POLL OF THE DAY: Should police be investigated after insisting Ann Widdecombe's murder was not linked to terrorism?

Published: 12:00, 14 July 2026 | Updated: 12:16, 14 July 2026 The murder of Ann Widdecombe is now being treated as a suspected politically motivated terrorist attack after counter-terrorism officers took over the investigation. The escalation followed the discovery of Russian communist literature and other items of political ideology at the home of the suspected killer. And it marked a U-turn after the local force, Devon and Cornwall Police, spent days insisting that there was no link to terrorism. Officers are believed to be probing whether the 78-year-old former Tory minister may have been bludgeoned to death in a premeditated attack on Reform UK. Reform has accused Devon and Cornwall Police of misleading the public in the initial stages of the investigation, and senior officers are under pressure to explain why they so publicly ruled out terror or a political motivation. Now it's time to have your say in the Daily Mail's latest poll – should the force be investigated? In yesterday's poll, Mail readers were asked: 'Will you abide by a hosepipe ban in your area?' Out of more than 4,000 votes, 52 per cent of you said 'no' and 48 per cent said 'yes'.  Sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article.