Unfortunately, if the man who leaves the prison gates is just as likely or - as is sometimes grievously the case - more likely to offend as he was when he entered them, then we fail not only the individual… — Ann Widdecombe Copy Share Image
I have always believed prison can be very, very good for you but not by the act of deprivation of liberty alone. There has to be more to life inside than that. — 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
