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  Ann Widdecombe - related news, photos, topics, and quotes - Daylife
Kent MP and former Tory minister Ann Widdecombe, who insisted last year she would not send her elderly mother to Maidstone Hospital, said last night she was...
Ann Noreen Widdecombe is one of the most forthright, hard-hitting, imaginative, formidable yet underrated Tory politicians of her generation.
Ann Noreen Widdecombe (born October 4, 1947) is a British Conservative Party politician.
www.daylife.com /topic/Ann_Widdecombe   (470 words)

  
  Ann Widdecombe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
From 1976 to 1978, Widdecombe was a Runnymede District Councillor.
Widdecombe is known for her outspoken views concerning abortion and recreational drugs.
Widdecombe is famous for her claim of celibacy.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ann_Widdecombe   (1169 words)

  
 Ann Widdecombe CV at PFD
Ann Widdecombe was born in October 1947 and was educated at the Royal Naval School - Singapore, la Sainte Union Convent - Bath, Birmingham University and Lady Margaret Hall - Oxford.
Miss Widdecombe was Minister of State at the Department of Employment from July 1994 until July 1995 and in July 1995 she was appointed Minister of State at the Home Office, a position she held until 1997.
Another major factor in Miss Widdecombe's decision was the desire to spend more time with her elderly mother as well as to devote more time to her writing career.
www.pfd.co.uk /clients/widdecoa/a-pre.html   (529 words)

  
 Jeanette Winterson - Journalism - The Guardian - 2001 - Ann Widdecombe
This is a sleek Ann, a groomed Ann, Ann who has given up getting her clothes out of the recycling bins in supermarket car parks.
The truth is, that whatever her size, Ann Widdecombe is a terrible role model for women.
Ann Widdecombe's life is politics and the Church, so as long as she's free on Sundays, she's not going to care where she is for the rest of the week.
www.jeanettewinterson.com /pages/content/index.asp?PageID=156   (780 words)

  
 Ann Widdecombe
Conservative politician, Ann Widdecombe was born on 4 October 1947 in Bath.
Ann Widdecombe had a two year stint in the marketing department of Unilever, before becoming an administrator at London University (1975-87).
In 1987 Ann Widdecombe became Conservative MP for Maidstone and thereafter became a highly assiduous voter and attender at the Commons.
www.biogs.com /famous/widdecombe.html   (235 words)

  
 Conservative Party - Profile
Ann was born in October 1947 and was educated at the Royal Naval School, Singapore, La Sainte Union Convent, Bath, Birmingham University and Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford.
From 1976 to 1978, Ann was a Runnymede District Councillor.
Ann Widdecombe has also served on the Select Committee for Social Services (appointed in 1988); and she has sponsored several Bills on such topics as School Bus Passes, Regional Health Authorities, Abortion and Compensation.
www.conservatives.com /people/person.cfm?PersonID=4791   (287 words)

  
 Ann Widdecombe
Ann Widdecombe added: “Sheila should be very proud to receive this recognition, especially as these awards are rarely handed out.
Ann Widdecombe MP attended Hunton Primary School, near Maidstone, to watch a Skip2BFit PowerPoint Presentation and skipping display.
The occasion is one of pomp and ceremony and Ann has one of the best views from her office.
www.political.co.uk /annwiddecombe/parl.asp   (836 words)

  
 Ananova - Ann Widdecombe lined up for new reality television show
Tory MP Ann Widdecombe is being linked to a new reality TV show in which well-known Oxbridge alumni recreate the university boat race.
Widdecombe and 17 other graduates will undertake an intensive six-week training programme led by two Olympic rowers, says The Times.
Widdecombe was an unlikely star of the ITV series Celebrity Fit Club, losing 36lb during the series.
www.ananova.com /news/story/sm_844304.html?menu=news.celebrities   (158 words)

  
 An audience with Ann Widdecombe
Ann Widdecombe entertained the crowd with light-hearted tales of her time spent on the television show 'Celebrity Fit Club' as well as more in-depth discussion on topics including women in politics, her own path into politics and combating ageism.
The evening's audience challenged Ann on her views and opinions during the longest question and answer session of the series.
Refreshments were served and Ann Widdecombe was presented with a bouquet of flowers by library staff.
www.rbkc.gov.uk /news/pressrelease/n030502.asp   (183 words)

  
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Ann Widdecombe's new novel - dealing with the very contemporary and headline-grabbing issue of fathers' rights.
When Ann Widdecombe made her fiction debut with The Clematis Tree her insights into what happens when a marriage is under stress were widely remarked upon.
Just as in The Clematis Tree when Ann Widdecombe was commended in particular for her portrayal of parents with a profoundly handicapped child so in Father Figure - an enthralling, thought-provoking novel of modern fatherhood - her message is simple: men are human beings too.
www.orionbooks.co.uk /CD-33523/Father-Figure-(CD).htm   (322 words)

