In the two centuries between the assassination of Prime Minister Spencer Perceval and the killing of Labour MP Jo Cox, six members of the House of Commons were murdered, all by Irish republicans. Since then, what Churchill called "the dreary steeples of Fermanagh and Tyrone" have muted their quarrels somewhat, and yet political violence in a once peaceable kingdom has become more general, to the cheers of the crowd. Ann Widdecombe, Reform UK's migration spokesperson, was the godmother of the daughter of Sir David Amess, a Tory MP stabbed to death, in church, by a "British" Somali five years ago. Not so long ago, to lose both your father and your godmother to bloody murder would have been statistically improbable outside Shetland or Midsomer Murders. Nevertheless, it happened, and in both cases British officialdom chose, consciously, to lie about the reality of what had occurred:
Police say no suggestion of political motive in Widdecombe killing after new arrest
At the time the Brit Wanker Copper in question - Matt Longman, Assistant Chief Constable of Devon and Cornwall - could not possibly have known that, but felt obliged to say it anyway:
All the police had to say was "We're not ruling anything out as the investigation is in its very early stages"
But no, they immediately ruled out political motives & terrorism.
Now they look like inept wankers, but they couldn't help themselves.
Ann Widdecombe deserved better.
— Mr_Mac (@gaz_mccarthy) July 13, 2026
Ah, but by now it's Standard Operating Procedure: if your daughter gets fatally stabbed at a Taylor Swift dance class and the plods discover later that same day that the perp has ricin and an al-Qa'eda training manual in his bedroom, that's no reason not to assure the public that there's nothing to see here except a Welsh choir boy.The killers may be just the latest card-carrying members of the Amalgamated Union of Lone Wolves, but the reaction of half of "social" media to Miss Widdecombe's slaughter portends something far darker. "Enlightened" "progressive" opinion has taken on the same character as Islam: an extremist Muslim wants to behead you; a moderate Muslim wants to stand around and watch. If, like Kellie-Jay Keen, you are confronted by a man threatening to cut your throat, it can be difficult calculating whether he means it or he's just an arsehole mouthing off. Either way, the wanker coppers - in England as in New Zealand - will be on the side of the arse.