Ann Widdecombe – shocking end to a lively life

Ann Widdecombe in her day was an outspoken politician and minister; and latterly became a bestselling novelist and a TV celebrity, gamely appearing on Strictly Come Dancing, Celebrity Big Brother and Have I Got News For You. News of her death was followed by affectionate and favourable obituaries. Then the police admitted they were treating her departure as murder. Of which more will no doubt follow. She was described as having a ‘matronly manner, fluty voice and combative debati