Ann Widdecombe & The Bbc News

[Khandro]

I turned to the BBC news last evening (which I rarely do) in order to see what coverage they gave to her inspired maiden speech to the EU Parliament, did anyone else? - if you blinked you may have missed it !
The BBC (Brussels Broadcasting Company) broadcast one sentence and followed it with, "critics have said ....". While other online media are full of it; the Telegraph has full articles on it and the Mail says, "If you only watch one video this year you should watch this one".
I find it incredible that this organisation wants every household to give it 150 quid a year for its "unbiased reporting", do you agree?

[saintpeter48]

Brilliant from her, she told them exactly how I and millions of others are feeling, we're out and we are going, we are saying goodbye to the the most undemocratic, money making system in the world. I have never been a fan of Miss Widdecombe but she represents my views here, well said that woman!

[anotheoldgit]

What an excellent PM she would make.

[jim360]

Perhaps, one day, science will produce an answer to Ann Widdecombe.

[dannyk13]

Or maybe to Jim 360.

[jim360]

The difference between your post and mine is that I was making a reference to something Widdy's actually said.

[ladybirder]

I wish a few more politicians had her passion. Easy target to mock isn't she.

[naomi24]

LB, could you pop in here please?

https://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Media-and-TV/Question1665364.html

Sorry to interrupt Khandro.

[naomi24]

Jim, //The difference between your post and mine is that I was making a reference to something Widdy's actually said. //

I'd hazard a guess that danny was making a reference to what you've actually said too. ;o)

[Jackdaw33]

Listening to her I was struck by her resemblance to that doyenne of the Left, Bessie Braddock. Anyone remember her? Opposite sides of the political spectrum but the same fire and passion.

[jim360]

Yes, I wondered if anyone would pick up on that, Naomi :P

Still, I wouldn't have said it if Widdershins hadn't said it, so I still claim a dubious high ground :)

[naomi24]

Jim, why are you calling her Widdershins?

[anneasquith]

Oh my ‘ what an excellent PM she would make “. That a joke isn’t it aog ?

[aelmpvw]

//and I shall await you with my second (v_e), tomorrow at 6:00am//
you might have a long wait

[Jackdaw33]

Widdy was a victim of the most petty spite ever shown by a PM. She was denied the peerage which would have normally come her way solely because she dared to defy Cameron and vote in favour of a ban on foxhunting.

[jim360]

It's just another word that begins "widd", is all.

[naomi24]

Jim, I know what means. Try being honest - just for a change.

[jim360]

I actually *am* being honest. You're reading too much into it.

[naomi24]

Course I am. Your second poor try in just a few minutes.

[jim360]

I'd love to pretend I was being clever, but it was just genuinely about the sound of it. The potential political commentary of the meaning occurred to me after I'd written the post, not before. I was going to call her Widdy McWiddface next.

[naomi24]

Right ...