Ann Widdecombe
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"Ann Noreen Widdecombe", Order of St. Gregory the Great/DSG is a former British Conservative Party (UK)/Conservative Party politician and has been a novelist since 2000. She is a Privy Council of the United Kingdom/Privy Councillor and was the Member of Parliament for Maidstone (UK Parliament constituency)/Maidstone from 1987 to 1997 and for Maidstone and The Weald (UK Parliament constituency)/Maidstone and The Weald from 1997 to 2010. She was a social conservative and a member of the Conservative Christian Fellowship. She retired from politics at the United Kingdom general election, 2010/2010 general election. Since 2002 she has also made numerous television and radio appearances, including as a television presenter. She is a convert from Anglicanism to Roman Catholicism.

As an MP, Widdecombe was known for opposing the legality of abortion, her opposition to LGBT equality, her support for the re-introduction of the death penalty and the retention of blasphemy laws.

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Where hard-working people keep more of their own money, where we encourage enterprise and prosperity.

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I think we've fallen away from that in recent years and I think Edward is quite right to say 'hang on, this is always been at the centre of Conservatism'.

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People are being freed who shouldn't be. While supervision starts off pretty tight, it becomes more lax.

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People talk to me more slowly now.

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As far as I'm concerned, William has been an excellent leader. He's a staying leader.

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It is only by maintaining the current law and making it the norm that adoption takes place by married couples and stability for an adopted child can be achieved.

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I think we have lost sight of something of importance, something which has always been at the heart of Conservatism which is the family - functioning as a family unit with legal rights and responsibilities and being able to make its choices and let its children grow strong.

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Either we are serious about being in government or we are not. If we are we must go for Ken Clarke.

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I wish I had put a bet on, but thought it might have been disrespectful to the Holy Spirit.

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