Well said Matt. RIP Ann Widdicombe. A truly honest, conviction politician. One of very few in general but a total rarity on the left. As for the police- I despair.
There is far more intolerance on the left of politics than the right but maybe it’s time we fought that narrative. It’s born of decades of leftie indoctrination stemming from the Fabian Society. Years of the left claiming the moral high ground, sneering and abusing anyone with a different opinion has left people on the right squirming and on the defensive. Isn’t it time for the right to fight back positively with evidence of the good that has been done for society and that there’s nothing good about putting the entire world before your own people. It’s time the right were loud and proud. And in terms of the next election - our last hope, we need to give people hope and a positive reason for voting.
How do you reduce resentment as capitalism gives the Productive the prizes?
Prosperity creates an environment where mendicancy can be oversupplied, causing the recipients to lack a real sense of the truth about scarcity of resources.
The changes to the state pension provisions will not be brutally short. It will be a drip, drip.
Funnily enough, akin to the original meaning of 'gaslighting' except the perpetrator does it to themselves (as a society).
Nothing has improved the lives of the average person more than capitalism, despite its faults. Socialism/Communism has only ever killed millions through starvation. Most Islamic countries are poor unless they have oil money…I’m looking at Islam as a totalitarian, political ideology which suppresses people into submission through fear. The best societies are based on Judeo/ Christian principles. Whether you believe in God is irrelevant. Our democracies are based on the Ten Commandments and the fact that we value the individual and expect the individual to make the best of life for everyone through our free will. It’s time we stressed these ideas and explained the basis of our culture to the many who appear to have forgotten where we come from. It’s time to be proud of who we are.
Oh, and have a nice "right-wing extremist threat to Muslim event" story up your sleeve to deploy at about the same time as announcing the left-wing extremist aspect to Miss Widdecombe's murder.
This event was truly an outrage, with which I am still struggling to come to terms. What must have been the horror of her final moments haunts me. The depth of contempt I feel for anyone that could perpetrate, support, or indeed celebrate such a cruel and wicked attack on a defenceless old lady, in her own home, is bottomless. Those on the left, including at the top of the Labour party, have branded Reform UK and its supporters as dangerous and divisive, slinging vile slurs in every direction, purely to protect their own positions. Yet, when a tragedy such as this occurs, suddenly we must all come together and dial down the rhetoric. The hypocrisy is genuinely staggering. Only in the deluded minds of the ideologically captured, does it make sense that it is those who pose the threat that need protecting.
Morning Matt, I'm still trying to get my head around this. How could anyone carry out such a dreadful attack on an elderly lady. All one can hope is that she is in the arms of the Lord as she would have believed. RIP Ann. Please stay safe in your quest to save our Country.
One of your best pieces, Matt, and charged with the emotion which, as you say, Ann was so good at threading through her speeches. When it comes from the heart it hits home. We join you in your sorrow at the loss of a great lady.
i think that what is happening now is that the Left cannot win the argument so they attempt to stifle free speech and attack those like Farage and others who are offering an alternative to left wing politics. Nobody else is offering that and the Conservatives spectacularly failed to offer this alternative. We can see this happening all around us now.
I remember Nigel saying if he wasn’t elected next , someone would emerge that would make him look like a pussycat . Those revelling in the violence and vitriolic intolerance of the left would do well to remember that tides always turn and Karma is a bitch .
RIP Ann. A wonderful woman and a real big beast of politics . Her legacy and belief in Reform must continue .
What I can’t get my head around, is the staggering cowardice of the perpetrator. A defenceless elderly woman in her own home attacked because she holds a different opinion. This has to be a turning point - not for the deranged left, who have no moral core, but for those in the middle who have yet to realise what Reform are trying to achieve. Next ‘they’ will continue to try to thwart the election of Reform (Ed Davey etc). It didn’t end well before. All courage and support to those who are fighting for this country.
Well said. The 'cowardly' Ed Davey, who, as I recall, refused to attend a dinner in honour of President Trump when he visited the UK. The leader of the Lib Dems not representing itself! Surely there are instances when we all just have to endure certain engagements that we don't really like, just to be respectful. I am so sad to hear about Ann, and feel that we should all try to support Reform to do the best it can, not just as a tribute to Ann but for the good of the country. I think Ann would want people to continue her fight for true justice.
Ann was defending Nigel and Reform right up to the hour she was murdered . And had another broadcast scheduled shortly after . I agree we must continue to fight for what is right we cannot be intimidated. Ed Davey is a liability even to the Lib Dem’s . Interesting combination of buffoonery and bitchiness
There is a moral vacuum on the Left. Being largely atheist, there is no moral underpinning to their lives. While those on the Right are heavily influenced by Christian and Jewish teachings, there is no Ten Commandments and scripture which supports the Left’s world view. The ends therefore justify the means: the death of someone who opposes the aim of a global socialist world is another step of progress towards their goal. The fact that it involves the murder of a 78-year old woman in her own home is by the by.
