Former Tory minister Ann Widdecombe dies at 78
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ced47jqyg1eo
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Former Tory minister Ann Widdecombe dies at 78
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ced47jqyg1eo
Posted by Important_Ruin
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She lit up the Strictly Come Dancing ballroom. RIP Ann x
Disagreed wholeheartedly with her politics, her philosophy and her approach to life, but she was certainly “memorable”.
I would have thought she was 78 decades ago. Her malice and contempt for others, contrary to Christian values, aged her terribly.
Nothing else to really say or think that would be kind or polite.
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She claimed to be a lifelong virgin, a claim I believe without difficulty.
The weather looks great today. Pint at lunch anyone?
Difficult to say anything positive about Widdecombe..perhaps that she wasn’t as bad as some? Like she was an ardent Brexiteer (and AFAIK didn’t acknowledge any responsibility in the ensuing mess), anti-LGBTQ, pretty sexist (against women) and not interested in improving any kind of social or economic disparities. Perhaps she was wonderful in her personal relationships or something?
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Positive things about Widdecombe:
She had £0 in expenses whilst other MPs were mired in the expenses (thank you /u/drakesdrum)
How do people remember so much about so many politicians? I can never keep up with the current stuff, nevermind those from 10 or 20 years ago
Will always remember her getting absolutely torched by Stephen Fry and Christopher Hitchens in a debate on whether the Catholic Church was a force for good in the world.
I’ll never forget Ann trying to straighten her hair in Big Brother. One of the funniest things I’ve ever seen!
Horrid person with horrid views.
She believes in heaven and hell, hope she’s nice and toasty now.
Well, she was certainly a character. Like her or loathe her, you listened to her. Often wondering wtf!
So passes a woman who was very much an Earth Human.
Interview of her complaining about trans people for 20 minutes 3 days ago. I see she lost the imaginary fight
Anyone going to see the Bayeux Tapestry.
Which is neither from Bayeux, or a tapestry.
She once said she hoped science would “produce an answer” for being gay.
She likened Brexit to slaves rising up against slavemasters.
She called the #MeToo movement ‘snowflakery’
She always voted against gay rights.
She wanted to limit the number of people eligible for abortions.
She doesn’t deserve any peace in her death. In a bit you Ghoulish Thatcher wannabe.
[Victoria Wood Song](https://youtu.be/j-3VSLyje4E?is=DkTZNXe7_HY0-ldK)
She at least meant we got this.
I was always taught never to say anything about the dead unless it’s good.
No great loss to society, quite honestly. And the UK is unequivocally a better place for no longer being in it.
Here is a selection of her quotes:
On Women and Feminism
>It’s the age of the whine and the whinge, of the moan and the groan, of grievance and offence. And, oh, do the women know how to milk that for all it’s worth, while the men, poor wimps, stand by and meekly watch.
*(Radio Times, 2018)*
> So keen are women to embrace victimhood that members of the #MeToo movement wail about flirtatious conduct decades ago… It’s enough to make one wonder if we should have stayed at home darning socks.
*(Radio Times, 2018)*
> The reality in real life is that it’s a positive advantage to be a woman in the media… The feminists of those years yelled that all we wanted was equality. Now that has turned into a pathetic whine for special privileges.
*(Radio Times, 2018)*
On Poverty and the Cost of Living
> Well, then you don’t do the cheese sandwich.
*(Speaking on BBC’s Politics Live in 2023, when asked what her advice was for struggling families who could no longer afford the basic ingredients to make a simple cheese sandwich).*
On Brexit’s Impact on Young People
> I am tired of hearing this nonsense being talked that young people are going to be deprived of their rights to travel and to study in other countries.
*(Press Association, 2020)*
>I’m old enough to remember the days before we joined – we travelled, we studied, we lived, we worked in each other’s countries all the time and that’s how it will be again.
*(Press Association, 2020)*
On Single Mothers and Family Structure
>I think a sense of family, of commitment to family, and of helping each other and standing by each other, are essential. I pity anyone who doesn’t grow up with that.
*(The Guardian, 2010)*
In my humble opinion, one less brexiteer who doesn’t have to live with the consequences of their actions but my daughters will have to…
What a shame there is no Hell. She truly was a vile human being.
Now I have to go and dig out my really tiny violin
Hard to say anything good about someone who spent their whole career fighting against any and all forms of social progress.
Say hi to Maggie when you get down there, you absolute fucking ghoul.