E Mail from Nigel Farage to Reform Members Ann Widdecombe was an extraordinary woman - without doubt, the best-known and most outstanding female politician in Britain since Margaret Thatcher. Ann spent many years in the Conservative Party. Then, in 2019, she joined us in the Brexit Party when we won the European elections, and was an outstanding colleague in the European Parliament. Beyond that, she became a loyal member alongside us all in Reform UK. Ann reached, of course, far beyond politics through Strictly Come Dancing, Big Brother and her theatre tours. She wasn’t just a politician; she became a celebrity. But the thing about Ann is that she never sought popularity for its own sake. She stood up and fought for what she believed in. She was a devout Christian and somebody with strong socially conservative views - perhaps not popular in the top circles of modern Britain, but Ann stood up for what she believed, regardless of fashion. Ann could stand on a stage and give a ...
This Government has become as unpredictable as HBO’s adaptation after it ran out of George RR Martin’s source material Daily Telegraph 10/07/26 link There are those who think it matters not that innumerable journalists, sub-editors and email authors have got into the habit of referring to Andy Burnham, our prime minister presumptive, as “The King of the North” . I have gone to great lengths, in this column and on X, to remind everyone that if they’re going to use pop culture references, they should do so with greater accuracy. In the first season of Game of Thrones , the character Robb Stark is given the title of King in the North by his followers. In, not “of”. I do not need reminding that this doesn’t really matter. We all know to whom the reference applies, after all. It’s a well-chosen nickname because, even though Burnham is notoriously reluctant to mention it in public, he is, in fact, from the North himself . My contention is that there is no point in adopting any cultura...