As health minister, I brought in breast and cervical cancer screening. And in 1994 I called the first debate on gay rights for a quarter-century and we got the age of consent down to 18. There are pubs in Brighton where I still can’t pay for a drink.
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Edwina Currie
Former British politician, broadcaster and writer
United Kingdom · b. 1946
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Born in Liverpool, Edwina Currie, 70, won a scholarship to Oxford University where she read philosophy, politics and economics. She became an MP in 1983 and served in Margaret Thatcher’s government. Since losing her seat in 1997 she has written novels and non-fiction, including her diaries, which revealed her affair with John Major. She appears in The Baby Boomers’ Guide To Growing Old, now on More 4. She is married and lives in Derbyshire.
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