Ruth Ellis, last woman to be hanged in UK, granted posthumous conditional pardon – UK politics live

In 1955 Ellis was hanged for murder triggered by domestic abuseFor anyone involved in British politics, an invitation to be interviewed on Radio 4’s Today programme is the ultimate badge of seriousness. There are probably hundreds of MPs who have never made it onto the programme because they have not been deemed important enough.But, as if to prove the point that the Clacton byelection really is a “farce” (see 7.59am), this morning Today had an interview with Count Binface, the serial joke byelection candidate who may turn out to be Nigel Farage’s main opposition in Clacton.Probably not, but then you