Edwina Currie told to quit Twitter after backlash to suggestions those who use food banks spend all their money on tattoos and can’t cook

Edwina Currie’s husband has asked his wife to ‘stop tweeting and pay him some attention’ after the former Tory MP complained about the number of people who use food banks and “the moment they've got a bit of spare cash they're off getting another tattoo”.Currie made the comments on BBC Radio Stoke, and has since faced an angry response from the public describing her views as ‘stupid’ and ‘crude judgementalism’.She responded to a number of these on social media, before tweeting that her husband had asked her to stop.

@Southwoldian No, that is not what I said. Many have. Some others need real help, not sticking plaster tins of soup

— Edwina Currie (@Edwina_Currie) January 19, 2014

@Sharonavraham @sniggiht @garywalkeruk @thisisamy_ Some food bank users serious long term problems like alcoholism. How does tin soup help?

— Edwina Currie (@Edwina_Currie) January 19, 2014

@MsLGrant Or maybe I think giving alcoholics a tin of soup is not quite the answer?

— Edwina Currie (@Edwina_Currie) January 19, 2014

@garywalkeruk @sniggiht @thisisamy_ How do we solve people's problems? Not by giving them a can of soup and saying there, there.

— Edwina Currie (@Edwina_Currie) January 19, 2014

Hubby is demanding I stop tweeting and go pay him some attention. I hear and obey

— Edwina Currie (@Edwina_Currie) January 19, 2014

@paul18280 But if a good looking bloke invites me to bed.. I'll consider it...

— Edwina Currie (@Edwina_Currie) January 19, 2014