Edwina Currie accused of patronising Paralympians
Former health minister draws condemnation after tweet describing Italian team as 'gorgeous even in wheelchairs'Former health minister Edwina Currie was forced to defend herself against accusations she...
View ArticleEdwina Currie's September 2012 diaries a sneak preview
Enjoying the ex-MP's 'shameless, unflinchingly blunt' diaries? Here's what she might say about this monthThe Daily Mail has been serialising extracts from Edwina Currie's 1992-97 diaries ("shameless,...
View ArticleEdwina Currie voices regrets over Jimmy Savile after inquiry criticism
Former health minister 'disgusted' by Savile revelations, after inquiry finds she rubber-stamped decision on Broadmoor roleThe former health minister Edwina Currie has said she regrets ever setting...
View ArticleJimmy Savile: detailed investigation reveals reign of abuse across NHS
Edwina Currie voices regret as report reveals sexual predator's activities at 28 hospital trustsThe minister in charge when Jimmy Savile was appointed to work at Broadmoor psychiatric hospital said she...
View ArticleRow as horsemeat file shelved
Publication of inquiry into 2013 food fraud delayed after national salmonella outbreak and reports of contaminated chickenThe official report into the causes of the horsemeat scandal has been shelved...
View ArticleEdwina Currie’s cleavage tweet was classic fake feminism | Barbara Ellen
Edwina Currie’s comment on Theresa May’s outfit was sexism, not solidarityWell done to Edwina Currie for hijacking the budget coverage by drawing attention to another woman’s breasts. Responding to a...
View ArticleEdwina Currie's September 2012 diaries – a sneak preview
Enjoying the ex-MP's 'shameless, unflinchingly blunt' diaries? Here's what she might say about this monthThe Daily Mail has been serialising extracts from Edwina Currie's 1992-97 diaries ("shameless,...
View ArticleEdwina Currie: ‘The love of my life? Most people who know me would say it’s me’
The former Tory MP and junior health minister on her most unappealing habit and why she never has to buy her own drinks when in BrightonBorn in Liverpool, Edwina Currie, 70, won a scholarship to Oxford...
View ArticleEgg safety – we've cracked it, food watchdog tells Britons
Pregnant women, infants and elderly people told it is now safe for them to eat runny or even raw British eggsPregnant women, babies and elderly people can now safely eat runny or even raw eggs under...
View ArticleThe joy of eggs – how 'nature's multivitamin' shook off the scare stories
Decades of dud healthy-eating guidance sent the humble egg into nutritional exile. But with new advice about runny yolks suggesting that salmonella in raw eggs is a thing of the past, it’s time to lick...
View Article‘Historians’ like Jacob Rees-Mogg only have one character in mind: themselves...
Rees-Mogg and Boris Johnson are among the latest politician ‘authors’ who mangle history to flatter their own careers“History will be kind to me, for I intend to write it,” Winston Churchill is widely,...
View Article'Thatcher loved it': Spitting Image victims on being lampooned
As the satirical puppets return, Edwina Currie, Neil Kinnock and Ken Livingstone discuss their portrayal in the originalThe junior health minister in Margaret Thatcher’s government was portrayed as a...
View ArticleEdwina Currie: My family values
The writer and former minister talks about her familyMy grandfather was a classic pater familias– tough, strong, very loving. He came to the UK aged 16 from Poland. He presided over Sabbath dinners and...
View ArticleOona King, Tessa Jowell, Angela Eagle and others on sexism in Westminster
The Rennard allegations have put Westminster's sexual politics in the spotlight. So how bad is it? Women who know tell of boozy conferences, wandering hands and the obstacles to complainingFormer...
View ArticleEdwina Currie urges protesters not to disrupt Margaret Thatcher's funeral -...
Edwina Currie calls on protesters not to disrupt the funeral of Margaret Thatcher. The former Conservative health minister says while demonstrators are free to protest, they should try to understand...
View ArticleMail on Sunday's mysterious story of Downing Street love affair
The Mail on Sunday has published one of the most intriguing of splashes. On a day when the news agenda has been dominated by cash-for-questions newspaper stings (in The Sunday Telegraph and Sunday...
View ArticleMPs pay: how much are they worth?
MPs may be about to get a salary increase. Next week the parliamentary spending watchdog is expected to recommend a £10,000 rise, to £75,000. We ask them if they're worth itWe're all facing hard times....
View ArticleJohn Major: return of the self-made Tory | Andrew Gimson
The ex-prime minister has hit the headlines with fine speeches excoriating the current party leadership. His rehabilitation seems secured, so will his call for a more inclusive party succeed?For every...
View ArticleJack Monroe: 'It's time to focus on the real Benefits Street' | Jack Monroe
Poor people with TVs and tattoos inspire more anger than MPs with duck houses and moats. But in Westminster the perks of the job, often termed 'benefits', are funded by the taxpayerWhenever the debate...
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