Great political leaders risk unpopularity, patiently explain their case and confront prejudice, bigotry and vested interests. — Ann Widdecombe Copy Share Image
Having served as a member of parliament for more than two decades, I'm well aware that there can be genuine constraints that… — Ann Widdecombe Copy Share Image
After 23 years closeted at Westminster, where often all you can see out of the windows are other parliamentary buildings, I appreciate… — Ann Widdecombe Copy Share Image
The political classes are despised when they deal in sound bites, embrace tokenistic campaigns and feather their own nests while trying to… — Ann Widdecombe Copy Share Image
For most of my political life I was not ecstatic but I was happy because I had huge confidence in the causes… — 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Almost anybody from the past will hold views discordant with the present. — Ann Widdecombe Copy Share
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
I suspect my own journey to Brexit has closely followed that of Britain's. I had doubts, then I decided we should stay in, then… — Ann Widdecombe Copy Share
