Edwina Currie ‘Committed Perjury’

[Hymie]

Catching up on my delayed delivery of Private Eye, a small article on page 36 caught my eye. The article mentioned a Times obituary for Sir Richard Hartley in which he represented Currie in a libel case against the Observer in 1991. In that case she gave an account of her monogamous marriage, and the suggestion otherwise outrageous; it upset her very much.

The Observer had to pay her £5,000 damages, plus almost £150,000 in costs.

In 2002 Currie revealed that at the time of the Observer article she had recently concluded a 4 year affair with John Major.

Given that Currie’s fellow Tories Jeffery Archer and Jonathon Aitken were both jailed for lying in libel actions – why she too wasn’t charged remains a mystery.

Perhaps we have reached the point where it is acceptable for Tories to perjure themselves in a court of law, safe in the knowledge that no action will be taken.

[Hymie]

I’d love to see Currie charged with perjury, and John Major giving evidence for the prosecution – that would be poetic justice.

[New Judge]

Don't hold your breath.