Somehow I missed this, frankly bizarre, story - that Ann Widdecombe is tipped to be the next Ambassador of Great Britain to the Holy See.

I don't really see it.  Do these jobs not normally go to career diplomats from the FCO?

On a connected note, I read one of Ann's novels during the holidays and found it rather good.  An Act of Treachery is about a young French woman who falls in love with an older married German officer in occupied France.  Must track down the follow up - an Act of Peace.

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