Essay by Eric Worrall
Ann Widdecombe was one of only five MPs to vote against the Climate Change Act 2008.
Man, 26, arrested after police launch murder investigation into Ann Widdecombe’s death
Rachel Flynn
Live reporterThis afternoon, police announced they had launched a murder investigation into the death of Ann Widdecombe, 78-year-old former Conservative minister turned Reform UK spokeswoman.
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Later in the afternoon: Assistant Chief Constable Matt Longman announced that a 26-year-old white British man was arrested on Friday afternoon on suspicion of Widdecombe’s murder, at an address in Newton Abbot – not far from Widdecombe’s home in the Haytor area in Dartmoor.
What else do we know?
Police say the murder inquiry is in its early stages, but do not consider it a terrorist incident and say there is no information at this time to suggest it is politically motivated. They’re appealing to the public for any relevant information.
Tributes have been pouring in – Reform UK leader Nigel Farage called her an “extraordinary” and “remarkable, principled woman”, while her partner in Strictly Come Dancing in 2010, Anton Du Beke, said he was “devastated”.
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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cp9l8l05vxet
The following is Ann Widdecombe calling for an end to Net Zero and ULEZ on GB News in 2024.
I met Ann Widdecombe once. She wasn’t a tall woman, but her presence filled the room. Yet at the same time, she wasn’t arrogant, like a lot of senior British politicians. The lasting impression was someone motivated by a genuine and uncompromising desire to do good – a true Christian.
The police claim they have ruled out terrorism, but given serious allegations of politically motivated misconduct by British police in recent high profile cases such as the Henry Nowak murder, I’m hesitant to take anything British Police say at face value. Of course it is entirely possible that Ann’s murder was a random attack by one of the wandering violent lunatics which Britain’s revolving door justice system regularly inflicts on the public.
We have no details of the confrontation between Ann and her attacker, other than it was violent and involved multiple severe wounds, but it should be noted elderly people are especially vulnerable in high crime Britain. In Britain it is not even legal to carry pepper spray for self defence, much less a gun. Ann would have stood no chance against a man in his 20s.
My heart goes out to Ann’s family and friends in this terrible time. Let’s hope the perpetrator is dealt with as befits such an awful crime.
Update (EW): The man arrested earlier has been released without charge. According to police he is “no longer part of the investigation”.
Update (EW): News of a new arrest, this time a 28 year old man. Police are still claiming there is no terrorist motive.
Seems awfully convenient…as a distraction…to so many interests…
Must be quickest release of a suspects colour ever. Anyway caught and now released and no longer part of the investigation. So the real perpetrator is still at large.
The 6 dancing Israelis were released faster.
UK police have a habit lately of arresting white people to show they’re not racist or something while letting perpetrators off. If they just did their job and arrested actual perpetrators and punished them appropriately, everyone would be safer regardless of their skin color, country of origin, sex, sexual predilection, political affiliation, or any of the other ever-growing special categories that leftists like to herd people into. Judging people by the content of their character—and their (mis)behavior—rather than the color of their skin is a concept lost on leftists.
But in this case what is his arrest status?
According to Wikipedia – yes I know it’s a particularly UNreliable source, British police arrested a White male yesterday, and released him without charge today on the grounds he’s no longer part of the investigation. So now there’s neither suspect nor known cause or motive. Is it supposedly just random?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Widdecombe#Murder_investigation
The short answer is we haven’t a clue. And, given her position as a prominent outspoken deeply Christian right wing politician, the police are not going to shoot themselves by ascribing political religious or racial motivation without strong evidence.
And neither should we, frankly.
All I will say is that she was fairly isolated, but not rich, which makes her an easy target for anyone with motive, but not really a likely target of burglary.
Burglary and home invasion does occur. Perp may have assumed she was wealthy. But police now think her murder was terrorism.
