00:00As thousands of you gather in this hall and at the Fringe events and everything else that's
00:05going on, someone is missing. Someone is missing. The irrepressible, unique, totally extraordinary
00:19Anne Widdicombe is missing. And we thought the only appropriate way to start this conference
00:35was to pay tribute to Anne. She was, in my opinion, the best known female politician in
00:43Britain since Margaret Thatcher. No doubt. And Anne Widdicombe didn't need autocue. Anne
00:56Widdicombe didn't need notes. She took to the stage with the microphone and she bashed
01:02out the message. She said things not to court short-term popularity. She said things that
01:10she believed truly and deeply in her heart.