  
 New Media Journalism @ Seton Hill University: Ann Widdecombe is Killing Our Children
This isnt as bad as it could have been though, since Ann Widdecombe really is Satan.
and Widdecombe is a public figure, and therefore is not covered by the same privacy expectations that an ordinary citizen would have concerning use of his/her image.
Adding the Swastika to the edited version of the picture was used to further villify Widdecombe, as were the devil horns and red eyes.
blogs.setonhill.edu /nmj/000688.html   (1406 words)

  
 Guardian Unlimited | The Guardian | Ann Widdecombe as the Guardian's new agony aunt
For as long as she has been in public life Widdecombe has campaigned, directly and indirectly, for the stiffening of spines and the polishing of mettles.
Widdecombe is still in touch with the man she had her one on-the-record romance with, at Oxford.
There aren't many weaknesses in the Widdecombe armour, and this is as much a part of her charm as her capacity to alienate.
www.guardian.co.uk /g2/story/0,3604,1179972,00.html   (1191 words)

  
 Ann widdecombe - Orange TV Blog: Ann Widdecombe VersusÂ… Prostitution, Wednesday
Ann Widdecombe, MP for Maidstone and The Weald, visited Addenbrooke’s on Friday 18 July to speak at the ‘Celebrating Older People’s Services’ conference.
Ann Widdecombe had a two year stint in the marketing department of Unilever, before becoming an administrator at London University (1975-87).
Ann Widdecombe MP, strongly refutes rumours regarding her own personal life.
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 An Audience with Ann Widdecombe
Ann Widdecombe has delighted Conservative Associations across the land with her witty and controversial speeches.
Rt Hon Ann Widdecombe MP for Maidstone and The Weald was born in October 1947 and was educated at the Royal Naval School - Singapore, La Sainte Union Convent - Bath, Birmingham University and Lady Margaret Hall ?
In May 1993 Miss Widdecombe was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department of Employment.
www.midsussex.gov.uk /Nimoi/sites/msdcpublic/page.cfm?pageID=3740   (642 words)

  
 cannabisnews.com: Campaign To Legalize Marijuana Use in Britain
She said police on the beat should perform on-the-spot blood tests to identify pot users.Of the scores of policy proposals floated at that convention, Widdecombe's war on the drug known here as cannabis was the one that caught the imagination of the press and the people.
The result, hardly the one she intended, has been to give a big push to the decriminalization side.First, police leaders said marijuana use is so widespread in Britain that thousands of new officers would be needed just to arrest people spotted with a spliff, slang for a marijuana cigarette.
Then the feisty London papers turned up at least seven top officials in Widdecombe's own party who admitted to smoking the drug in the past; all would have criminal records under the Widdecombe plan.Even more striking, leading newspapers and several prominent politicians argued that the better approach to cannabis would be legalization.
www.cannabisnews.com /news/thread7303.shtml   (586 words)

  
 Drew's Cannabis Information Site - Response to Widdecombe speech
Also, a big thanks to Ann Widdecombe herself - for it was the media outcry over this speech which, with hindsight, marked a major sea-change in the tone of cannabis discourse in the British governmental and public spheres.
Widdecombe is doing nothing more than attempting to appease some mythical "Middle England" whom she believes - because the right-wing press tell her what she should think - are unequivocably opposed to drug use.
Ann Widdecombe, if your police come to my house after your election and slap me with a fine, I will not pay it.
homepages.poptel.org.uk /DrDrew/widdecombe.html   (2918 words)

  
 Scotsman.com Living - TV & Radio - Pulling up the socks of a nation
As expected, Widdecombe is not one of those touchy-feely agony aunts.
Widdecombe talks a good game but things never get shocking enough to be classed as entertainment or in-depth enough to be taken seriously.
Ann Widdecombe isn't the only unqualified individual being let loose with a TV camera these days.
living.scotsman.com /tv.cfm?id=1686002005   (904 words)

  
 Ann Widdecombe - The Foster Bill on Fox Hunting   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Ann Widdecombe - Contribution to the debate on Fox Hunting.
I particularly congratulate him on his courage in introducing a controversial Bill so early in his time in the House.
Yes, the scenes of a hunt are splendid, so splendid that they are all over my dining room curtains, but they are colourful scenes of olde England, and in olde England, not in modern Britain, they belong.
www.kingston.ac.uk /cusp/Speeches/Widdecombe.htm   (1100 words)

