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Partygate: Edwina Currie’s comment to bereaved man beggars belief

"This is a disgusting thing to say. Anyway, her disgraceful sociopathy aside, I have to say she really shone in the Jimmy Savile doc where she gave him the keys to a hospital."

Joe Mellor by Joe Mellor
2022-04-14 12:44
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Yesterday Edwina Currie and Rylan Clark got into a Twitter spat. It ended with the TV presenter putting her firmly back in her box.

But she wasn’t in there for long before Benjamin Cohen, the founder and chief executive of LGBT+ news website Pink News, responded to her apparent attempt to wash over the latest development in the No 10 lockdown parties’ scandal, reminding her of the pain Covid bereaved families faced during the pandemic.

“Two years ago, I had to say goodbye to my grandad over FaceTime and wasn’t allowed to hug my mum at his funeral,” Mr Cohen wrote. “This isn’t something that we are likely to ever forget or forgive.”

Ms Currie snapped back: “But it won’t bring them back either, Ben.” She ended the message with an emoji of a crying face.

Eggwina has never been one for reading the mood of the nation. Jeez! @Edwina_Currie 👀 https://t.co/VZLtQW3oJx pic.twitter.com/RRT2TPJYcd

— RatioWATCH 👀 (@WatchRatio) April 13, 2022

He then wrote: “I’ve been overwhelmed by the thoughtful tweets I’ve got after Edwina posted this. I don’t regret that we followed the rules, what I do regret is that Downing Street ignored the rules it asked us all to follow. There’s a thread below which I posted when my Grandad passed away.”

I’ve been overwhelmed by the thoughtful tweets I’ve got after Edwina posted this. I don’t regret that we followed the rules, what I do regret is that Downing Street ignored the rules it asked us all to follow. There’s a thread below which I posted when my Grandad passed away https://t.co/TRhInKumnN

— Benjamin Cohen (@benjamincohen) April 14, 2022

“My late Grandfather was a remarkable man with a really interesting life. It is so sad that he was separated due to Covid rules from my Grandma (in her nursing home) for the last few months that he was with us.”

My late Grandfather was a remarkable man with a really interesting life. It is so sad that he was separated due to Covid rules from my Grandma (in her nursing home) for the last few months that he was with us. https://t.co/ourCSdVXCJ

— Benjamin Cohen (@benjamincohen) April 14, 2022

Reactions

Her comment was met with fury on Twitter:

1.

What a hateful odious woman. Heartless and shocking to anyone who lost a loved one during Covid https://t.co/cxHGRIOFR9

— Mark Prentice 💙 🇺🇦 (@jmpfe) April 14, 2022

2.

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This is the contempt they have for the public…#gtto #BorisTheLiar #JohnsonOut https://t.co/CXJ5GCVrFz

— Andrew Newman (@congobongoman) April 14, 2022

3.

Oh. My. God. https://t.co/15QKbCKvJG

— Georgina Bailey (@georginaebailey) April 13, 2022

4.

It’s always been difficult to understand why @GMB have this nasty piece of work on as a contributor

She gave Jimmy Saville the keys to a hospital so that he could avail himself of the patients as well as her behaviour with a married man https://t.co/wXK1McjH7W

— Alan 💙(Wolfy)💙Wolfson🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇮🇪🇬🇧🇪🇺 (@AlanWolfson) April 13, 2022

5.

This is a disgusting thing to say.

Anyway, her disgraceful sociopathy aside, I have to say she really shone in the Jimmy Savile doc where she gave him the keys to a hospital. https://t.co/lPIHCgRPGo

— Danny Wallace (@dannywallace) April 13, 2022

6.

In a red letter day for Tory depravity ratios, this one wins the golden sewer. @mi5uk @john3ners @Otto_English @BeaumontBee https://t.co/P1kTnMbCEG

— Crank Magnetologist (@Rubbertoes10) April 13, 2022

7.

A deeply offensive tweet. Hundreds of thousands of us lost loved ones during lockdown. You are simply adding further offence to the suffering. https://t.co/7GZ3xANaq7

— Otto English (@Otto_English) April 13, 2022

8.

Wow. Just when you think there isn’t any lower these people can go, up pops some ghoul, with news of a hitherto undiscovered moral sub-basement, with a trapdoor in its floor. https://t.co/nhDcJ10k7z

— Alex Andreou (@sturdyAlex) April 13, 2022

9.

It really didn't take long to get to "They're dead. Get over it." did it. https://t.co/KuDAfIzmjS

— Mike Hartley MCIAT MCABE (@MjH_Arch_Tech) April 14, 2022

Related: Watch: Edwina Currie leaves people fuming after wading into partygate affair

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