Visitors to Blackpool over the weekend were astonished to find that the Tory MP for Maidstone and The Weald had been staked into the sand with some sharp pieces of wood and was being used as a trampoline by a number of small screaming children.

This isn’t the first time that the blonde-locked MP has been used as a playground device. The good people of Broadstairs often attach small children to her and attach the former Shadow Home Secretary to waterwheel, whilst young boxers in London’s East End have frequently used her as a sparring partner. “She’s bloody good’ said one crack taking delinquent.

For Miss Widdecombe - who is also an unsuccessful novelist – this latest foray into children’s entertainment comes at a time when she is seeking to throw off her jam and cardigans image in order to show a softer more human and caring side.

Friends of the portly politician say that following the success of her trampoline experiment she is now seeking to become a fully fledged bouncy castle, but at present is awaiting planning permission before this ambition can be fully realised.

Anne Widdecombe’s mother is 94.

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