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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Sam Hancock

Edwina Currie: PM’s resignation won’t bring back your granddad, ‘callous’ Tory ex-minister tells bereaved man

ITV

Former Tory minister Edwina Currie has been criticised for a “callous” tweet to a grieving man as she sought to defend Boris Johnson over breaking his own Covid laws.

The post came after the ex-MP replied to a post by the television presenter Rylan Clark during a busy Wednesday morning in which Ms Currie defended the prime minister on both social media and ITV’s Good Morning Britain.

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