Populists Attack Police and Media Over Ann Widdecombe Investigation Developments

From the Daily Mail, 13 July: The brutal murder of Ann Widdecombe was last night being treated as a suspected politically motivated terrorist attack. In a dramatic escalation, counter terrorism officers yesterday took over the investigation into the killing of the former Tory minister. It came after the discovery of Russian communist literature and other items of political ideology at the home of the suspected killer. …The Mail has learnt that items of varying political ideology, including Russian material, have been found at the suspect’s home and on electronic devices. Asking the public not to speculate after such details have been leaked is futile, and the presence of the material is being widely interpreted as indicative that Widdecombe was killed by a left-wing terrorist. This is despite the fact that “varying political ideology” could mean anything, and there’s no way to assess the signifance of “Russian communist literature” among whatever other materials the suspect may have…