News Weekly offers this tribute to the remarkable British politician, Ann Widdecombe. (NB: In the light of further information, we retract previous comments on her murder investigation in the last edition of News Weekly. Editor)Ann Widdecombe would be unknown to most Australians but for the publicity around her violent death in early July at the age of 78 in her country bungalow on the edge of Dartmoor in Devon. A 28-year-old suspect for her death is being held in custody. Ann Widdecombe was one of the most distinctive, uncompromising, and instantly recognisable figures in British political and cultural life.