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Fri 03 Mar 2007Top Tory sacked for 'black bastard' remarkBRITAIN:A British Conservative front bencher was sacked yesterday after he said being called a "black bastard" was part and parcel of army life for ethnic minority soldiers.Patrick Mercer, the Tories' shadow homeland security minister and a former army colonel, also said he knew "a lot" of ethnic minority servicemen who used perceived discrimination as an excuse for poor performance.