'We're not safe': Richard Tice fights back tears as he reveals attack that triggered armed police
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Richard Tice discusses the dangers faced by MPs and the recent death of a party colleague.
On today’s episode of The Daily T , Camilla Tominey and Jacob Rees-Mogg sit down with Reform UK’s deputy leader Richard Tice. He opens up about the death of his party colleague Ann Widdecombe and the safety of MPs and politically active party members. Tice gets emotional when recounting a dangerous incident outside Parliament last year in which armed police were called to his aid. Meanwhile, Camilla speaks to former Clacton MP Douglas Carswell who also reacts to the latest developments in the investigation into Widdecombe’s death. He also weighs in on Nigel Farage’s high-stakes by-election gamble and believes a “Reform-Tory mashup” may be the only way to rescue the country from decades of stagnation. We want to hear from you! Email us at thedailyt@telegraph.co.uk or find @dailytpodcast on TikTok, Instagram and X ► Sign up to our most popular newsletter, From the Editor. Look forward to receiving free-thinking comment and the day's biggest stories, every morning. telegraph.co.uk/fromtheeditor The Telegraph is the Publisher Podcast Awards' Podcast Publisher of the Year 2026 Studio Operator: Meghan Searle Producers: Emma Williams and David Levene Video Producer: Will Walters Social…
People in this episode
Hosts: Camilla Tominey, Jacob Rees-Mogg
Guests: Richard Tice, Douglas Carswell
Topics covered
- political safety
- MP experiences
- Reform UK
- investigation
- by-election
- political commentary
Keywords
- Richard Tice
- Ann Widdecombe
- political safety
- Reform UK
- Douglas Carswell
- by-election
- Nigel Farage
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Organizations: Reform UK, The Telegraph
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