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“After 23 years closeted at Westminster, where often all you can see out of the windows are other parliamentary buildings, I appreciate space, and I retired to Dartmoor to find it.” quote by Ann Widdecombe — Download Open image

“After 23 years closeted at Westminster, where often all you can see out of the windows are other parliamentary buildings, I appreciate space, and I retired to Dartmoor to find it.”

Ann Widdecombe

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I am not an enthusiast when it comes to cities, preferring rolling scenery, wildlife and stars to museums, monuments, architecture and traffic.

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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…

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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…

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In 1999 my father died and my mother was coming to live with me. So I left my Kennington flat and bought a house…

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Cats are ideal for politicians. I had two when I arrived at Westminster, Sooty and Sweep, who had come with a flat I had…

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If I were queen for a day, every city would have to spend one hour in utter silence: no music in shops and restaurants,…

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The postcode lottery means that the level of care you get differs hugely around the country, and the health service simply cannot meet every…

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Almost anybody from the past will hold views discordant with the present.

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