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Reform at war over trans prisoners
The party's new prisons advisor backed some trans woman serving time in female prisons, and the base is not happy
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Truss fails to make her mark on Milei
Our digest of the worst of Westminster looks at Suella Braverman, Robert Jenrick, Brendan Clarke-Smith and more
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Brexiteer cuts off presenter to lambast teachers concerned about homeschooling during lockdown
Ann Widdecombe has said concerns teachers have about carrying out lessons remotely were “a load of rubbish”. The former Brexit MEP used a guest appearance on Channel 5’s Jeremy Vine show to chide teachers who were concerned about parents spying on lessons over Zoom. “I’ve heard a load of rubbish talked during this pandemic and this is the biggest […]
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Speculation that Ann Widdecombe could become next Brexiteer peer in ‘sell out’ move
There is speculation Ann Widdecombe could become the next Brexiteer peer following a “sell out” move in which she supported Boris Johnson’s controversial appointment of a disgraced Tory treasurer to the House of Lords. The Mail on Sunday‘s Anna Mikhailova accused Widdecombe of using her latest newspaper column to defend the prime minister’s ennoblement of Peter […]
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National Trust hire Vote Leave adviser to dampen discontent from Brexiteers
The National Trust has hired a firm headed up by former Vote Leave official to dampen discontent caused by a decision to review its 300 stately homes for links to slavery or colonialism following the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement. Prominent Brexiteers, including Ann Widdecombe, claimed the body had a “woke agenda” after […]
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TV presenter tells Ann Widdecombe that Nigel Farage is ‘xenophobic version of Alan Partridge’
A television presenter has said she would “rather boil my head in a vat of oil” than support Nigel Farage’s new anti-lockdown party. In a powerful takedown of Ann Widdecombe’s support for the new organisation, Jemma Forte told Jeremy Vine on 5: “Because what it’s doing is really exploiting something that has caused pain and […]
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Civil rights campaigner rebukes Ann Widdecombe over National Trust row
A civil rights campaigner has delivered a stunning rebuke to Ann Widdecombe’s reason for leaving the National Trust. The former Thatcherite minister decided to cancel her membership because of the “sorts of woke games” she claimed National Trust was playing. Flummoxed at the body for publicising Winston Churchill’s opposition to an independent India, she said: […]
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Brexiteer Ann Widdecombe cancels National Trust membership in protest at body’s ‘woke agenda’
Ann Widdecombe has cancelled her membership with the National Trust in protest at their treatment of Winston Churchill’s home. Appearing on the Jeremy Vine show, the former Brexit Party MEP said she was “tired” of “woke games being played”. “This explains why in the last week I cancelled my membership of the National Trust because […]
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Ann Widdecombe struggles to name another country without trade deal within 2,000 miles
Former Brexit Party MEP Ann Widdecombe has struggled to name a single country which does not have a trade deal with a country within 2,000 miles – reflecting the UK’s current situation. Appearing on the Jeremy Vine on 5 show, Widdecombe was challenged by pro-EU campaigner Femi Oluwole over the success of Brexit so far. Ann Widdecombe […]