Truly tragic end of a life, let alone such a respected and liked politician (not that the extreme left aren’t already dancing on her grave like they always do when someone on the right dies).
I doubt there is anything more to this than the fact that she lived in an isolated property and crime in the UK is out of control (assuming it wasn’t just an awful accident).
We can’t know for sure at this point. Anne was a high profile, influential and outspoken supporter of Israel, so there seems at least a possibility she triggered some religious nutter.
If it turns out Ann’s death was a politically motivated murder, the political rebound will be seismic.
No, it won’t…think about it. It’ll be in the interests of the powers that be to bury it and forget about it. Happens all the time here.
X is awash with the left dancing on her grave. The most vile posts imaginable, which I won’t repost here.
Ann considered voluntary abortion morally and religiously repugnant. She railed against the mutilation of children in the cause of trans ideology.
It was apparent that her definition of ‘kindness’ was to encourage self-reliance and self-belief and, in the absence of either, turn to religion for support rather than turning to contrived heathen beliefs.
I suspect Charlie Kirk will be first in a long line of principled people waiting to greet her at the Pearly Gates.
I just posted it so see what I get ..yeah theres a few woke lefties still there but most like rats went to bluethingy . is say more PRO than anti her views myself
In particular Steve Wilson and “Heather” Herbert were particularly vile
The area she lived in rural Devon , has very very little violent crime , it’s not somewhere you would associate with being murdered. Rural crime in this sort of area would include stealing farm machinery , drug taking , drug supply and cultivation , petty theft . Vehicle theft .
This is a curious one.
Whether people liked Widdicombe or not, she was formidable and a rare politician who had real principles (unlikely the current shower).
My instinct tells me this is not political or terrorist related, more likely a robbery/burglary attempt gone wrong with Widdicombe fighting back, tragically losing her life in the process.
RIP, Ann Widdicombe. May your voice and wisdom carry on.
A fight between a 78 year old woman and just about anyone else is unfair.
I agree. At age 78 she seems to be a nice elderly lady. My take is she has been out of the spotlight and no longer prominent. Expect this to be a drug related robbery or some such thing ” … by one of the wandering violent lunatics which Britain’s revolving door justice system regularly inflicts on the public.”
She was due to make a TV appearance. She was still a member of Reform though no longer an MP.
The longer this goes on, the more I think my initial reaction was wrong
From the Independent:
Almost certainly the murder was politically motivated as Widdecombe, despite charity work in Palestine, was pro-Israel, voted against the Climate Change Act, and was anti-illegal immigration.
Exactly. See my post above.
There is virtually zero probability this was a burglary gone wrong, if the man arrested yesterday turns iut to be the murderer. He drove 270 miles from Rotherham in Yorkshire to Widdecombe’s bungalow in Devon, then drove back the same day. A CCTV image shows him getting into his car with a large wooden club in his pocket. It seems nothing was stolen from the bungalow.
We know that now, we didn’t when I posted
See my comment above yours
A conviction politician with moral courage; one of the last. RIP
Thus far plod hasn’t a clue.
Although I’m not religious I had a lot of respect for her. This is a terrible, cruel end for a wonderful person. My deepest condolences to her family and friends.
Chris
The 26 year old initially arrested has been released and is no longer considered a suspect.
The police were very quick to declare the murder was not terror related,? The question we all ask is how do they know as they certainly do not have the murderer and are not able to judge his/her motive.
This mindless murder of an 82 year old female politician is a clear message to all of us.
Living alone unarmed in the UK is no longer the safe option….it used to be.
Correction. The police said they had “no evidence to suggest” a political or terror related motivation.
This is a hot potato and no rozzer worth his retirement benefits is going to stick his neck out without some reason to do so.
82year old female politicianShe was 78.
Yes sorry, my mistake. suffice to say she was an old vulnerable lady either way.
This is awful. Of course the initial reaction is “not politically motivated”. We’ll see. May her friends and family find peace.
