quando un deputato fa una gaffe inaccettabile sanno come comportarsi. da noi Berlusconi avrebbe accusato i giornalisti di essere comunisti.

Tories disown cockler joke MP


Ann Winterton has refused to apologise for her cockler joke
Tory leader Michael Howard has expelled an MP from the parliamentary party for failing to apologise for a joke about the deaths of 20 Chinese cocklers.
Ann Winterton, 63, the MP for Congleton in Cheshire, had the party whip withdrawn over remarks made during an after-dinner speech.

Mr Howard called them and her refusal to say sorry "completely unacceptable".

Twenty migrants died after being caught by a rising tide at Morecambe Bay in Lancashire earlier this month.

'Completely unacceptable'

Two years ago Mrs Winterton was sacked as shadow cabinet spokeswoman for agriculture for making a racist joke at a rugby club dinner.

Such sentiments have no place in the Conservative Party

Michael Howard
Conservative Party Leader