Ann Widdecombe

[cryrst]

The news of an arrest for murder is shocking. I didn’t particularly like her and thought in later years that TV shows used her for cheap laughs, but she is an elderly lady and if true that she has been murdered by a young man it is truly awful.
No doubt the full details will emerge soon.

‘Details’ may be a bit sketchy !

 

[Cucking Funt]

Curious situation to say the least. She's found dead, evidently murdered, and OB have a suspect in custody within hours.
More to come out in due course, doubtless.

 

[Mr Palaceman]

Wow, this thread says more about us on this site than anything else.

The woman just died, in what may be terrible circumstances. can we just take a moment to chill.

Poor lady, no one deserves this.

May she rest in peace and thoughts to any family and friends she may have.

 

[DanH]

Wow, this thread says more about us on this site than anything else.

The woman just died, in what may be terrible circumstances. can we just take a moment to chill.

Poor lady, no one deserves this.

May she rest in peace and thoughts to any family and friends she may have.

Well said.

 

[Spiderman]

Wow, this thread says more about us on this site than anything else.

The woman just died, in what may be terrible circumstances. can we just take a moment to chill.

Poor lady, no one deserves this.

May she rest in peace and thoughts to any family and friends she may have.

You should read the thread on BBS

 

[eaglesdare]

You should read the thread on BBS

I'm not going to read it but I can imagine what is on it. My blood would boil if I read it.

A lot of the lefty reactions to this murder are akin to their Charlie kirks murder reactions.

 

[cryrst]

Wow, this thread says more about us on this site than anything else.

The woman just died, in what may be terrible circumstances. can we just take a moment to chill.

Poor lady, no one deserves this.

May she rest in peace and thoughts to any family and friends she may have.

Go post this on the bbs thread about poor Anne.

 

[cryrst]

Well said.

You were one of the first to comment on it being a white guy. Glass houses and all that !

 

[Matov]

I worked for many years in the Kennington area. Where Miss Widecombe lived. And she was incredibly popular in the local shops. A genuinely nice lady. Had the occassional interaction with her myself and she was delightful.

Not getting drawn into the quite rightful condemnation of a significant minority on the Left (and its not all of them, let's acknowledge that) but rather prefer to see their classless reaction as proof that she truly was a lady who was unafraid to voice an opinion, and refused to allow the zeitgiest of the day to sway her from what she believed was right.

If anything, many of those voices on the Left being so awful is actually perhaps the greatest praise they could heap on her because they have just proved what she believed about them all along to have been spot on. And lets be honest, none of it comes as a surprise.

RIP. The Right have lost an icon.

 

[DanH]

I worked for many years in the Kennington area. Where Miss Widecombe lived. And she was incredibly popular in the local shops. A genuinely nice lady. Had the occassional interaction with her myself and she was delightful.

Not getting drawn into the quite rightful condemnation of a significant minority on the Left (and its not all of them, let's acknowledge that) but rather prefer to see their classless reaction as proof that she truly was a lady who was unafraid to voice an opinion, and refused to allow the zeitgiest of the day to sway her from what she believed was right.

If anything, many of those voices on the Left being so awful is actually perhaps the greatest praise they could heap on her because they have just proved what she believed about them all along to have been spot on. And lets be honest, none of it comes as a surprise.

RIP. The Right have lost an icon.

A proper old school politician. Wish there were more. Would have loved a drink with her.

 

[DanH]

You were one of the first to comment on it being a white guy. Glass houses and all that !

Literally just put on here what the police had said.

 

[Wisbech Eagle]

About time you realised how utterly void of intelligence you are.

That raised a smile. Something like that coming from part of the group that I recently described as intellectually bankrupt can be safely treated with well deserved scorn. It only helps to verify my point. If I lack intelligence then I have been incredibly lucky throughout my life. Just this evening I have learned that an investment I made has doubled in value in 12 months.

 

[DanH]

That raised a smile. Something like that coming from part of the group that I recently described as intellectually bankrupt can be safely treated with well deserved scorn. It only helps to verify my point. If I lack intelligence then I have been incredibly lucky throughout my life. Just this evening I have learned that an investment I made has doubled in value in 12 months.

We’ve all won a tenner on the lottery mate 😘

 

[Wisbech Eagle]

One of the very few conviction politicians in my lifetime albeit without the gravitas of Margaret Thatcher, Enoch Powell or Tony Benn. Didnt deserve to go like that. RIP.

No one deserves to go like that. Certainly not those whose politics you disagree with.

She wasn’t though even close to the levels of those you quote. They were genuine conviction politicians. She was just dogmatic. Whenever I heard her trying to defend or justify some of the issues she pontificated on she floundered desperately. Her views were based on the dislike of things. Not the benefits of alternatives.

 

[DanH]

No one deserves to go like that. Certainly not those whose politics you disagree with.

She wasn’t though even close to the levels of those you quote. They were genuine conviction politicians. She was just dogmatic. Whenever I heard her trying to defend or justify some of the issues she pontificated on she floundered desperately. Her views were based on the dislike of things. Not the benefits of alternatives.

Nah, she was a conviction politician. One I fundamentally disagreed with but she stuck to her beliefs throughout her entire life and career. I have nothing but respect for people like that, even if I find some of them unpalatable.

Given what has happened to her in her final hours anyone finding even a slight bit of joy in her demise needs their head checking.

 

[Stirlingsays]

Wealthy women living on her own in an isolated area.

It is a genuine cause for concern because there are so many sick people about.

I would have advised her to at least get a live-in guard dog.

 

[DanH]

Wealthy women living on her own in an isolated area.

It is a genuine cause for concern because there are so many sick people about.

I would have advised her to at least get a live-in guard dog.

Agreed. Must be plenty of wealthy pensioners in a similar position a bit scared tonight.

 

[ASCPFC]

Wealthy women living on her own in an isolated area.

It is a genuine cause for concern because there are so many sick people about.

I would have advised her to at least get a live-in guard dog.

I would suspect mental health in this case. A lack of relatives puts family out of the picture I would think.

 

[cryrst]

Literally just put on here what the police had said.

Like lighting though I note !

 

[Stirlingsays]

Obviously when we initially don't know then speculation is rife.

It could be anything....We only know that he was white at the moment, if that's the correct guy.

Whatever it was.....We have lost a figure in British public life to murder and we hope that justice is done.