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| | Scotsman.com News - Shadow minister sacked over racist joke (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) |
 | | The Conservative leader offered Mrs Winterton, his shadow agriculture spokeswoman, the choice of resigning, but she claimed her unreserved apology was sufficient. |
 | | On Friday night, Mrs Winterton had told guests at the Congleton Rugby Club dinner, in her Cheshire constituency, a "joke" about an Englishman throwing a Pakistani out of a railway carriage as they were "ten a penny" in this country. |
 | | Mrs Winterton, the wife of fellow Tory MP Nicholas Winterton, made her remarks the day after the BNP won three council seats in Burnley, only 30 miles from Congleton. |
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