Ann Widdecombe defects to Farage's Brexit Party: Tory turns back on party after 55 years express.co.uk

LIFELONG Conservative Ann Widdecombe today makes a sensational return to frontline politics as a Brexit Party candidate. The 71-year-old former minister – a loyal Tory for 55 years – said she was “compelled” to put retirement on hold to help finally deliver the referendum result. The Daily Express columnist has joined Nigel Farage’s grassroots rebellion in anger at the Government’s failure to get us out of the EU, as promised, on March 29.