should hand back Dave Whelan donations

Labour have called on the Conservatives to hand back money donated to the party by Wigan Athletic chairman Dave Whelan.

Mr Whelan has apologised over remarks he made that were widely criticised as being racist and anti-semitic.

Backbencher Karl Turner has now written to David Cameron and Tory chairman Grant Shapps about the row.

David Whelan is a significant donor to the Conservative Party, and has donated £1.5million since 2007. His most recent donation of £100,000 was received by the Conservative Party on the 2th August 2014. Given his status as a significant contributor to your re-election efforts you must now make it clear if you personally condone or condemn these comments.

I hope that you agree with me that these anti-Semitic and racist comments have no place in modern British society, and as such I hope that you also agree with me that you must now give up any money that you have received from Mr Whelan and consider which charitable groups would be better recipients of it.

– Karl Turner MP

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