The Murder of Anne Widdicombe
Ann Widdecombe wasn't exactly everyone's cup of tea. She had opinions. Strong ones. Sometimes controversial ones. Sometimes deeply unpopular ones. Plenty of people spent years arguing with her, mocking her, shouting at the television every time she appeared on Question Time. Fine. That's politics. But if your first reaction to hearing that someone has been murdered is "LOL" or "Good riddance", I think we've wandered into some fairly grim territory. What exactly are you celebrating? That someone was violently killed? That another human being died terrified? That somebody's family got the phone call no family ever wants? I've seen people online acting like this is some sort of football result. "Our side won." No. Nobody won. A woman is dead. And before anyone starts... "No, but she said horrible things." Probably. She said plenty of things I disagreed with. Vigorously. That's still a million miles away from concluding ...