Police investigating death of Ann Widdicombe

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Very strange

They will have had their reasons. There will have been a reasonable suspicion against this man and it would have been remiss of them not to act in the light of danger to the public. They would have been slated if they had not.

Exactly, and you know what I find bizarre?

Police arrest someone and say they do not believe there is a terrorist or political motive.

Let's the guy go.

Police continue search and still say they do not think this was politically linked.
What??

Oh good. The conspiracy theories have started.

Some people will be very disappointed if the murderer isn't an immigrant or a left winger. Or better yet, both.

I think Ann would say shut up and let the police do their job, tbh.

Heather Herbert is a disgusting human. He is bitter, twisted and hateful because Ann Widdecombe was what he can never become..a woman.

I totally agree. Heather Herbert is a disgusting human. He is bitter, twisted and hateful because Ann Widdecombe was what he can never become..a woman.

At first the police said they were holding a ‘white man’ as a suspect. I have never seen them name a ‘black man’ like this. Why is the race important when it is only a suspect? They are also saying it is not necessarily ‘politically motivated’. I don’t believe that for a moment. I think it will be someone on the hard left who dislikes Ann Widdecombe because she is fearless, a member of Reform and she says what she thinks.

Unfortunately that doesn’t seem
to be the case. It’s a murder investigation.

Why do you even feel it’s necessary to say you didn’t like anything about her? She’s dead for christs sake.

Completely agree

She was murdered.

Wasceally gob smacked and shocked about this awful incident to an elderley woman

Not a fan of the Conservatives but did like Ms Widdlcombes straight to the point speaking manner. Her own person.

You were a great character
And you will be well remembered.

RIP
Ann

Right but she posted that twenty seven hours ago.

I think the police know who it is. Hence the not releasing anymore info at the moment.

I think it is all very sad; whether or not one agreed with her views and political stance, she was most certainly a vibrant personality, and I recall some years ago when she was still a Tory MP, her going out into the streets of London and talking to various teenagers and thinking at least she had taken the trouble to get out there to see for herself some of the realities of the community. I thoroughly enjoyed watching her on Strictly, too; she was about my level of ability on the dance floor!. Love her or not, she did not deserve to be murdered, and I can only hope she had one swift blow to her head and knew nothing more about it rather than dying in fear. RIP Ann

Sometime today, on the radio, it was pointed out that when she was Home Secretary, she visited every prison. The implication was that not all Home Secretaries manage to do that and that she took her job very seriously.
When everyone pulled out of Afghanistan I think there were people still there who'd helped the British by providing information etc. Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't she make a bit of noise about the responsibility of the British government to get those people out safely?

What was Peter saying about her?

Yes, they were VERY keen to get the "white" and "non-political motive" out there, how would they have a clue about the motive at this stage anyway, they don!t have anyone in custody?

Not sure the two are compatible TBH.

To avoid unfounded rumours spreading online and working people up to violently target minority groups.

If they didn't expressly say it was a white male, someone would be confidently announcing it's an asylum seeker and many would believe them and start attacking hotels where asylum seekers are housed. Or something along those lines.

I live very locally to Ann. It’s an odd feeling knowing I was driving less than a mile away at the time she was likely attacked. I also suspect I saw the ambulance headed to her home the following day.
Lots of anxiety locally about what’s happened as it’s so rare for things like this to happen here.

Which two?

Reform UK supporters locally have already implied

i) it was an immigrant
ii) it was revenge for her political views
iii) the united left are celebrating

They never miss a chance to exploit tragedy

It must be very worrying for people locally.

Having silly ideas about endless globalisation and zero borders (very middle class/first world notions) and actually being a hard headed serious and focussed economic migrant.

No they have it all wrong, the news specifically said it was a white man and there was no political motive at all, Sky have moved on anyway, they are covering one of their own tonight, they don"t need to speculate on a case that is nothing to see here, nothing at all.