Who had the nickname "Doris Karloff"?

Ann Widdicombe

'Doris Karloff' helps homeless
BY MARIE WOOLF Political Correspondent | Sunday 10 January 1999

SHE HAS been dubbed Doris Karloff, and ridiculed for her unbending political views. But privately, Ann Widdecombe, the Tory health spokeswoman, has a softer side; she feeds the homeless near the House of Commons and helps them to leave the streets. Miss Widdecombe has been secretly taking rough sleepers to McDonald's for Big Macs and coffee after church on Sunday, putting them in touch with night shelters and counsellors and using her knowledge of policy to tell them about their social security entitlement. The Tory MP, now a cult figure at Westminster for her honesty and plain- speaking, has been secretly helping rough-sleepers around Westminster Cathedral for months. She is particularly worried about young people sleeping on the pavement in the winter and offers extra help to new arrivals on the street. After attending evening Mass at Westminster Cathedral, she asks them if they want to sit in the neighbouring McDonald's for a meal and chat. Churchgoers have often seen her on cold evenings wearing leggings and a casual coat handing out coffee in polystyrene cups to young people bedding down in doorways. She says she never gives them money but will listen to their problems.

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