The two parties have different Brexit policies, and it would therefore be impossible for them to project a united appeal.
The 1922 Committee Executive has already pointed her towards the exit door. It should now take her gently by the arm, and steer her through it as soon as possible.
The news was apparently lined up by the party to be announced later today. But she appears to have jumped the gun.
The Conservatives ought to learn from him. Plus: Vote, vote, vote for Widdecombe. Fire and Fury is damp and limp. My teeth, oh, my teeth. And: My quest to enter Phillip Lee’s brain.
Plus: The mystery of the missing Kwasi Kwarteng. The presence of the ebullient Brandon Lewis. The absence and recovery of Nick de Bois. Plus: Capita’s failures.
…but at the end of the video she tells her favourite Christian joke; about a truanting, golf-loving vicar.
By Joseph Willits Follow Joseph on Twitter The main premise of the BBC's Fern Meets Ann Widdecombe, emphasised the issue of vulnerability. Much was made of Widdecombe, a spinster, living alone amidst the wilderness of Dartmoor, yet with the backdrop of celebrity outings in Strictly Come Dancing, and an upcoming pantomine as Widdy in Waiting. Rightly or […]
I am relieved to be leaving the Commons because of public hostility to MPs: "I always imagined that when I was making my last speech and about to depart, I would be sad. Instead, I find that my uppermost sentiment is one of profound relief. I sincerely hope that future generations of Members of this […]
The Guardian reports that Hansard – marking their centenary as the official record of Parliamentary proceedings – have published a book of the greatest parliamentary speeches of the last hundred years. Senior figures have been asked to identify their favourite speech of the 1909 – 2009 period. Rather surprisingly, the achingly partisan Gordon Brown has chosen Sir […]
Yesterday the Commons voted to limit annual spending on furnishings to £2,400 but Ann Widdecombe MP warned her colleagues against ‘crawling on their bellies’ in the face of "malicious" attacks from the media. Ann Widdecombe: "Both Front Benches remind me of those Governments who hold referendums, and when their citizens give them an answer they […]
These are extracts only from some of the Conservative MPs who contributed to yesterday’s debate on abortion. Read the full debate here and click here for yesterday’s ToryDiary entry on the subject. Edward Leigh MP on the foetus at 12 weeks: "We believe that an unborn child of 12 weeks has undeniable human characteristics. Her […]
Ann Widdecombe MP: "May I draw the Secretary of State’s attention to the debate in the House on 23 January 2007? After listing a catalogue of neglect and disaster at Maidstone hospital, I said: “One of my constituents telephoned his brother to say that he was in Maidstone hospital with C. difficile, sitting in his […]