{"id":6263,"date":"2026-07-15T00:47:27","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T19:47:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=6263"},"modified":"2026-07-15T00:47:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T19:47:27","slug":"dame-prue-leith-says-son-being-reform-mp-is-scary-after-ann-widdecombe-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=6263","title":{"rendered":"Dame Prue Leith says son being Reform MP is \u2018scary\u2019 after Ann Widdecombe murder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"646\" height=\"445\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/SEI_143200269-118a-e1784055719254.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=646\" class=\"article-image wp-image-29137746\" alt=\"Prue and her son Danny wear scarves and wintry clothes outside in a park.\" decoding=\"sync\"\/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Dame Prue Leith said she has avoided ringing her son Danny Kruger to discuss the news (Picture: Channel 4)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Dame <a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" data-track=\"inline-tag-auto-link_article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/prue-leith\/\">Prue Leith<\/a> has shared her worry for her politician son Danny Kruger, <a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2026\/07\/11\/ann-widdecombe-failed-appear-tv-show-day-found-dead-29109410\/\">following the murder of Ann Widdecombe<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Reform spokeswoman, 78, was <a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2026\/07\/14\/ann-widdecombe-gave-final-interview-radio-station-20-minutes-murder-29132364\/\">found dead at her home in Haytor on Dartmoor<\/a> on Thursday morning, after sustaining serious injuries.<\/p>\n<p>A 28-year-old white British man remains under arrest on suspicion of commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism, as well as on suspicion of murder.<\/p>\n<p>Counter-terrorism police are now leading the investigation into her death, <a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2026\/07\/14\/ann-widdecombe-killed-targeted-attack-counter-terror-police-say-29136155\/\">which they have said was a \u2018targeted attack\u2019<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The <a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" data-track=\"inline-tag-auto-link_article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/great-british-bake-off\/\">Great British Bake Off<\/a> judge has now admitted her safety concerns for her Reform MP son, in a conversation with Times Radio.<\/p>\n<p>The 86-year-old said: \u2018I haven\u2019t even rung him up about it because I don\u2019t want him having to add to the worry the fact that his mother is worrying.\u2019<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"485\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/SEI_144046593-7050.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=646\" class=\"article-image wp-image-29137745\" alt=\"Prue and Danny's Death Road Trip S1 Prue Leith and Danny Kruger\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Kruger was formerly a Tory MP but defected to Nigel Farage\u2019s party last year (Picture: Channel 4)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Prue Leith, broadcaster and mother of Reform UK MP Danny Kruger, says she has been &#8220;worrying&#8221; about the safety of her son.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t want him having to add to [his] worry the fact that his mother\u2019s worrying.\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JPonpolitics?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JPonpolitics<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bUuBaZjl78\">pic.twitter.com\/bUuBaZjl78<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Times Radio (@TimesRadio) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TimesRadio\/status\/2077082087694217485?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 14, 2026<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>She continued: \u2018Honestly, I think the government will do everything it can to protect MPs and there are dangers in every walk of life and this is one that MPs have to have in the back of their minds. But I think it is scary.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It seems so amazing that this should be happening in the UK, which I\u2019ve always thought of as the most civilised country about politics. It\u2019s always been a proper country.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2018You don\u2019t reach for the gun when you don\u2019t agree with somebody; you debate it and you vote on it.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>She added of her son, who was formerly a Tory MP but defected to <a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" data-track=\"inline-tag-auto-link_article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/nigel-farage\/\">Nigel Farage<\/a>\u2019s party last year: \u2018We do talk a lot about politics and I don\u2019t always agree with Danny on politics but one of the great things is we don\u2019t mind disagreeing, it\u2019s all perfectly civilised.\u2019<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"431\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/GettyImages-2201789463-4419.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=646\" class=\"article-image wp-image-29123036\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Counter-terrorism police said Ann Widdecombe\u2019s death was a \u2018targeted attack\u2019 (Picture: Hugh Hastings\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Prime Minister-in-waiting Andy Burnham has said a \u2018serious review\u2019 is needed into MPs\u2019 security following the death of Widdecombe and that protections may need to be \u2018increased further\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Asked why he thought frontline politics had become so dangerous, the Makerfield MP told reporters in Parliament: \u2018Politics has darkened in the last decade; there\u2019s no getting away from that.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It\u2019s obviously appalling what happened to Ann. I knew Ann over many years in the House, and you know, we would get along \u2013 and everybody would get along.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018But it feels as though something has changed. It\u2019s easy to blame <a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/social-media\/\" data-track=\"inline-tag-auto-link_article\">social media<\/a>, but it feels like it\u2019s having some impact in just building that kind of toxicity that\u2019s around the political debate.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"metro-more-link\"><svg><title>Arrow<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#common-right-arrow\" href=\"#common-right-arrow\"\/><\/svg><span class=\"mor-link\" data-track-module=\"mor-link_article\">MORE: <a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2026\/07\/14\/bbc-viewers-defend-big-brother-star-accused-inappropriate-ann-widdecombe-remarks-29134541\/?ico=more_text_links\" class=\"\">BBC viewers defend Big Brother star accused of making \u2018inappropriate\u2019 Ann Widdecombe remarks<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"metro-more-link\"><svg><title>Arrow<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#common-right-arrow\" href=\"#common-right-arrow\"\/><\/svg><span class=\"mor-link\" data-track-module=\"mor-link_article\">MORE: <a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2026\/07\/14\/ann-widdecombe-suspect-drove-home-ate-oven-pizza-hours-mps-death-29131434\/?ico=more_text_links\" class=\"\">Ann Widdecombe suspect \u2018drove home and ate pizza\u2019 hours after MP\u2019s death<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"metro-more-link\"><svg><title>Arrow<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#common-right-arrow\" href=\"#common-right-arrow\"\/><\/svg><span class=\"mor-link\" data-track-module=\"mor-link_article\">MORE: <a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2026\/07\/13\/jeremy-vine-moved-tears-live-tv-following-murder-ann-widdecombe-29126177\/?ico=more_text_links\" class=\"\">Jeremy Vine moved to tears on live TV following murder of Ann Widdecombe<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<section id=\"share-buttons-bottom\" class=\"share-buttons share-buttons-bottom\"><a class=\"metro-button share-bar-comments\" data-vars-position=\"bottom\" href=\"#metro-comments-container\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span><svg><title>Comment now<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#social-comment\" href=\"#social-comment\"\/><\/svg><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"share-bar-comments__label\">Comments<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" class=\"metro-button share-bar-preferred-source\" data-vars-position=\"bottom\" href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/metro.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span><svg><title>Add Metro as a Preferred Source on Google<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#social-preferred-source\" href=\"#social-preferred-source\"\/><\/svg><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"share-bar-preferred-source__label\">Add as preferred source<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/a><\/section>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dame Prue Leith said she has avoided ringing her son Danny Kruger to discuss the news (Picture: Channel 4) Dame Prue Leith has shared her worry for her politician son Danny Kruger, following the murder of Ann Widdecombe. 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