Margaret Thatcher drove us like there was no tomorrow. But I think there is a genuine feeling now that this macho, workaholic, earn lots of money way…

- Edwina Currie

Small, short-sighted, blonde, barbed - she reminds me of a bright little hedgehog.

- Edwina Currie

The suggestion that the prime minister had been flirting with one of the senior women cabinet ministers made me laugh every time I saw it, and I thou…

- Edwina Currie

I won't claim the workhouses didn't have their problems, but they were set up by people who cared.

- Edwina Currie

One man's priority is another man's extravagence.

- Edwina Currie

The Labour Party is being led by a woman but she has not been elected to anything. She is the lady who makes the breakfast in the Kinnock household.

- Edwina Currie

If someone asks for a soft drink at a party, we no longer think he is a wimp.

- Edwina Currie

There's no smoke without mud being flung around.

- Edwina Currie

The strongest possible piece of advice I would give any young woman is: Don't screw around, and don't smoke.

- Edwina Currie