If you'd said to me when I was 21, 'You're going to get into parliament, be a senior minister of state, shadow health secretary, shadow home secretary, a privy councillor, be endorsed by the Times as a candidate for Speaker,… — Ann Widdecombe Copy Share Image
Great political leaders risk unpopularity, patiently explain their case and confront prejudice, bigotry and vested interests. — Ann Widdecombe Copy Share Image
It is quite wrong that one group of people should regularly and deliberately flout the law, boast about it and get away with it. — Ann Widdecombe Copy Share Image
In the 1990s, while the Maastricht debate was raging, I was a minister in the Major government. Every single piece of legislation we proposed… — Ann Widdecombe Copy Share Image
I cannot bear the language TV chefs use - they don't seem able to look at a plate of vegetables without accusing it of… — Ann Widdecombe Copy Share Image
I am not an enthusiast when it comes to cities, preferring rolling scenery, wildlife and stars to museums, monuments, architecture and traffic. — Ann Widdecombe Copy Share Image
Believing in God was something I took as much for granted as the air I breathed. Religion wasn't something that came out of a… — Ann Widdecombe Copy Share Image
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… — Ann Widdecombe Copy Share Image
In 1999 my father died and my mother was coming to live with me. So I left my Kennington flat and bought a house… — Ann Widdecombe Copy Share Image
Cats are ideal for politicians. I had two when I arrived at Westminster, Sooty and Sweep, who had come with a flat I had… — Ann Widdecombe Copy Share Image
If I were queen for a day, every city would have to spend one hour in utter silence: no music in shops and restaurants,… — Ann Widdecombe Copy Share Image
The postcode lottery means that the level of care you get differs hugely around the country, and the health service simply cannot meet every… — Ann Widdecombe Copy Share Image
Almost anybody from the past will hold views discordant with the present. — Ann Widdecombe Copy Share Image
The Arctic has huge glaciers, frozen waterfalls and floating ice. This is scenery on which man has left no mark, which has stayed unchanged… — Ann Widdecombe Copy Share Image
