In this opinion piece for the Daily Mail, columnist Daniel Hannan argues that left-wing figures react to the deaths of political opponents with a lack of grace or even satisfaction that he says would be unthinkable from the political right. The piece appears prompted by the death of former Conservative MP Ann Widdecombe, after a left-wing activist remarked on the television programme Politics Live that "a lot of people won't be grieving" her passing, sparking anger among viewers and commentators.

Hannan uses the episode to make a broader claim about differing standards of political conduct between left and right, suggesting such responses reveal a deeper asymmetry in how each side treats opponents in death. The full detail of his argument is not captured in the available article text, which is dominated by unrelated site navigation and other Daily Mail headlines rather than the substantive body of the column.