Ann Widdecombe RIP
Prominent, Christian, Climate skeptic and former Conservative MP and Reform UK Brexiteer, Ann Widdecombe was found murdered on 9th July 2026 :
The UK’s Brexit project was triggered by then Conservative PM, David Cameron, when he vetoed the proposed new EU Treaty on 8th December 2011.
David Cameron blocks EU treaty with veto, casting Britain adrift in Europe
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/dec/09/david-cameron-blocks-eu-treaty
Friday 9 December 2011 20.34 GMT
From Brexit Project : UK PM David Cameron, vetoed the proposed new EU Treaty on 8th December 2011
to Ann Widdecombe murdered on 9th July 2026 is :
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= 5328 days
= 666 weeks, 666 days
= 666 + 666 + 666 + 666
+ 666 + 666 + 666 + 666 days
https://www.timeanddate.com/date/durationresult.html?d1=8&m1=12&y1=2011&d2=9&m2=7&y2=2026&ti=on
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https://www.timeanddate.com/date/durationresult.html?d1=12&m1=09&y1=2024&d2=9&m2=7&y2=2026&ti=on
Good grief – pass the tinfoil when you’ve finished with it
Seek mental health treatment now, not tommorrow.
This pointless numerology is beyond stupid. I was tempted to delete it, but I I’ll leave it as a warning.
At this time, your comment has only 1 like. 666 – 1 = 665 likes to go.
I’d have said “pointless, tortured numerology”
Anne Widdecombe was a regular guest on the Mike Graham Show (youtube), speaking personally and sometimes as Reform UK ‘s Immigration and Justice spokesperson.
On Friday morning everybody thought she had died of some natural cause. But no. And me, I’m not ruling anything out.
Who heard about the bishop (Cei Dewar) who had the wheel nuts on his car deliberately loosened, and has had other assorted death threats? Nobody. But he’s a favourite speaker at Unite the Kingdom…
May this lady rest in peace. My deepest condolences to her loved ones.
I can all too easily imagine the kind of vile comments that must be flooding social media, celebrating the murder of Mrs. Widdecombe. The same thing happened after the death of Jean-Marie Le Pen, and, of course, after the assassination of Charlie Kirk. This tendency to celebrate the deaths of political opponents both disgusts and frightens me.
I could never bring myself to rejoice at the death of a political leader whose ideas I utterly despise. Nor could I justify such a murder in any way. Among the people I know, none with a “right-wing” outlook would display the kind of obscenity that leftists so often exhibit when one of their political opponents dies.
Most on the right, consider those who disagree with them to be stupid.
The tendency on the left is to consider those who disagree with them to be evil. The further to the left, the more self-righteous they become.
Those leaders and many on the left are not stupid. Lenin and Stalin for example were not stupid. The appeal is two fold. One a guilt over their status for those with money classic Stockholm syndrome, or a mental attitude that everything wrong is someone else fault. Politicians play to that for power and wealth. Both Lenin and Stalin increased their wealth a million fold and the power was wonderful for them, the sheep who bought the story died in the millions. The stupid are out there about half the population, they do what the herd leaders tell them to do right left or folks from mars ideaa. Currently the “rich” and climate are favorite hates of the left on the march to poer.
And the more violent.
She was not married.
O/T Miliband again…
Ed Miliband has approved Britain’s second-largest solar farm on 4,000 acres of prime farmland after overruling opposition from his own inspectors.
https://dailysceptic.org/2026/07/11/miliband-overrules-his-inspectors-to-approve-britains-second-largest-solar-farm/
Solar in Britain is just sad. How many winter sunlight hours will it receive?
For now is the winter of our discontent made inglorious summer by master Miliband
Likely I can think of sillier things, and when I do I’ll get back to you.
I believe it would be 666 in 10 years.
Net Zero
For weeks on end. Little to none.
Precious little wind during the same periods.
