FORMER Tory minister Ann Widdecombe has said a campaign which lead to Sussex Police withdrawing a controversial “victim blaming” poster was “silliness” and “tosh”. 

The television personality wrote about the debate in her Daily Express column where she dismissed claims the poster suggested the victims of sexual assault were at fault for what happened to them. 

The strictly come dancing star also said she would make “feminist harridans” angry by saying “young girls should stick together, know how they are going to get home, drink moderately and not dress too scantily.” 

The Sussex Police poster of two girls taking a selfie over a slogan warning women to “stick” together” rose to infamy after women's rights groups accused the force of “victim blaming”.

Campaigners and women's rights groups nationwide spoke out against the poster which was released as a part of a police initiative to tackle the issue of sexual assault. 

They argued a message like Greater Manchester Police's “Drinking is not a crime, rape is” poster campaign was more effective and did not blame the victims. 

The 67-year-old Roman Catholic said: “I wonder what these daft spokeswomen say to their own teenage girls?

“Surely they don't say, 'Get as drunk as you like and wander about on your own?'.
“Encouraging people to take precautions with their person is no different from encouraging them to take precautions with their property.”

Sussex Police responded to campaigners by withdrawing the poster last week following a 1000 strong petition started by 16-year-old Brighton College student June Eric-Udorie.