"It's not an Agatha Christie novel!" Farage criticised for Ann Widdecombe speculation

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Ann Widdecombe's death is "not an Agatha Christie novel," Tory MP Iain Duncan Smith told LBC (03:20), as he criticised Nigel Farage for speculating around her death and claiming her killing was "premeditated". Speaking on LBC, the Tory MP said he didn't doubt Farage's "genuine sense of loss" but added that it "doesn't, however, licence everybody to go off and try and make a concept of why it happened and how it happened." It comes amid a brewing row surrounding the Reform UK leader Nigel Farage, who has been accused of weaponising Ms Widdecombe's death for political ends. Sir Iain told Tom Swarbrick: "This is not an Agatha Christie novel. This is real life and this is a real murder. And let's just leave the police to get on with it." Former Conservative MP-turned Reform spokesperson Ann Widdecombe was discovered dead in her home in Haytor on Dartmoor on Thursday with serious head injuries, having been attacked almost a day earlier, police believe. A 28-year-old man has been taken

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