Anne Widdecombe has died

We do not know if it was politically motivated .... the police have not said so.
No-one knows just now.
Let's hope there will be some clarity soon for her family.

It does make me wonder whether a certain politician has the right idea in providing his own security services? The State being over stretched?

I am appalled that an old lady has been murdered in her own home. It is utterly shocking!
I still abhor her views and it is OK for people to say that.

Police believe it is NOT politically motivated
It could have been a burglary gone wrong

Some of the posts made before a police investigation into Anne Widdecombe's death was announced were unpleasant.

Perhaps the authors of the more unpleasant comments would ask for them to be removed.

That's truly shocking news!

Sundowngirl- I agree with everything you say. She was so refreshing to listen to speaking common sense.

I loved Anne Widdecombe and was deeply saddened to hear of her death but now horrified to hear that she has been murdered.

I greatly admired her no nonsense approach and I pretty much agreed with her political views. RIP Anne you will be missed.

Poor woman it sounds horrific. Where was her police protection

Just seen this update.
Absolutely awful.

I was saddened and shocked to hear of her death this morning but it has niggled with me all day now I am even more shocked that it appears she was murdered. Poor, poor lady. Jeremy Vine said this morning she loved her home on the edge of Dartmoor. I just can’t believe it!

I will watch at 4.30. I am truly shocked by this. I liked and respected the woman even though I did not agree with her views.

X posts Maw

Oh no!

Latest:

New
Widdecombe death being investigated
Detectives are looking into the case of the former Conservative Party minister who was found dead at her home aged 78

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Police seek white male
Officers searching for information on whereabouts of suspect

I know there is another thread on this but anyway
‘Police have launched a murder investigation into the death of Ann Widdecombe
Devon and Cornwall Police say the 78-year-old was found at her home on Dartmoor in Devon on Thursday with serious injuries
They are looking for a white male in connection with their investigation, which they say is "moving at a significant pace"
Police are expected to hold a news conference at 16:30 BST
Widdecombe, the former Conservative minister turned Reform UK spokeswoman, served as the MP for Maidstone in Kent for 23 years
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood says she is "deeply saddened" to learn of Widdecombe's death and urges the public "to avoid speculation"’

As well as a politician she was also a 78 year old women, the motive ( if it is foul play) could be related to either of those factors.

I'm upset to read that it's a possible muder investigation, I didn't agree with all her pov, but didn't dislike her and as with the previous two murdered politicians, too awful to contemplate.

Goodness- a suspicious death police investigation is always both alarming and sad- whatever anyone felt about Anne W.

Yes it is on the BBC. How horrific.

I found many of her views abhorrent but I’m glad that those who knew her personally found her kind and supportive.

BBC are calling it a murder investigation.

That is very concerning. A statement to be made by police later.

Sago

Police have launched an investigation into her death.

What? That sounds utterly horrific or is it just that she died alone unexpectedly?

Police have launched an investigation into her death.

I can only think that some of her views and beliefs came from her own lived, or rather non-lived, experiences, ie single, few if any sexual experiences, no children.
And I think, in common with many MPs, an absence of understanding of the lived experience of those less privileged. I felt that she hid behind her religion and used her out-dated interpretation of this to hide behind.

She was deaf to the needs of others except at a personal level .... that is not good enough in a politician whose job it is to represent all their constituents: gay, poor, misguided, undereducated .... whatever.

To be honest I found some of her views and pronouncements deeply offensive and inhumane.... a poor representative of Christian principles in the 21st century.