Ann Widdecombe is right to lead the fight in Brussels – but the real threat to democracy is here at home

FFirst, the Brexit Party turned its back on the European anthem at the opening of the European Parliament under the sign of consternation. This reaction, however, was nothing compared to the unrest later caused by Ann Widdecombe, the most incomparable British fighter on freedom, with her first speech in the European Parliament.

She spoke of a "consistent pattern in the history" of the "oppressed who badail the oppressors: slaves against their landlords, peasants against their feudal barons – colonies … against their empires." That's why we start ".

As usual these days, the tumult was immediate. Martin Horwood, a newly elected Liberal Democrat MEP, called the speech "deeply offensive". Comments from Widdecombe, …