ANN WIDDECOMBE’S DEATH SHOULD MAKE BRITAIN ASK ITSELF: WHAT SORT OF POLITICAL CULTURE DO WE WANT? | GABY HINSLIFF
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Dehumanising politicians is the first step towards justifying their elimination. It matters more than ever to keep putting the person back into the picture Ann Widdecombe was never one to hide from an argument.
And she wasn’t afraid for her safety either. She scoffed at friends’ suggestions that she should get electric gates, as an elderly woman with a public profile living alone on Dartmoor, just as she dismissed concerns about her health at 78. Having lost friends in the Brighton hotel bombing that almost killed Margaret Thatcher, she wasn’t naive about security.
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- The Guardian: Dehumanising politicians is the first step towards justifying their elimination.
- The Guardian: It matters more than ever to keep putting the person back into the picture Ann Widdecombe was never one to hide from an argument.
- The Guardian: And she wasn’t afraid for her safety either.
- The Guardian: She scoffed at friends’ suggestions that she should get electric gates, as an elderly woman with a public profile living alone on Dartmoor, just as she dismissed concerns about her health at 78.
- The Guardian: Having lost friends in the Brighton hotel bombing that almost killed Margaret Thatcher, she wasn’t naive about security.
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- Topic: UK — the feed headline centres on WIDDECOMBE, DEATH, SHOULD, MAKE, BRITAIN.
- Original feed: The Guardian.
- Published: 17 Jul 2026, 06:00 UK.
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- 17/07/2026, 06:00 PRIMARY FEED ANN WIDDECOMBE’S DEATH SHOULD MAKE BRITAIN ASK ITSELF: WHAT SORT OF POLITICAL CULTURE DO WE WANT? | GABY HINSLIFF (The Guardian • 1 hr ago) [Story Intel]
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