Mourning a Politician, Forgetting the Politics The funeral service for Ann Widdecombe, a former Conservative minister and Reform UK spokesperson, drew politicians and broadcasters to Buckfast Abbey in Devon.
Expectations were high given Widdecombe's long history in public office. However, her presence also raised questions about politics' role in times of grief.
Widdecombe's convictions were forged through her Catholic faith and reflected in her time as a prisons minister in the 1990s.