Was Ann Widdecombe’s murder terrorism?

News.com.au reports:

Anti-terrorism police have taken charge of the investigation into the killing of veteran British right-wing politician Ann Widdecombe after fresh evidence emerged, the interior minister said Monday. 

The announcement confirmed that police view terrorism as one of the possible motivations for the attack on the 78-year-old former Conservative minister, who was found dead Thursday at her home in southwest England. …

The regional police force initially leading the investigation, Devon and Cornwall Police, said late Saturday that a 28-year-old British man had been arrested in Yorkshire in northern England on suspicion of murder. 

The force said there was “still no information to suggest that this is a terrorism related incident”.

This is very embarrassing. They basically ruled out a terrorism aspect, and then they reversed course. They should have said all along something along the lines of “We can’t rule anything in or out”.

Meanwhile a former Labour and Greens candidate show how caring they are. The BBC reports:

The University of Aberdeen is investigating social media comments by an employee about the death of former MP Ann Widdecombe.

Heather Herbert, who is believed to be a web developer, had posted it was “good news” and that she hoped it was an “extremely painful death”. …

Trans activist Herbert stood for Labour in Aberdeen Donside in the 2021 Scottish Parliament election, and for the Greens in a council by-election in Aberdeen in 2022.

Such lovely people.