Edwina Currie got some egg-cellent replies to her ignorant comments on child poverty

In case you don’t remember Edwina Currie, she was the Tory MP who had to quit after she slagged off British eggs. And now she’s piped up with her thoughts on child poverty and obesity in the UK. It didn’t go too well.

How can "3 million UK children be going hungry in the holidays" when there's a national epidemic of child obesity? Eh?

— Edwina Currie (@Edwina_Currie) April 24, 2017

But the yolk was on her (sorry).

@Edwina_Currie The thing is Edwina, there's actually quite a lot of children in the UK and they don't all live in the same house.

— Andrew Ellis (@Ellis_Samizdat) April 24, 2017

.@Edwina_Currie Maybe they're different children, Edwina? Hope this helps.

— Rick Burin (@rickburin) April 24, 2017

She was also taken to task for her “how can x, when x” argument.

@Edwina_Currie How can I be thirsty when there are swimming pools?

— Shafik Mandhai (@ShafikFM) April 24, 2017

How can some children be near when others are far away? https://t.co/SPU73KsSPu

— David Whitley (@mrdavidwhitley) April 24, 2017

@Edwina_Currie How can I be cold when the Sahara is hot, Eh?

— brian lucey (@brianmlucey) April 25, 2017

@TheMediaTweets How can there be kids at all when we're told we have an aging population eh?

— Steve Parks (@steveparks) April 25, 2017

@Edwina_Currie Also Edwina: "How can people be going hungry? I just ate a fabulous meal."

— Яркийславу (@200dollarshirt) April 24, 2017

@Edwina_Currie How can some people have lots of money and others no money?

— Christopher John (@Moley1985) April 24, 2017

@Edwina_Currie How can the Tories claim there's no money for the NHS then spend tens of billions on weapons in a store cupboard? Eh?

— Romil Patel (@rom_j_patel) April 25, 2017

@Edwina_Currie how can we have daylight but also night time!?

— blunderball (@blunderball1) April 24, 2017

How can horses exist when that field only has goats in it, said Edwina Currie visiting the farm

— Andy Riley (@AndyRileyish) April 25, 2017

There was also a less-than-subtle reference to her affair with John Major.

@200dollarshirt @Ellis_Samizdat @Edwina_Currie But she didn't get where she got to in Parliament with her brains though. She had other talents.

— Books from the Past (@grahamcather1) April 25, 2017

@grahamcather1 @200dollarshirt @Ellis_Samizdat @Edwina_Currie Major ones, apparently

— Tueartsboots (@MCFCLondon) April 25, 2017