mrchrisjohn

Lovely day in what was Burnham’s Manchester

@AWilsonmhealth @RhonddaBryant @iiaiiix6 We must worship our MPs...and believe every word they utter from their holier-than-thou lips... Or We simply strive to make sure everyone is kept safe in society

@RhonddaBryant @iiaiiix6 Using that same reasoning, numerous police officers have been murdered on duty and thousands are assaulted every year, so why are police numbers nowhere near where they should be, in order for them to be safer on duty and able protect MPs and the public better?

Why do the worst people (mps) get all this security? Do you think it's because of the blatant corruption and lies you all constantly engage in thinking the country can't see you?

@EJWoolf Truly awful 😳

Ann Widdecombe's mother died at the age of 95. You just know Ann would have lived into her 90s too. What a shocking thing, to take someone's life from them.

@MagistratesBlog @annockh You are a font of knowledge

I feel it necessary to amend this thread. As the man in custody was lifted by South Yorkshire Police then the "relevant time" is different to that mentioned in my article. Still, point remains that the police can only hold onto him for so long without either charge or release.

As has been reported, a 28-year-old male from Rotherham has been arrested in connection with the murder of Ann Widdecombe. He was arrested last night just before 9 pm. A few important events to watch out for over the next couple of days.

@MagistratesBlog 😡

Talk about stupidity.

@Perky_43 Or a test

The earlier Norfolk 'major incident' never happened. It was posted in error somehow.

@Perky_43 Media creates a frenzy then public join in

Contrary to popular (twitter/X) belief, it is not unusual for the police to hold images/CCTV of a suspect back. Providing evidence to the public is a tough balancing game - the last thing you want is to compromise your investigation by scuppering opportunities to locate your subject. The police will be working around the clock & utilising all investigative tools to locate their suspect. Only when those fail would you release the image to the public for help.

@MagistratesBlog And the arrest on suspicion of murder will stay on his enhanced DBS file for life

BREAKING: The 26-year-old male arrested yesterday in relation to Ann Widdecombe's murder has been released, so it would appear the police don't think he is the right bloke. They must be pretty confident as they have said he no longer features in the investigation.

@keenyn7 @fw_bigjay @Askrigg_lad Sadly I put money on it that the ticket guy will be getting prosecuted

@fw_bigjay @Askrigg_lad Well done that man

@Jacob_Rees_Mogg Gracious back peddling

I am glad Peter has apologised and hope people will forgive him. He is a brave man who made a mistake as we all sometimes do.

@EJWoolf @Iromg 13 months 🤣

Shall we have another bet @Iromg (I give it a year, max 🤣)

💎 Earlier this year, a trio of masked suspects smashed the window of a Richmond jewellers with a sledgehammer before reaching in to grab jewels worth around £225,000 and making off. They thought they’d got away with it, here’s how it’s going for them...

@campbellclaret What everyone needs is truth

Just what the police need … a politician speculating and then saying we shouldn’t speculate.

@adamboultonTABB When in a hole; stop digging

AN APOLOGY I was seriously wrong and insensitive in one of the several media appearances I made yesterday in reaction to the death of Ann Widdecombe. I got the timing and tone of my initial word portrait of her wrong. Of course I shared, and share, the horror at her murder and the respect for her remarkable and feisty political career. I also know that many people loved her for her subsequent showbiz stardom. Her untimely death is a horrible thing. My mistaken view was that in the context of rolling news coverage, I was being asked to contribute as an obituarist who has known her and interacted with her since the 1980s. This approach was premature. At no point was I expressing my personal feelings about her, that's not what I do. I was discussing her life in the round, based on the record of known facts and what she has said about herself, along with some recollections of our personal interactions. My choice of words on the spur of the moment was clumsy. I did not intend to offend though obviously I did.

@KarlTurnerMP Runaway mine train more like…

Welcome on board the Burnham train, Mike lad. 👍

@CourtNewsUK Becoming the norm 😳

Judge slams police, CPS and forensics lab as she is forced to adjourn case because a phone has not been examined. 'The prosecution describe it as regrettable. That is not the phrase I would use. It might be a very generous description of this sad state of affairs.' courtnewsuk.co.uk/judge-slams-po…

NHS FRAUD CAUGHT ON CAMERA, NOBODY CARED Sharmila Chowdhury @sharmilaxx gave the @NHS 30 years of clean service. Not one blemish. Then she did something apparently unforgivable. She noticed two consultant radiologists at Ealing Hospital, now part of London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust @LNWH_NHS, were billing the NHS for shifts they were actually spending at a private hospital down the road. Getting paid twice for the same hours. That is fraud everywhere except, it turns out, inside the NHS complaints system. She reported it. To her line manager. To the Medical Director. To the HR Director. To Counter Fraud. To the Chief Executive. To Number 10. To the Treasury. She built a paper trail so thorough that ITV @itvnews later sent an undercover team into the hospital and filmed the same consultants years on, still taking cash from patients for private ultrasounds inside NHS premises. The Trust's response to all that diligence was to sack her, based on counter allegations later shown to be fabricated. The man behind those allegations reportedly signed off an email too crude to print here .......... ....... He picked up a Top Mentor award from the Trust that same year. You could not write comedy this good on purpose. Sharmila took it to tribunal and won. She won her appeal too. The judge told the Trust to reinstate her. The Trust said no. She was then quietly blacklisted across the NHS. One job offer was withdrawn the moment they worked out who she was. Legal costs hit £130,000. Somewhere in the middle of it she developed breast and lung cancer, which her doctors link to years of sustained stress. The two consultants kept their jobs. George Osborne could not get involved. Andrew Lansley could not get involved. David Cameron could not get involved. Every one of them filed it under employment matter, which is Whitehall for we would rather not know. A proven fraud case, covered by ITV @itvnews, the Guardian, Daily Mail @DailyMail, Channel 4 News @Channel4News, the Independent @Independent, BBC News @BBCNews, the Times @thetimes and the Daily Mirror @DailyMirror. The official position of Her Majesty's Government was still not our problem. This is the reward system in action. Report fraud, lose your career, lose your health, and watch the people you reported get promoted.

📈Today, 8 July 2026, 74 out of the 532 Crown courtrooms in England & Wales will not be sitting. That's 14% of them. #courtstats #CS08072026 courtstats.co.uk

I am not an expert but as I understand it if an MP who is being investigated by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards resigns their seat before the investigation is completed, the investigation is generally suspended rather than abandoned. If that person is then re-elected to the House of Commons, the investigation resumes from where it left off. That is the rule. @Nigel_Farage cannot circumvent the rule and will likely face a second by-election.