Your point on there being a lack of moral underpinning on the left is so true. I am not a practising Christian, but I believe that the country needs to have Christian values at its core, with Christianity as our state religion, in order to give the country the moral compass, values and beliefs that we need to unite us.
A superb article. Thank you for expressing so clearly what needs to be said. It is vital that these issues, the real issues, are brought right to the fore of the debate, otherwise the poison that is affecting our politics and our society will never be expelled.
Good to have you back Matt. Is anyone else gagging over their breakfast seeing Starmer and Macron’s big cronies hug? How long until Starmer gets a fat pay cheque from some European sinecure?
I never used to be this cynical but so much about my country sickens me now.
It’s outrageous that France would bestow the Legion D’Honneur on Starmer: is that for all of the millions he sanctioned for France to ensure they helped speed the boats our way?
Had a good laugh yesterday when Keir Starmer concluded his final PMQs by saying, ".... and in two years in government, I leave the country in better shape than I found it."
Will he ever know when to stop telling bare-faced lies to the British public?!
I do wonder about the way politics especially attract narcissists. I appreciate that to be a politician requires a positive self image and the hide of a rhinoceros but some manage it without such obvious narcissistic traits (Danny Kruger and Ann Widdicombe for example. And Matt of course!).
We could argue that no ‘sane’ person would want to enter politics in the first place but seriously, how could any system screen for mental health and weed out the tendency to be delusional?! You might enter politics perfectly normal and become prone to any manner of unhealthy behaviours.
Well said Matt. RIP Ann Widdicombe. A truly honest, conviction politician. One of very few in general but a total rarity on the left. As for the police- I despair.
There is far more intolerance on the left of politics than the right but maybe it’s time we fought that narrative. It’s born of decades of leftie indoctrination stemming from the Fabian Society. Years of the left claiming the moral high ground, sneering and abusing anyone with a different opinion has left people on the right squirming and on the defensive. Isn’t it time for the right to fight back positively with evidence of the good that has been done for society and that there’s nothing good about putting the entire world before your own people. It’s time the right were loud and proud. And in terms of the next election - our last hope, we need to give people hope and a positive reason for voting.
Btw, you and Michelle were brilliant on Dewbs and Co last night. The left hasn’t got a leg to stand on.
They were indeed! I sometimes think Michelle needs protection !
Didn’t they show that idiot up - he didn’t get fud he?
It should be did he!
How do you reduce resentment as capitalism gives the Productive the prizes?
Prosperity creates an environment where mendicancy can be oversupplied, causing the recipients to lack a real sense of the truth about scarcity of resources.
The changes to the state pension provisions will not be brutally short. It will be a drip, drip.
Funnily enough, akin to the original meaning of 'gaslighting' except the perpetrator does it to themselves (as a society).
Nothing has improved the lives of the average person more than capitalism, despite its faults. Socialism/Communism has only ever killed millions through starvation. Most Islamic countries are poor unless they have oil money…I’m looking at Islam as a totalitarian, political ideology which suppresses people into submission through fear. The best societies are based on Judeo/ Christian principles. Whether you believe in God is irrelevant. Our democracies are based on the Ten Commandments and the fact that we value the individual and expect the individual to make the best of life for everyone through our free will. It’s time we stressed these ideas and explained the basis of our culture to the many who appear to have forgotten where we come from. It’s time to be proud of who we are.
Completely agree
The last verse of Hardy’s “God’s Funeral” :
"And they composed a crowd of whom
Some were right good, and many nigh the best…
Thus dazed and puzzled ‘twixt the gleam and gloom
Mechanically I followed with the rest."
I don’t think it is a good idea to believe that any of mankind can be the highest power.
The only ideologies which want power over others in order to control them, are Islam and communism.
Oh, and have a nice "right-wing extremist threat to Muslim event" story up your sleeve to deploy at about the same time as announcing the left-wing extremist aspect to Miss Widdecombe's murder.
Yes, and what a pathetic story it was. Old men flying a drone over a terrorist-sympathiser event...
This event was truly an outrage, with which I am still struggling to come to terms. What must have been the horror of her final moments haunts me. The depth of contempt I feel for anyone that could perpetrate, support, or indeed celebrate such a cruel and wicked attack on a defenceless old lady, in her own home, is bottomless. Those on the left, including at the top of the Labour party, have branded Reform UK and its supporters as dangerous and divisive, slinging vile slurs in every direction, purely to protect their own positions. Yet, when a tragedy such as this occurs, suddenly we must all come together and dial down the rhetoric. The hypocrisy is genuinely staggering. Only in the deluded minds of the ideologically captured, does it make sense that it is those who pose the threat that need protecting.
Spot on.
Yes. All of this.
Morning Matt, I'm still trying to get my head around this. How could anyone carry out such a dreadful attack on an elderly lady. All one can hope is that she is in the arms of the Lord as she would have believed. RIP Ann. Please stay safe in your quest to save our Country.