White male added to take minds off the problem with non christian immigrants. The reason was criminal activity or a leftist who wanted to silence a critic which may involve mental issues. All of the reasons have the same cause. Leftist MPs amd PM’s who refuse to fix the problems.
Yet in Ireland….
Jamey Carney, 43, a New York native who moved to Ireland in 2021, died from suffocation after suffering head injuries, according to a report by The Irish Times, which cited the Irish state pathologist Dr. Linda Mulligan.
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Fox News Digital asked Irish police to identify the person of interest and explain the legal basis for withholding his identity. They declined to provide any new information, saying there were “no additional updates at this time.” – Fox
Guess what, he’s another alleged asylum seeker
Despite the international manhunt, Irish police have yet to publicly identify the person of interest or release his name, photograph or physical description.
Which leads to protecting the very vulnerable faith…
A man has been charged with incitement to hatred over an effigy of a mosque and Isis terrorist atop a bonfire in Northern Ireland […] It displayed a mosque with the words “Islamic fascism” written in Arabic on the side, an effigy of a man holding an Isis flag and a knife, and signs reading “secure our borders” and “end the threat of radical Islam”.
The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) then arrested a 56-year-old man on suspicion of displaying threatening, abusive or insulting material which is intended to stir up hatred, adding that the effigy’s placement was a “hate-motivated criminal offence”. – GBN
A clear cut case of Zandaqa – Heresy
On the other hand, blood libel against Jews is protected speech.
That’s the two tier approach.
Death was due to criminal activity religious hate, or leftish hate. All the causes occur as the leftist MP’s, PM’s refuse to fix the problems or at best pretend to address the problems. As to religious the police simply refuse to list the suspects country of birth or color thanks to the leftists.
Have they ruled out ecoterrorism?
Late to the party as usual, I wrote this last night: https://libertarianism.uk/2026/07/10/my-memories-of-ann-widdecombe/. As I relate there, I met Ann in person, and enjoyed time in her company. She was a decent lass.
For sure. I only met her once, but was impressed.
May I recommend, regarding this atrocity? —
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2026/07/11/ann-widdecombe-murder-investigation-police-release-first-suspect/
And while you’re there, recall this Delingpole classic —
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2021/11/09/cop26-is-just-an-eco-fascist-gaslighting-operation/
From which, the concluding passage:
I was alongside Ann on Dartmoor recently giving a talk. She was a brilliant speaker and one of only 5MPs who voted against the Climate Change Act 2008. That tells you how truly intelligent she was. May Ann rest in peace; she will be sorely missed.
Thank you for this post. Had she not been a Conservative, climate sceptic and Christian the media reaction would have been off the scale. A truly wonderful lady and a rare diamond in British politics.
Farage has said he thinks it was targeted and not a burglary gone wrong, although he’s not going to speculate! He’s basing that on a report of a car turning up and leaving a short while later, just after midnight on the day it’s now believed she was killed.
I trust Farage’s judgement on this one, he likely has more information.
Apparently the police have CCTV of the suspect, but are not releasing for operational reasons. Latest BBC news still says the (new) suspect is white.
Correction, midday not midnight.
I can agree, this was not Islamic terrorism.
It does not appear to be domestic violence homicide.
It could very well be climate alarmist terrorism murder.
This must be considered by the Coroner and the government of the UK.
A new arrest.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz6v5z9zz8jo
New info …
“A statement from Devon and Cornwall Police, late on Saturday, said: “We can confirm that a 28-year-old man was arrested at an address in the South Yorkshire area this evening (July 11) on suspicion of the murder of Ann Widdecombe.”
https://nation.cymru/news/police-arrest-28-year-old-man-on-suspicion-of-the-murder-of-ann-widdecombe/
‘News of a new arrest, this time a 28 year old man. Police are still claiming there is no terrorist motive.’ Yet British terrorist police helped in the arrest!
A lot of socialists are white.
Not all Muslims are dark skinned.