Ann Widdecombe supported Reform UK leader Nigel Farage in a pre-recorded interview just 20 minutes before her death, it emerged today.Miss Widdecombe, 78, was found dead at her home on Thursday morning by a gardener, prompting a major murder investigation and manhunt. A 28-year-old man from Rotherham has been arrested on suspicion of murder and is being questioned by counter-terror police, who have now taken over the probe.He was yesterday re-arrested on suspicion of the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism. Miss Widdecombe is now believed to have recorded her last interview for Christian radio station TWR-UK between 11.54am and 12.10pm on Wednesday.Police believe she was attacked just minutes later at 12.30pm.In the interview, the former MP and MEP, who was a spokesperson for Reform UK, was said to be in her true forthright manner as she vigorously defended Farage amid scrutiny over his finances. She backed his decision to call a by-election in his Essex constituency of Clacton-on-Sea amid speculation over a £5 million gift from a cryptocurrency billionaire, as well as donations to Reform UK itself.The interview was not broadcast as it was due to be released later in the week. It has now been released with the permission of Miss Widdecombe's family. The murder of Ann Widdecombe, pictured on a TV show two weeks ago, was last night being treated as a suspected politically motivated terrorist attack The suspect was captured on CCTV leaving his property shortly before 8am on Wednesday with what appears to be a pole in the pocket of his shorts Forensic officers were seen heading into the house in Rotherham after the arrest on SaturdayIn a clip from the recording now broadcast on Times Radio, she was heard to say: 'I think first of all the very long drawn out nature of this, which as I say has been constantly accompanied by press speculation, and also the fact he was answering to the standards committee for one thing and then suddenly another one came along, again applying to the time before he became an MP, indeed at a time when he wasn't even an active politician. 'And he probably thinks, where is this going to end? Let's bring an end to it, let's bring this to a head, let's put it to the people to see what they think of all of this.'She also hit out at a 'politics of personal destruction', saying: 'There has been a game now for a very long time, a game of personal destruction, not just for Nigel, for lots and lots of politicians that face this.'Farage maintains that the £5 million gift was made in a personal capacity while he was not an active politician, and he therefore did not have to declare it. Interviewer James Maidment-Fullard said he had informed police of the interview but officers had not asked for the recording.Miss Widdecombe was found dead in a pool of blood on her kitchen floor on Thursday, where police believe she had lain for around 24 hours.Officers narrowed down the time they believe she was attacked after a car was seen pulling onto the politician's drive just before 12.30pm.She had been due to appear on Channel 5's 1pm Matt Allwright show, and had exchanged messages with a producer at 12.19pm about accessing a Zoom link.But she suddenly stopped responding to them, with requests to join the link and subsequent phone calls going unanswered.