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icowden
Pharaoh
We did bolt action rifle shooting at school as part of CCF. I also had a Clay Pigeon shooting experience. Both enjoyable but very loud.
AndyRM
Elder Goth
For a very long time I thought that the comedian Josh Widdicombe was her son so ignored everything he appeared in...
Beebo
Legendary Member
AndyRM
Elder Goth
Yeah, it was when I remembered that, and that their names are spelt differently that I realised my error.
I'm glad I did, because he's a funny guy and comes across as very likeable.
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briantrumpet
Timewaster
I never liked her, and that was reinforced when she was on Countdown of all places trying to make political points thinking that she was being witty. Repulsive.
Pblakeney
Shaman
Bye bye Easyjet.
Equity firms rarely act in the interest of either the company or their customers, but in self interest.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgjxqq9jg8yo
Equity firms rarely act in the interest of either the company or their customers, but in self interest.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgjxqq9jg8yo
In case you ever needed to be reminded of the kind and caring nature of some on the left of the political spectrum then a visit to NCAAP after the death of someone on the right will remind you of it. The televised murder of Charlie Kirk in front of his wife and children brought out the worst in some people on here so it shouldn't come as a huge shock that there's a queue forming to dance on the grave of Anne Widdecombe.
icowden
Pharaoh
Quite right Shortfall. Let us remember her for all the good things that she did:
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briantrumpet
Timewaster
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briantrumpet
Timewaster
She was Prisons Minister, in fact.
I Am Incorrigible
July 10, 2026 at 9:01 AM GMT+2
#R4Today spent this morning warmly eulogising Ann Widdecombe. Almost none of what they said was wrong. Almost none of it was complete. Here's what they left out. 🧵
As Prisons Minister in 1996, Widdecombe defended shackling pregnant women in hospital when receiving prenatal care. She told the Commons it was necessary to prevent escape. The policy was condemned by doctors, nurses, and MPs across all parties. She didn't budge.
In 2019 she suggested that science might one day "produce an answer" to people being gay, effectively endorsing the premise of conversion therapy. Every major medical and psychiatric body on earth classifies conversion therapy as harmful pseudoscience. She was unbothered.
As an MP she consistently voted against an equal age of consent for gay people, voted against repealing Section 28, and opposed same-sex marriage. She dismissed the gender pay gap as "largely a myth" and called #MeToo complaints "trivial whinging." #r4today
On climate: in 2009 she said "there is no climate change, hasn't anybody looked out of their window recently?" She voted against measures to tackle it and wrote in support of climate denial in 2014. The BBC called her a "conviction politician." Correct. Wrong convictions.
She ended her political life as Reform UK's Immigration and Justice spokesperson; Nigel Farage's party, whose own record on race and immigration is extensively documented. She called for boats to be turned back and backed policies that would leave trafficking victims with no protection.
None of this is secret. All of it is on the parliamentary record, in her own words, in interviews she gave willingly. #R4Today knew all of it this morning. They chose the Strictly clips & Iain Donut Smith eulogy instead That's not obituary journalism. That's legacy laundering Can't we be honest?🔚
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briantrumpet
Timewaster
All too often it's a badge to excuse their prejudices, and to block empathetic acceptance of other humans as humans.
Beebo
Legendary Member
No one is dancing on her grave.
We have just said we didn’t think she was a very nice person.
If you have different opinions then share your memories.
