Ann Widdecombe
Ann Widdecombe
Ann Noreen Widdecombe, DSGis a former British Conservative Party politician and has been a novelist since 2000. She is a Privy Councillor and was the Member of Parliament for Maidstone from 1987 to 1997 and for Maidstone and The Weald from 1997 to 2010. She was a social conservative and a member of the Conservative Christian Fellowship. She retired from politics at the 2010 general election. Since 2002 she has also made numerous television and radio appearances, including as a...
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth4 October 1947
either government ken serious
Either we are serious about being in government or we are not. If we are we must go for Ken Clarke.
bet holy might wish
I wish I had put a bet on, but thought it might have been disrespectful to the Holy Spirit.
years catholic church
For years I had been disillusioned by the Church of England's compromising on everything. The Catholic Church doesn't care if something is unpopular.
children abuse politics
The abuse of children is the worst offence that anybody can commit.
war book school
The instant you say All Quiet On The Western Front people remember that great 20th century classic book on war, a book about a school boy turned into a soldier overnight.
war thinking years
I think the rest of the world will think we're made, and indeed we are. We've turned out the greatest Prime Minister in the post war years simply because of short term nerves.
terror firm
I stay on terra firma: the more firm, the less terror.
kings arms crosses
I was walking across King's Cross station when a drunken Irishman came stumbling up and flung his arms around me. He wanted to thank me for the peace process in Northern Ireland.
cat garden
My cat did that the other day when he came in from the garden.
vegetables use bears
I cannot bear the language TV chefs use - they don't seem able to look at a plate of vegetables without accusing it of sexual activity.
answers finals questions-and-answers
In politics there is no right answer - and no final answer.
jobs hunting doctors
We also heard the usual old nonsense that banning hunting would affect employment if we abolished crime we would put all the police out of work. If we abolished ill-health we would put all the nurses and doctors out of work. Will anybody argue that we should preserve crime and ill-health in order to keep people in jobs?
encourage enterprise people
where hard-working people keep more of their own money, where we encourage enterprise and prosperity.
excellent far staying william
As far as I'm concerned, William has been an excellent leader. He's a staying leader.