Ann Widdecombe
Ann Noreen Widdecombe DSG is a British politician, author and television personality. She was Member of Parliament for Maidstone and The Weald, and the former Maidstone constituency, from 1987 to 2010 and Member of the European Parliament for South West England from 2019 to 2020.
Unsung heroes
Those who stand outside abortion clinics offer help as well as prayers, but buffer zones cut off that lifeline
Making a difference
Over the past five years we’ve been keeping things civilised
The dismal state of British defence
The UK’s defence strategy is a combination of hope and vibes
Junk food? More like junk statistics
New claims about the costs of obesity are wildly exaggerated
Cultural appropriation is here to stay
So-called cultural appropriation is an American obsession, cheerfully ignored by a fast globalising world
Join the escalation?
That world war may not erupt imminently is no excuse for being complacent
John Swinney’s Isla Bryson moment?
The Scottish Government must be made to face the facts on sex and gender
Who Should Be The Next Archbishop of Canterbury?
With the shock resignation of Justin Welby, who will the Great British Public select to lead the Church of England?
Labour’s economic policies are incoherent
Labour risks collapsing under the weight of its own inner economic contradictions
How Britain has imported Bangladeshi politics
A failure to take immigration and integration seriously means that Britain has to deal with other nation’s problems
End of the Long Peace?
Our technological and institutional sophistication will not eliminate conflict
Worthy instrument
York Bowen, Willam Walton: Viola concertos (SWR Music)