Councillor deletes post linking Ann Widdecombe’s death to ‘radical left thugs’
Emily Price
A Restore Britain councillor has deleted a social media post in which he suggested that Ann Widdecombe’s death was linked to “radical left thugs”.
Owain Clatworthy, a councillor for Bridgend’s Pyle, Kenfig Hill and Cefn Cribwr ward, published the post to Facebook on Friday (July 10), shortly after police announced they had launched a murder investigation into the 78-year-old former MP’s death.
In the post, the Restore councillor also said he had been the victim of a threat that remains under police investigation.
Cllr Clatworthy wrote: “Ann Widdecombe has been murdered.
“A straight talking patriot, fearless defender of Britain, taken out in her own home.
“Serious injuries Devon and Cornwall Police confirming murder investigation.
“What kind of a country lets radical left thugs create this climate of fear?
“A broken one. A failing one. One run by weak politicians who’ve surrendered to the mob.
“I faced threats myself. One still live with South Wales Police.
“I’m not backing down. Ann Widdecombe stood against all that. Her murder is a warning.
“Justice for Ann.”
Around half an hour after publishing the post, Cllr Clatworthy deleted it.
In an updated statement posted to Facebook shortly after, he wrote: “Horrific news that Ann Widdecombe has been murdered.
“A straight talking patriot who never backed down from defending Britain even when so many stayed silent .
“Already, some on the radical left are openly celebrating and hoping she suffered.
“That tells you everything about poisonous culture they’ve created.
“We’ll be watching closely.”
Nation.Cymru asked Cllr Clatworthy why he deleted his original post.
We pointed out that officers had said there was nothing to suggest Ms Widdecombe’s alleged murder was politically motivated and that her family had requested privacy and an end to public and political speculation.
We also asked him to provide further details about the alleged threat he said was being investigated by South Wales Police.
The Restore Britain councillor did not respond.
In a statement, a South Wales Police spokesperson said: “South Wales Police is investigating an alleged common assault which happened in May 2026 in the Porthcawl area.
“No arrests have been made and investigations are ongoing.”
It comes after major concerns were raised by politicians in Bridgend about Cllr Clatworthy’s recent social media output.
On Friday, he called for all town and community councils to be scrapped, saying: “They’re just another layer of bureaucracy sucking money out of hardworking British taxpayers while delivering next to nothing.”
His remarks came just weeks after he praised Pyle Community Council’s team as “brilliant”.
In a Facebook post alongside photos of himself with community councillors at a local gathering, he wrote: “Events like this don’t happen without you!”
In another post, the Restore councillor, who defected to Rupert Lowe’s party from Reform UK in March, claimed “the establishment” was “coming after” him, adding that he took it as a sign he was “doing [his] job properly”.
Cllr Clatworthy also hit out at the Church of England last week, claiming it had turned Jesus into a “timid woke wimp”.
In another social media post the Restore Britain councillor said Afghan nationals were being prioritised for housing ahead of British tax payers.
He later said that people with drug or alcohol addictions should be moved to the back of housing queues, adding that veterans should be prioritised.
This morning, he criticised WalesOnline’s reporting of his social media outbursts, describing the outlet’s journalists as “biased, dishonest, and totally incompetent”.
The Restore councillor’s remarks come amid a series of disputes with Bridgend’s ruling Labour group and several Independent councillors, who have branded his views “divisive” and “racist”.
The 22-year-old threatened Bridgend Council’s deputy leader with legal action after she raised concerns about his presence on the local authority’s corporate parenting committee.
Cllr Clatworthy argues that his “opinions on immigration, integration, and British values are lawful expressions of political speech”.
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The phrasing, the divisive and ignorant obsessions. Everything is copied and pasted from the US christofascist playbook.
Hideous people.
His leader has said that Dunblane was only one murder.
his party main fan musk likes to nazi salute in public.
An opportunistic vulture picking at a fresh carcass. Such reprobate antics deserve nothing more or less than repulsed oppobrium until he is kicked out of elected office for good.
He should be compelled to respond and provide his evidence or apologise and resign as he can not be considered trustworthy enough to be a councillor.
What a toxic brat.
This is what comes of having more opinions than brain cells.
Politicians really should be properly risk-assessed for social media addiction before taking their posts.
They really are the lowest of the low.
The Police repeatedly ask people NOT to speculate, especially during a live investigation and especially on social media. Let’s not split hairs here. Farage and Clatworthy are part of the very same unhinged, conspiracy driven, malignant growth on human society. They have both defied the request issued by the Police who have said they will pursue ALL lines of enquiry. These two have decided to offer two different versions of what happened in Haytor and so must be brought in for questioning to establish what it is they apparently KNOW.
I wonder if he was advised to cut the post for legal reasons. He is in danger of crashing any trial before it starts.
I don’t know. It seems to be a regular thing with the wrong of mind. They know in themselves they are wrong ‘uns but they have to keep putting up a post then take it down despite knowing that it will be out there forever. A very strange self destruction trait which i do not understand.
Absolutely. Well said.
It doesn’t help anyone for people like this extremist right loon to speculate on an event he doesn’t know anything about. How people like him, without any basic commonsense with regards to the judicial system, are able to get elected is farcical as much as it is a tragedy.