Good on Yer, Widders!

I confess that I can’t stand the dance contest, Strictly Come Dancing, and never watch it. However, via the newspaper reports, I have kept up with the antics of Ann Widdecombe who has had the four judges consistently growling at her poor performance.

I quite like Ann Widdecombe who I thought was a voice of sense when she was an MP, and was disappointed when she was not elected to the Speaker’s Chair. I think her strident quips would have brought the place to good order.

Ann stood down at the last election and was then brave enough to expose herself to ridicule on this dance contest that seems to have quite an audience. Such is the size of her enthusiastic followers that she has been repeatedly voted ‘in’ despite the judges wanting her ‘off’.

You have to admire her tenacity and also humour. As our Aussie cousins would say, ‘Good on yer, Widders!’
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Good Question!

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In his Good Friday message to the nation yesterday, Gordon Brown said, ‘The Christian churches are the conscience of our country, always ready to bear witness to the truth and to remind us of our responsibilities to what the Bible calls ‘the least of these’.

Hmm. I’m an old cynic and looked around for some sensible words to counter the chocolate-box sentiments oozing from the Downing Street copywriters.

I found them from dear old Ann Widdecombe who is always good for a quote. ‘If Gordon Brown is the Good Samaritan, perhaps he could explain why he robbed the pension funds and left so many people by the wayside?’

A very good question!
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