Anne Widdecombe has died

Shinamae

The 26 year-old has been released and they’ve said he has nothing to do with it
Feel very sorry for him being dragged in for something like this…

So do I Shinamae

mrsmeldrew

A dreadful woman.

A particularly nasty and offensive post which I hope gets removed.

Indeed.
Thank goodness he had a watertight alibi. It must have been scary getting f that knock on his door.

I have just scrolled X the majority of the posts for Ann were similar,

she was principled, do not agree with all of her view, a very loyal friend, good sense of humour

These were from all sides of the political spectrum.

The really evil ones, some from political activists and broadcasters, well I wonder if they will get a knock on their doors from the boys in blue…

I didn’t agree with her views but I’ve listened to her defend them and that is what having views are. She hasn’t actively gone out to hurt people, she just said how she felt.

She didn’t deserve this

This…

GrannyGravy13

I have just scrolled X the majority of the posts for Ann were similar,

she was principled, do not agree with all of her view, a very loyal friend, good sense of humour

These were from all sides of the political spectrum.

The really evil ones, some from political activists and broadcasters, well I wonder if they will get a knock on their doors from the boys in blue…

No chance - they are left not right!

I realise this is now an old forum, but Ann's death seems to have been discarded as a subject. I am so upset at tonight's (21/7) news about her being hit on the head with a hammer 21 times. And as for that horrible person at a Scottish university saying they 'hoped she had an agonising death', - well, it makes me feel like giving up the ghost myself. Are we now a society where some people think it's perfectly all right to kill someone whose politics they disagree with? (I know motive has not been proved for Ann's murder, but have a think). It reminds me so much of what happened to Jo Cox. Why can't people be left alone with their beliefs, regardless of whether we loathe or love them? RIP Ann. RIP Jo. I fear for us all in these worryingly divided times.

I agree Betony. It is just so awful. I am still in shock to be honest. I am reminded of lovely MP David Amess too.
It really is depressing.

It is depressing, I agree. Over the past ten years or so people seem to have got so much less tolerant of those they don't agree with. I was shocked at some of the things people said during the Brexit campaign, and there was no return to normal afterwards.

It's not the disagreement that's the problem - people have always disagreed. It's the jeering, and mocking that's horrible. It dehumanises people simply for having a different opinion. It worries me that we might have gone past a point of no return.

And yes - AW's death was horrible. I very much hope she knew little of what was going on.