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    Jeremy Paxman says Parkinson’s ‘makes you wish you hadn’t been born’ as he blasts the Government

    by Jamel Smith Apr 12, 2024 3 minutes
    Source: ITV

    Jeremy Paxman has said Parkinson’s disease “makes you wish you hadn’t been born”, as he delivered a list of recommendations about the illness to the government.

    The former University Challenge and Newsnight presenter and fellow members of the Movers and Shakers podcast – which discusses the challenges of living with the disease – marked World Parkinson’s Day by presenting the Parky Charter and a petition with tens of thousands of names to Number 10.

    The podcast also features former BBC journalist Rory Cellan-Jones, the broadcaster’s

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