Reform UK Fuels Cover-Up Conspiracism Over Widdecombe Murder

Media criticism from Reform UK’s Nigel Farage: The details of Ann Widdecombe’s murder revealed in court are horrific. Why will no one report on Joshua Kerry’s political views? The faux-bewilderment is meant to imply a conspiracy to suppress the truth, apparently including media outlets that already pushed the boundaries during the early stages of a live police investigation: in particular, the Daily Mail published (anonymised) claims that the suspect had “communist” literature in his home, while The Sun followed up a few days later with claims that he had “news clippings of Farage pinned to the walls”. The notion of some ideological agenda overriding journalistic instincts here is implausible – we can be sure that media would be very happy to feed a public appetite for in-depth background pieces on Kerry should he suddenly drop dead, but while he is a suspect journalists must remain mindful of well-known laws about contempt of court and due process. If Farage is of the view that the…