  
 Authentic Media Ann Widdecombe selects Authentic title as a favourite
MP, novelist (and now TV agony aunt) Ann Widdecombe recently revealed that, amongst her favourite books, is the Authentic title Who Moved the Stone.
This Christian classic by Frank Morison has had a huge impact on many lives over the decades and Miss Widdecombe explained that it is a book that she reads regularly.
Recorded in the What I'm Reading column of the Church Times (15.7.05), Ann Widdecombe said that she usually reads Who Moved the Stone around Easter time.
www.authenticmedia.co.uk /authentic/datapage.do?pageid=182   (329 words)

  
 Ann Widdecombe MP, Maidstone & The Weald (TheyWorkForYou.com)
Ann Widdecombe MP Conservative MP for Maidstone and The Weald
This MP's speeches are understandable to an average 16–17 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
75 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Ann Widdecombe speaks.
www.theyworkforyou.com /mp/ann_widdecombe/maidstone_and_the_weald   (757 words)

  
 Guardian Unlimited | The Guardian | Ann Widdecombe's first column
Ann Widdecombe's no-nonsense solutions to life's knotty problems
My husband left his wife and child for me eight months ago.
But - and it is a big but - do make sure that what you are witnessing is not a slide into depression, which would need a very different response.
www.guardian.co.uk /g2/story/0,3604,1179973,00.html   (1125 words)

  
 Liberal (not so) Alone: Ann Widdecombe   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
I have to admit some admiration for Ann Widdecombe.
I don't agree with most of her politics, but on the role of parliament and her defense of our parliamentary democracy is admirable.
This is a paragraph of text that could go in the sidebar.
www.eridu.org.uk /blog/2006/11/ann-widdecombe.html   (139 words)

  
 Ann Widdecombe tattoo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Farming Incident guitar behemoth Ieuan Jones is being badgered to appear on Channel Four's The Big Breakfast so the nation can get a glimpse of his magnificent Ann Widdecombe tattoo.
Mr Jones has continued to refuse to be coaxed into displaying his 'pride and joy' that is reputed to be etched onto the small of his back - not far from his arse in fact.
Continuing on the tenuous linking of news, Being 747's Dave Cooke was reported to have advised that one of his mates once appeared on 'Cheggers Plays Pops' when he were a nipper.
www.wrathrecords.co.uk /News_float/Ann_Widdecombe.htm   (178 words)

  
 BBC - Shropshire - Stage - Ann Widdecombe tour
First it was Tony Benn, then came the Hamiltons, and now it's Ann Widdecombe's turn to take a stage show on the road.
In a modern world populated by faceless politicians spouting soundbites and living in fear in case they are not seen to be 'on message' enough, Ann Widdecombe is a breath of fresh air - whatever your politics.
She's also unafraid to stick the knife in when it matters: Tory leadership contender Michael Howard watched his hopes of heading the party disappear after Widdecombe declared he had 'something of the night about him'.
www.bbc.co.uk /shropshire/stage/2003/01/widdecombe.shtml   (314 words)

  
 BBC News | TV AND RADIO | Ann Widdecombe's weird weekend
Shadow home secretary Ann Widdecombe is set to star in the next series of Louis Theroux's off-the-wall interviews, the BBC confirmed on Thursday.
Ms Widdecombe later said it was what she called the "perfectly sensible" interview Theroux conducted with Paul Daniels that persuaded her to take part.
Theroux expressed his interest in Miss Widdecombe in an interview on the BBC website in October 2000: "I like the fact that she exists.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/1436000.stm   (291 words)

  
 Ann Widdecombe MP   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
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 Ann Widdecombe by Nicholas Kochan
There is no more awesome sight in British politics than Ann Widdecombe at full throttle
Neither her politics nor her style are to everybody's taste, but on one issue friend and foe agree: in an age in which unorthodox politicians are conspicuous by their absence, she has brought a swathe of colour to the political arena.
In this acclaimed biography, Nicholas Kochan traces Ann Widdecombe's life from childhood, university and local politics through her career in government and the Shadow Cabinet and on to her new life as a bestselling novelist and public speaker.
www.politicospublishing.co.uk /titles.php/itemcode/65   (127 words)

  
 Ananova - Ann Widdecombe turns agony aunt
Conservative MP Ann Widdecombe will tour the country as a roving agony aunt.
According to The Sun the six-episode The Widdecombe Project will see the MP tackling everything from workplace arguments to relationship problems.
The series is one of the first commissions from the new BBC Two controller Roly Keating, who replaced Jane Root as the head of the channel in May.
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