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  1. Ann Widdecombe was a Westminster one-off with a fine sense of humour | Letter
    By Guardian Staff

    The former Labour MP David Hinchliffe recalls working with the former Conservative MP, saying their disagreements were always without rancour

    theguardian.com/politics/2026/

    #AnnWiddecombe #Politics #Conservatives #HouseofCommons #TheGuardian #GuardianStaff

  2. Ann Widdecombe’s death should make Britain ask itself: what sort of political culture do we want? | Gaby Hinsliff
    By Gaby Hinsliff

    Dehumanising politicians is the first step towards justifying their elimination. It matters more than ever to keep putting the person back into the picture

    theguardian.com/commentisfree/

    #AnnWiddecombe #Politics #HouseofCommons #UKnews #TheGuardian #GabyHinsliff

  3. Reform UK triggers row over MPs’ safety – podcast
    By Presented by Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey, produced by Frankie Tobi, music by Axel Kacoutié; the executive producer is Maz Ebtehaj

    After Ann Widdecombe’s murder, Reform UK has criticised the Commons speaker, Lindsay Hoyle and suggested its MPs are not given enough security. Pippa Crerar tells Kiran Stacey what Hoyle’s team have been telling her

    theguardian.com/politics/audio

    #Politics #NigelFarage #ReformUK #HouseofCommons #Commonsspeaker #UKnews #TheGuardian #PresentedbyPippaCrerar #KiranStacey #producedbyFrankieTobi #musicbyAxelKacouti #theexecutiveproducerisMazEbtehaj

  4. Reform UK triggers row over MPs’ safety – podcast
    By Presented by Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey, produced by Frankie Tobi, music by Axel Kacoutié; the executive producer is Maz Ebtehaj

    After Ann Widdecombe’s murder, Reform UK has criticised the Commons speaker, Lindsay Hoyle and suggested its MPs are not given enough security. Pippa Crerar tells Kiran Stacey what Hoyle’s team have been telling her

    theguardian.com/politics/audio

    #Politics #NigelFarage #ReformUK #HouseofCommons #Commonsspeaker #UKnews #TheGuardian #PresentedbyPippaCrerar #KiranStacey #producedbyFrankieTobi #musicbyAxelKacouti #theexecutiveproducerisMazEbtehaj

  5. "Labour has gone to great lengths to make clear that nothing substantial will change."

    "Centrist rule, typified by the incapability or unwillingness to take seriously the manifold crises humanity now faces, only increases the political dissatisfaction on which the far-right feeds. The […] Tories – or Reform itself – may well return renewed and worsened in 2029 when public frustration sees Labour’s exercise in political nothingness collapse."

    Francesca Newton writes: vashtimedia.com/election-labou 🧶

    #farCenter #conservation #rule #austerity #publicHealth #resentment #cultureWars #antiWoke #lifeConditions #healthCare #hostility #disdain #brutalization #farCentre #LabourParty #Labour #England #Britain #UK #centreLeft #leftOfCentre #takeOver #elections #UKPol #politics #SocialDemocracy #SocDem #triangulation #Starmer #ballot #UKPolitics #parliament #vote #campaign #government #HouseOfCommons #ambivalence #Shehecheyanu #hope #Macron #Jewishness #Judaism #Jews