An urgent review

“Heather” Herbert may end up regretting his verbal sadism.

Aberdeen University is conducting an urgent review of comments made by an employee who said she hoped former MP Ann Widdecombe suffered “an extremely painful death”.

Heather Herbert, a web developer at the university, faced backlash after making the comments on Friday, July 10 following news of Widdecombe’s death.

Herbert responded to a news report of her passing on her Bluesky account, writing: “Some good news for once.

“I hope it was an extremely painful death.”

She added: “I hope she was handcuffed to the bed as she screamed in agony.”

It’s a news article, not a TwitX burble. He’s not a she. He’s a man who hates women and isn’t embarrassed to make his hatred public.

Aberdeen University has confirmed that they are reviewing the comments as a “matter of priority”.

What’s to review? He said what he said. It’s only a few words. They kind of review themselves.

Principal and Vice Chancellor, Professor Peter Edwards, added: “Ann Widdecombe was a highly respected figure in both the Westminster and European parliaments.

“The University of Aberdeen does not tolerate violence or hateful behaviour in any form.

“We are aware of the incident and the concerns that have been raised and are looking into the matter as a priority.”

It doesn’t really matter whether she was a highly respected figure or not. Rejoicing that she was beaten to death is not ok.

I’ll admit that there is one person I would like to see facing some major karma, but then he has had many people murdered and many more injured, tortured, immiserated, displaced, bereaved – the list is endless. He has literally hundreds if not thousands of lives to account for. One former MP, however right-wing, not so much.