Winterton had the Tory whip removed by Michael Howard in 2004 after telling a shockingly offensive «joke» about
drowned cockle pickers in Morecambe Bay.
Not exact matches
Originally inspired by the death of 23 Chinese
cockle - pickers who
drowned in the high tides of Morecambe Bay, Julien's multi screen film installation explores representations of territory, migration and contemporary labour.
The original inspiration for this recently acquired, 55 - minute moving image installation was the Morecambe Bay tragedy of 2004, in which more than 20 Chinese
cockle pickers
drowned on a flooded sandbank off the coast in northwest England.
The film functions as a multiscreen elegy for 20 Chinese
cockle pickers who
drowned on the shores of England in 2004