A Dime a Dozen (10-a-penny) comment on pakis in UK
A simpleton, Ann Winterton, living in the shadows, steps on scat, performs digital, nasal and oral test on the specimen and finds it that it is really scat.
Politician sacked over racist remarks
LONDON, May 5: The leader of Britain's opposition Conservatives Iain Duncan Smith on Sunday sacked his rural affairs spokeswoman for making racist comments about Britain's Asian community, Conservative Central Office said.
Ann Winterton unreservedly apologized on Saturday for what she said was a joke made during an after-dinner speech late Friday at a rugby club in her Congleton constituency, northwest England, in which she referred to Pakistanis as being "10-a-penny" in Britain.
The comments came less than a day after the anti-immigrant British National Party (BNP) won an unprecedented three seats in local government elections, to the consternation of mainstream politicians and race-relations groups.
"Iain Duncan Smith this morning sacked Ann Winterton from the shadow cabinet over her remarks at a dinner in her constituency," a Conservative office spokesman said. "The leader took the view that what she had said was unacceptable and offensive, particularly in the light of heightened sensitivity surrounding race relations at present.
Duncan Smith promoted Winterton as his rural affairs spokeswoman after becoming party leader
last September. -AFP |
