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Political wives - bitchy article by Edwina Currie

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Riverwalk Thu 25-Feb-16 11:50:37

Currie thinks that Marina Wheeler and Sara Vine should stand for election or be like Samantha Cameron and keep quiet and not voice any political opinions.

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I don't think Wheeler and Vine have overstepped the boundaries - surely wives of politicians can make their feelings known without being accused of stepping in to the political arena?

GillT57 Thu 25-Feb-16 12:04:42

As someone who slept with another woman's husband, E Currie needs to keep her nasty comments and stupid opinions to herself. She is vile.

Anniebach Thu 25-Feb-16 12:11:55

Edwina accused Sarah Parkinson of ruining the career of Cecil Parkinson because she had his baby !

gillybob Thu 25-Feb-16 12:42:12

On this occasion perhaps she is right.

Not about Sara Keays though. I assume that's who you meant Anniebach?

Perhaps Cecil should have kept it in his trousers !

Anniebach Thu 25-Feb-16 12:48:13

Yes , I meant Sarah Keays , seems she got herself pregnant , very 1950's

Marmight Thu 25-Feb-16 12:49:15

AB She was Sara Keays not Parkinson, although she would liked to have been Parkinson!

Marmight Thu 25-Feb-16 12:50:05

Oops, took so long to download that we have x'd!

Welshwife Thu 25-Feb-16 13:30:43

I think it was much later than the 50s Annie it was during Maggies time as he was in her cabinet I think.

Anniebach Thu 25-Feb-16 13:34:42

Yes Welshwife it was during Thatchers years, my reference to the 1950's was the way unmarried mothers were dismissed then, one heard so often - she got herself pregnant or she has got herself into trouble

gillybob Thu 25-Feb-16 13:46:34

That's how I understood you to mean it Anniebach grin

Anniebach Thu 25-Feb-16 14:04:26

Gillybob, little has changed really grin the little woman and the ambitious breadwinner / protector

jinglbellsfrocks Thu 25-Feb-16 14:08:43

I don't think the article is bitchy. Only the bit where she describes Nick Clegg as "poor, dull Nick Clegg". For the rest, she has a point.

Eloethan Thu 25-Feb-16 17:48:49

I think it's a stupid article. Using that rationale, anyone who isn't an MP or doesn't plan to become one should not express an opinion. That would make BBC's Question Time even more dull than it already is.

I don't value Edwina Currie's opinions anyway. Since the time when, out of a fit of pique, she decided to announce she'd previously had an affair with Major, I think she has become increasingly nasty, particularly towards women.

Jayh Thu 25-Feb-16 18:06:30

A very stupid article indeed.It is bitchy, mean spirited and I am astonished by Currie's arrogance. What makes her think she can tell other women how to behave and what choices to make?

Iam64 Thu 25-Feb-16 20:36:36

Jayh, I suspect the answer to your question as to what makes Edwina think she can tell other woman how to behave and what choices to make is answered in your 1st sentence when you described her as arrogant.
She's a loathsome, opinionated, narcisistic individual who only really cares about herself. (that's my considered, balanced and imo fair opinion)

Elrel Fri 26-Feb-16 01:19:05

Edwina doesn't mention Norma Major when pontificating about the wives of philandering politicians. Wise of her!

GillT57 Sat 27-Feb-16 12:09:03

Edwina Currie is an embittered woman and nasty individual. Her comments regarding people who go to Food Banks and Currie's opinions on the girl called Jack who wrote a blog about feeding her and her son on £10 per week are breathtaking in their sheer nastiness and vitriol. She was seen picking through the donations at the food banks, picking up bags of pasta and noodles and sneering about the poor quality. Little understanding of the fact that when you have only got a couple of pounds left on your electric card you can't afford anything better than a quick boil pasta. It says it all that she is shunned by the Tories, even they think she is beyond belief in her ignorance. You may have noticed that I dont like Edwina Currie....blush

annodomini Sat 27-Feb-16 12:35:31

Makes you wonder what John Major saw in her, doesn't it? Or any other man, for that matter.