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Legal Expert Explains Police ‘Misjudgment’ In Ann Widdecombe Investigation

“It probably went too far.”

It was “clearly a misjudgment” by Devon and Cornwall Police to say that there was nothing to suggest Ann Widdecombe’s death was linked to terrorism or was politically moti

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The reputation of the British police has gone from the envy of the world to a bunch of incompetent petty tyrants who are more concerned with steering a narrative than stopping crime.
They earned this reputation.
Any good copper left a long time ago.
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We have no trust or believe a word the cops say
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Trusting the British police on any case would be the precise definition of madness. Wayne Couzens. David Carrick. The catastrophic failure in the Vickrum Digwa case. The grooming-gang scandals. Keep doing what you've always done, and you'll keep getting what you've always got. Blind trust isn't virtue. It's stupidity.
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What these journalists have not mentioned and will not mention regarding the fractious nature of our politics and debate at present is the awful influence of identity politics that they and a lot of sections of the MSM have been pushing for years - it has certainly made the atmosphere both online and IRL more febrile - Half the time, when you're talking to someone you don't know well, you don't know whether they're going to go off like a hand grenade of self-righteous rage just because you've expressed an honest opinion that doesn't happen to fit the current "be kind" consensus.
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Is it just me or is anyone else noticing a lot of "misjudgments of the Police" lately?
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All the police had to say was
" We're following all lines of inquiry."
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The police were just following the Government’s directions .Nudge dept in full force Kier Starmer caused this ,due to the fact he lied about the Southport perpetrator for days ,and caused the riots ,so now they try to announce to quickly . Until they knew who did it ,they obviously did know why .It was obviously due to what was found at the accused’s house .The antiterrorist squad would have naturally been involved because she was a prominent political person
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@lesigh1749 From YouTube ↗ 14 Jul 2026 19
How could the Police lose the confidence of the public in this case. Really, who was left by this point who still trusted the plod?
That ship sailed years ago.
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What do you mean loose confidence, it's already gone.
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@Mark-j4e7s From YouTube ↗ 14 Jul 2026 18
Clearly taking their direction from the Nudge Unit.
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"....not just a random attack". on someone who happens to be a prominant politcal person [by random chance of course], by someone random person 300 miles away [ I, of course, just like everyone else, go on random 300 mile each-way drives]. Just how thick to these police, lawyers and journalists think we are?
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"We don't know yet and are maintaining an open mind as investigations continue."

Don't think anyone would have taken issue with that.
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All they had to do was say "were currently still investigating the motive behind this crime, we remain open minded and enquiries are still ongoing" rather than foolishly give a running commentary about what evidence they do or don't have, giving a warped impression to the public about what the motives are
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@engespress From YouTube ↗ 14 Jul 2026 41
Such a nanny state. Now you're not allowed to discuss a murder and speculate who might have done it.
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No it’s not difficult, just tell the bloody truth or say nothing until they have the FACTS.
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But they don't give the ethnicity when they're not white, remember when they referred to that Ethiopian man that was at staying at the Epping Hotel, he had been in the UK for 5 days and the police and the media referred to him as "an Epping man has been arrested" for SA, not a Black Ethiopian asylum seeker, so that's a big fat lie.
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I haven’t got any confidence in the police
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This very sad case just shows how much the authorities hold us in contempt!
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They fell over themselves to sway public opinion and judgement instead of being impartial until all the evidence was gathered and analysed.
If this is not the very definition of political policing then what is?
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@s0ycapitan From YouTube ↗ 14 Jul 2026 55
Deliberate misinformation ie. disinformation.
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@ramsey6681 From YouTube ↗ 14 Jul 2026 31
A huge amount of words were garbled here, but absolutely nothing was said.
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@LeftLib From YouTube ↗ 14 Jul 2026 127
The phrase you are looking for is; This is an early stage in our investigations, nothing has been ruled in and nothing has been ruled out.
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@TimmySmoth From YouTube ↗ 14 Jul 2026 54
All these journalists were so happy they could refer to the attacker being a white British national they forgot to do any actual journalism and investigate for themselves and view statements by authority critically, not like establishment lap dogs
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The police should have said “No motive is ruled out at this stage”, but instead the ACC displayed their prejudices by making statements dismissing political or terrorist motives in the murder of a Reform politician. Funny that. 🤔
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Waffling KC. Misjudgement in the real world is actually LIES. The police LIE all the time. As for losing confidence in the police STOP PRESS Confidence was lost a long time ago.
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Everyone could tell the police were trying to manipulate/gaslight the public. How can the public, as 'uninformed' as they apparently are, still have a better sense for these crimes than the actual police if not for ideological capture?
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The suspect is white was all over their press release, I hope that the ethnic identity of every suspect is going to be released on day 1 of an investigation.
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Here come the experts to tell us what to think after the police has told us what to think (despite being wrong)
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I think many people felt it the last straw when young Henry Nowak bled to death due to Police negligence etc. Nobody trusts the Police any more
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0:00 Yeah I think that's happened a few times already.

If they don't know then all they need to say is "We don't know." Or "We don't know yet."