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British politician and media personality (1947–2026)
Ann Noreen Widdecombe was a British politician and media personality. As a member of the Conservative Party, she was the member of Parliament (MP) for Maidstone and The Weald, previously Maidstone, from 1987 to 2010. She joined the Brexit Party – later Reform UK – in 2019. She was their member of the European Parliament (MEP) for South West England from 2019 to 2020 and served as immigration and justice spokesperson from 2023 until 2026.
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British politician and broadcaster (born 1964)
Nigel Paul Farage is a British politician who has been the Leader of Reform UK and a Member of Parliament for Clacton since 2024. He had previously served as the leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP) from 2006 to 2009 and from 2010 to 2016, and as a member of the European Parliament (MEP) for South East England from 1999 until the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union (EU) in 2020.
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Joshua Kerry, charged with murdering former minister Ann Widdecombe with a hammer, was driven by an 'extreme left-wing' mindset and targeted Nigel Farage in a planned terror attack, prosecutors say.
A prosecutor says the man charged with plotting a terror attack on Reform UK leader Nigel Farage and murdering former lawmaker Ann Widdecombe was motivated by “extreme left-wing” views
British police are investigating the murder of Anne Widdecombe, a former member of parliament for the right-wing populist Reform UK party.