For a Tory MP.
Edwina Currie reduces struggling mother to tears live on the radio by putting her debts down to living 'a very good life indeed'
Former Tory MP Edwina Currie left a struggling mother of two in tears on live radio by saying she was in debt because she had 'lived a very good life indeed'.
The author and broadcaster clashed with Hayley Sanderson after the 24-year-old mother claimed she regularly went hungry to feed her children.
Ms Sanderson, from Ilkeston, said she and her partner go without an evening meal once or twice a week to make sure there is enough food for their children, aged seven months and four.
But Oxford-educated Mrs Currie suggested the Derbyshire mother’s financial problems were down to the fact she had previously 'lived life to the full'.
'When the money was coming in - this sounds like there were two salaries coming in, and no savings, life was being lived to the full - and a very good life indeed,' said former junior health secretary Mrs Currie in a Radio 5 Live phone-in yesterday.
'But when that’s no longer the case, when there’s no longer money coming in, you have to evaluate whether you are going to be able to get back to the good life quickly or not. In which case, you are going to have to think about maybe declaring yourselves bankrupt.'
The tearful young mother, who had told Mrs Currie she had no credit cards, catalogue debts or satellite television, hit back.
'Edwina, I’ve never lived life to the full. I don’t go out every weekend. You’ve really upset me,' she said, bursting into tears.
'We don’t buy clothes on a weekly basis. We’ve never lived life to the full.
'I never said I’ve borrowed money from anywhere. I’m paying off old bills like council tax.'
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Mrs Currie, who took part in a debate on poverty at a Birmingham’s church last year, owns two dogs herself - Sheba, a six-year-old German Shepherd, and George, a five-year-old chocolate Lab.
In October, Mrs Currie showed off her luxurious home and pampered pets, revealing dark wood furniture and plush oriental rugs. Proudly displaying souvenirs from foreign holidays she gestured to her Spitting Image puppet, saying: 'When it came up for sale at Sotheby’s I couldn’t resist it – a snip at £300.'
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It is not the first time Mrs Currie, who has published ten books since working in government, has offended people living in poverty or scraping by on low incomes.
In October she told 5 Live: 'Are you telling me people in this country are going hungry? Seriously? Seriously?' and said she 'had great difficulty' believing that people in Britain went without food.
In November she slammed a campaign to encourage wealthy pensioners to give their winter fuel allowance to the Community Foundation Network to help others less able to pay their bills.
'By all means give to charity,' she wrote in The Times. 'But do not be blackmailed into giving it to this particular organisation. The CFN is a huge operation with £220m in endowments, according to its website.
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Source: Edwina Currie reduces struggling mother to tears live on the radio by putting her debts down to her living 'a very good life indeed' | Mail Online
What a fat ugly old rich Tory cow she is.
Edwina Currie reduces struggling mother to tears live on the radio by putting her debts down to living 'a very good life indeed'
Former Tory MP Edwina Currie left a struggling mother of two in tears on live radio by saying she was in debt because she had 'lived a very good life indeed'.
The author and broadcaster clashed with Hayley Sanderson after the 24-year-old mother claimed she regularly went hungry to feed her children.
Ms Sanderson, from Ilkeston, said she and her partner go without an evening meal once or twice a week to make sure there is enough food for their children, aged seven months and four.
But Oxford-educated Mrs Currie suggested the Derbyshire mother’s financial problems were down to the fact she had previously 'lived life to the full'.
'When the money was coming in - this sounds like there were two salaries coming in, and no savings, life was being lived to the full - and a very good life indeed,' said former junior health secretary Mrs Currie in a Radio 5 Live phone-in yesterday.
'But when that’s no longer the case, when there’s no longer money coming in, you have to evaluate whether you are going to be able to get back to the good life quickly or not. In which case, you are going to have to think about maybe declaring yourselves bankrupt.'
The tearful young mother, who had told Mrs Currie she had no credit cards, catalogue debts or satellite television, hit back.
'Edwina, I’ve never lived life to the full. I don’t go out every weekend. You’ve really upset me,' she said, bursting into tears.
'We don’t buy clothes on a weekly basis. We’ve never lived life to the full.
'I never said I’ve borrowed money from anywhere. I’m paying off old bills like council tax.'
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Mrs Currie, who took part in a debate on poverty at a Birmingham’s church last year, owns two dogs herself - Sheba, a six-year-old German Shepherd, and George, a five-year-old chocolate Lab.
In October, Mrs Currie showed off her luxurious home and pampered pets, revealing dark wood furniture and plush oriental rugs. Proudly displaying souvenirs from foreign holidays she gestured to her Spitting Image puppet, saying: 'When it came up for sale at Sotheby’s I couldn’t resist it – a snip at £300.'
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It is not the first time Mrs Currie, who has published ten books since working in government, has offended people living in poverty or scraping by on low incomes.
In October she told 5 Live: 'Are you telling me people in this country are going hungry? Seriously? Seriously?' and said she 'had great difficulty' believing that people in Britain went without food.
In November she slammed a campaign to encourage wealthy pensioners to give their winter fuel allowance to the Community Foundation Network to help others less able to pay their bills.
'By all means give to charity,' she wrote in The Times. 'But do not be blackmailed into giving it to this particular organisation. The CFN is a huge operation with £220m in endowments, according to its website.
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Source: Edwina Currie reduces struggling mother to tears live on the radio by putting her debts down to her living 'a very good life indeed' | Mail Online
What a fat ugly old rich Tory cow she is.
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