Edwina Currie
Radio Personality, Author, and Politician
The farmer: Field of dreams...and politicians. The backlash over organic farming is one example of how politics affects farming; another was when, in 1988, Edwina Currie suggested most of Britain's egg production was infected with the salmonella bacteria. And politics has... In this article: Recession, Potato, Cake decorating, Brown bread, Country Living, and Waitrose |
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Sunday Mirror | 4 days ago
Mandy may be handy as telly pundit
...Livingstone or Alastair Campbell for the Labour side. Advertisement - article continues below » From the Tories could come Edwina Currie, Boris Johnson or Sir Nicholas Soames. The papers say new blood is needed as ex-Tory cabinet...
In this article: Peter Mandelson, Michael Portillo, Tories, Nick Robinson, Diane Abbott, and Ken Livingstone
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Telegraph.co.uk - UK news | November 05, 2009
Edwina Currie and Jo Brand tell of pampered pets for new book
British celebrities including former MP Edwina Currie, actor Nigel Havers and comedian Jo Brand have revealed all about their pampered pets for a new book. Published: 7:00AM GMT 06 Nov 2009 The stars have written a few lines each about...
In this article: Jo Brand, People's Dispensary for Sick Animals, Nigel Havers, Old English Sheepdog, Boycie, and John Challis
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BBC News | November 04, 2009
Paying the Price: Jordan effigy to be burned by bonfire society
...and fireworks display. Last year's celebrity guy depicted Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand. Other past effigies have included Cherie Blair, racing pundit John McCririck, Saddam Hussein and politicians John Prescott and Edwina Currie.
In this article: Jordan, Guy Fawkes Night, Peter Andre, Russell Brand, and Jonathan Ross
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Daily Mail | October 21, 2009
'I'm proud to be a single mother - and may even do it again,' says Edwina Currie's daughter Debbie
...espouses, the dichotomy between her lifestyle choices and her background becomes even more apparent. But then Debbie Currie, daughter of Edwina, is nothing if not unconventional. For the 34-year-old is a single mother who didn't even...
In this article: Glossop, John Major, and Homer Simpson
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Wales Online | October 13, 2009
Charity plays Brain Game to raise funds
Built around a series of quiz questions, covering everything from the arts to sport, the Brain Game will be chaired by Edwina Currie, right, with support from a range of national and local personalities. A three-course dinner follows a...
In this article: Cardiff, Cancer, Quadrant, and Marie Curie
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Telegraph.co.uk - UK news | October 13, 2009
Are you clever enough to get into Oxbridge?
...A Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen is published by Walker Books (GBP14.99) "HOW MANY GRAINS OF SAND ARE THERE IN THE WORLD? " Edwina Currie, novelist and broadcaster, who read Chemistry at Oxford If I'd been asked this at St Anne's, Oxford,...
In this article: Cambridge, Oxford, Wadham College, Oxford, Michael Rosen, Marcus du Sautoy, and WPP
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Wales Online | October 06, 2009
Marie Curie Cancer Care to stage 'Brain Game'
...companies to support the charity and prove just who has the smarter staff. The event, now in its second year, will be hosted by Edwina Currie, and is being held at the Mercure Holland House, Cardiff, on November 19 and will pitch the cream...
In this article: Marie Curie Cancer Care, Cardiff, Recession, and Marie Curie
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Independent.co.uk - UK | October 02, 2009
Norman Tebbit: 'Margaret and I both made the same mistake. We neglected to clone ourselves'
I laugh. He can be deliciously snide. When I later ask if he was gobsmacked when he heard John Major had been carrying on with Edwina Currie, he says: "I just thought it was a wonderful illustration of mutual bad taste." Still, he only has...
In this article: Norman Tebbit, David Cameron, Neil Kinnock, Geoffrey Howe, Michael Howard, and Patrick Magee
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BBC News | August 03, 2009
Web Monitor
Oh Hatty! How could you get it so wrong? And how could you so deliberately misinterpret the facts?" In the Times, Edwina Currie says Harman is talking "rabid nonsense" as someone's gender doesn't influence their ability: "Firstly, we...
In this article: Harriet Harman, Chris Brown, Democracy, Sunday Times, Daily Mail, Labour Party, and YouTube
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Times Online | May 28, 2009
Julie Kirkbride has only herself to blame, says Edwina Currie
Navigation - link to other main sections from here Julie Kirkbride has only herself to blame, says Edwina Currie Poor Julie Kirkbride! Despite her plea for working women and especially for lady MPs, she has announced her resignation from...
In this article: Julie Kirkbride, Tories, Andrew MacKay, House of Commons, and Margaret Thatcher
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Edwina Currie Jones née Cohen, (born 13 October 1946) is a former British Member of Parliament. She served from 1983 to 1997 as a Conservative Party MP, including three years as Junior Health Minister, before resigning in 1988 because of a controversy over salmonella in eggs.
- Birth Date:
- October 13, 1946
- Birthplace:
- Liverpool, England
- Political party:
- Conservative Party
- Office:
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Health
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