Hope she was worth it.
-ccm
Posted on 09/28/2002 6:36:50 AM PDT by Tumbleweed_Connection
Former British premier John Major has admitted he had a four-year extramarital affair with Edwina Currie, one of the most flamboyant politicians of her era, when both were serving as ministers in Margaret Thatcher's Government, a media report said today.
Major began his liaison with Currie in 1984 when she was a backbencher and he a government whip. It was ended in early 1988 after his swift promotion through the ranks to the Cabinet as Chief Secretary to the Treasury, The Times daily reported.
Currie, who later became health minister in the Thatcher Administration, claimed that their friendship continued and her love for him persisted even after Major became Prime Minister. She disclosed this in diaries and an interview published by the daily.
The paper quoted Major as saying that his affair with Currie was the most shameful event of his life.
"Norma (his wife) has known of this matter for many years and has long forgiven me. It is the one event in my life of which I am most ashamed and I have long feared it would be made public. Neither Norma nor I have any further comment," he said in a statement
Major's Government was badly damaged by a string of sexual scandals involving his ministers after his ill-fated "back to basics" call for traditional morality.
Although Major initially tried to stand by colleagues such as David Mellor when their affairs were exposed, he later adopted a policy of demanding their immediate resignations.
Sounds so S&M:)
Frankly, I can't imagine any of these people doing the wild thing.
(BEST BRITISH ACCENT) - "Oh, jolly good. Quite nice! Well, well, that's it for me. Tea?"
Hope she was worth it.
-ccm
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