One of your best pieces, Matt, and charged with the emotion which, as you say, Ann was so good at threading through her speeches. When it comes from the heart it hits home. We join you in your sorrow at the loss of a great lady.
i think that what is happening now is that the Left cannot win the argument so they attempt to stifle free speech and attack those like Farage and others who are offering an alternative to left wing politics. Nobody else is offering that and the Conservatives spectacularly failed to offer this alternative. We can see this happening all around us now.
Exactly right.
I remember Nigel saying if he wasn’t elected next , someone would emerge that would make him look like a pussycat . Those revelling in the violence and vitriolic intolerance of the left would do well to remember that tides always turn and Karma is a bitch .
RIP Ann. A wonderful woman and a real big beast of politics . Her legacy and belief in Reform must continue .
AW was a courageous woman - a British Battleaxe. Matt, your remarks are spot on.
Nice memories and reflection, I hope Ann’s faith finds her in a better place.
What I can’t get my head around, is the staggering cowardice of the perpetrator. A defenceless elderly woman in her own home attacked because she holds a different opinion. This has to be a turning point - not for the deranged left, who have no moral core, but for those in the middle who have yet to realise what Reform are trying to achieve. Next ‘they’ will continue to try to thwart the election of Reform (Ed Davey etc). It didn’t end well before. All courage and support to those who are fighting for this country.
Well said. The 'cowardly' Ed Davey, who, as I recall, refused to attend a dinner in honour of President Trump when he visited the UK. The leader of the Lib Dems not representing itself! Surely there are instances when we all just have to endure certain engagements that we don't really like, just to be respectful. I am so sad to hear about Ann, and feel that we should all try to support Reform to do the best it can, not just as a tribute to Ann but for the good of the country. I think Ann would want people to continue her fight for true justice.
Ann was defending Nigel and Reform right up to the hour she was murdered . And had another broadcast scheduled shortly after . I agree we must continue to fight for what is right we cannot be intimidated. Ed Davey is a liability even to the Lib Dem’s . Interesting combination of buffoonery and bitchiness
A good description of Ed Davey, Lesley! He seems more at home on a zipwire rather than the benches of Parliament!
There is a moral vacuum on the Left. Being largely atheist, there is no moral underpinning to their lives. While those on the Right are heavily influenced by Christian and Jewish teachings, there is no Ten Commandments and scripture which supports the Left’s world view. The ends therefore justify the means: the death of someone who opposes the aim of a global socialist world is another step of progress towards their goal. The fact that it involves the murder of a 78-year old woman in her own home is by the by.
Your point on there being a lack of moral underpinning on the left is so true. I am not a practising Christian, but I believe that the country needs to have Christian values at its core, with Christianity as our state religion, in order to give the country the moral compass, values and beliefs that we need to unite us.
But not run by the current hierarchy who bend at every opportunity before the woke.
They were very quick to announce the killer was a 'White Man' - until to their horror, he turned out to be 'the wrong type of White Man'
Utterly disgraceful. And also, it's practically impossible to drive from Rotherham (edit) to Where Ann lived in 3 hours - especially in that car.
Sorry my mistake.
The point still stands though. It's an impossibility - especially in that shit heap of a car he had
A superb article. Thank you for expressing so clearly what needs to be said. It is vital that these issues, the real issues, are brought right to the fore of the debate, otherwise the poison that is affecting our politics and our society will never be expelled.
Matt,
your post was such a heartfelt piece , thankyou. We all feel the tragic loss Anne's murder has left in our hearts.
The Hard Left are truly vile people, aided and abetted by the lawfare introduced by the Uniparty over the last 20 years.
Good to have you back Matt. Is anyone else gagging over their breakfast seeing Starmer and Macron’s big cronies hug? How long until Starmer gets a fat pay cheque from some European sinecure?
I never used to be this cynical but so much about my country sickens me now.
It’s outrageous that France would bestow the Legion D’Honneur on Starmer: is that for all of the millions he sanctioned for France to ensure they helped speed the boats our way?
I have no idea!
Had a good laugh yesterday when Keir Starmer concluded his final PMQs by saying, ".... and in two years in government, I leave the country in better shape than I found it."
Will he ever know when to stop telling bare-faced lies to the British public?!
This narcissistic man has no shame.
I do wonder about the way politics especially attract narcissists. I appreciate that to be a politician requires a positive self image and the hide of a rhinoceros but some manage it without such obvious narcissistic traits (Danny Kruger and Ann Widdicombe for example. And Matt of course!).
We could argue that no ‘sane’ person would want to enter politics in the first place but seriously, how could any system screen for mental health and weed out the tendency to be delusional?! You might enter politics perfectly normal and become prone to any manner of unhealthy behaviours.
So true.
Macron is another weird far leftist, this is degrading the meaning of the French award.
Sorry for your loss. Raw grief apparent in your words.