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In 2006, he was a junior defence minister, but resigned as part of the so-called "curry-house plot": the attempt at toppling Tony Blair that placed fatal cracks in his premiership, and led to his departure the following year.
The Guardian World News John Harris 2011
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Jade Goody's ill-judged comments, conflating a certain curry-house side-order with the name of a certain Bollywood star, "CBB" has returned to our screens with the usual heady mix of fruity presenters and bygone stars.
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But now comes news that the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) of the Home Office has been paying attention to the throngs of curry-house owners who have been taking their grievances to the streets.
Salon 2009
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If only the English weren't such chavs, says Mardell, "with no intention of censure and certainly not moral superiority", as he reports on a tantalising and - to me - baffling and pointless curry-house conversation.
Biased BBC 2008
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If only the English weren't such chavs, says Mardell, "with no intention of censure and certainly not moral superiority", as he reports on a tantalising and - to me - baffling and pointless curry-house conversation.
Biased BBC 2008
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