Talk:Edwina Currie

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Contents 1 A Parliamentary Affair 2 Private Life 3 Edwina Currie's take on this article 4 Salmonella 5 Removed 6 Woolly hats etc. 7 Article referred to by Edwina Currie 8 Wording: Tabled amendment on legal age for homosexual sex

[edit] A Parliamentary Affair

I'm not sure about whether to add that in A Parliamentary Affair the focus is on a female MP with a teenage daughter who has an affair with her whip. By the time of the sequel that whip has become Prime Minister.

I would say no prizes for spotting the parrallels, but I haven't seen this one being raised anywhere else. Timrollpickering 14:20, 23 May 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Private Life

I haven't changed it yet, but the para on her private life is very very non-NPOV. Re: her calling Jade Goody et al "slags", yes she did have an affair with John Major, but that's hardly in the same league as going on national television, stripping off and saying "You can see my kebab!" An interesting if somewhat disturbing vision there.... Milvinder 22:51, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

Well, that's a matter of perspective. Quite a lot of people would take the view that a middle-aged married MP (and a Minister at that) who cheated on and lied to her husband is far more worthy of criticism than some young single bird who got her kit off on the telly. I know some folk have a problem with nudity, but it's hardly in the same league as adultery! 217.155.20.163 23:29, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Edwina Currie's take on this article

"It says I went to the upmarket Belvedere School alongside Derek Hatton - a bit difficult, that, since it was an all-girls school and I actually attended a State grammar school, the Liverpool Institute High School for Girls. It's wrong on other basics, such as the date I married my second husband, John Jones. [...] I blew steam, however, at the complete misrepresentation of the events surrounding the salmonella scare of 1988, which led to my resignation. [...] My appearance on TV's Hell's Kitchen was apparently 'somewhat overshadowed by rumours that she was having a transatlantic affair with actress Charlie Jubb'. Who? Never heard of her, never met her, as far as I know. I don't even think she exists. [...] So don't take this 'encyclopedia' seriously. It's less accurate than most gossip columns. If you need any information about me, go to edwina.currie.co.uk - what's there is the truth, as I wrote it myself. [1] WAS 4.250 00:11, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

Edwina doesn't like her article. That's no reason to stubify it. Remove any identified inaccuracies, sure, and tag unreferenced if you must. Rich Farmbrough, 10:07 11 March 2007 (GMT).

Interestingly Edwina Currie's website states "Edwina Currie was born in Liverpool, UK in 1946 and went to the same school as Beatles George Harrison and Sir Paul McCartney. " They attended "the Liverpool Institute for Boys" as did Derek Hatton. Edwina attended Liverpool Institute High School for Girls. Sorry she can't have it both ways in this matter. Rich Farmbrough, 10:35 11 March 2007 (GMT).

It's not wrong to describe the Liverpool Institute for Boys as the same school as the Liverpool Institue High School for Girls. Nssdfdsfds 01:23, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Salmonella

"after continually reiterating that a majority of British eggs were infected with salmonella her position came into jeopardy. The amount of eggs infected by salmonella was actually a minority^{[citation needed]}, so when Margaret Thatcher stated "I had eggs for breakfast", this forced Currie's resignation. " Removed the above as unsourced. I'm sure we all have memories of this era, but let's get some sources, folks. Rich Farmbrough, 10:16 11 March 2007 (GMT).

[edit] Removed

"The Belvedere School" Currie says she didn't go there. Rich Farmbrough, 10:38 11 March 2007 (GMT).

[edit] Woolly hats etc.

We should really have a section on Currie's famous gaffes about keeping warm. Rich Farmbrough, 11:50 11 March 2007 (GMT).

[edit] Article referred to by Edwina Currie

You may like to know this article has actually been read and commented on by Edwina Currie. Look here for the article. Eagle Owl 10:26, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wording: Tabled amendment on legal age for homosexual sex

The wording here is quite confusing. The UK and American meaning of "tabling" is quite different. In UK, it means put up for active consideration, I gather. In America, the meaning is more like removed from active consideration. I do not know the actual facts, but I assume the former meaning is intended.

Can someone that knows, fix this? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.59.135.10 (talk) 00:26, 15 November 2007 (UTC)