New Tory deputy chair Lee Anderson says he supports return of death penalty because “nobody has ever committed a crime after being executed”
Weekend Breaking News EditorThe newly-appointed deputy chairman of the Conservative Party has claimed he would support the return of the death penalty because “nobody has ever committed a crime after being executed”.magazine: “Yes. Nobody has ever committed a crime after being executed. You know that, don’t you? 100 per cent success rate.
that the appointment of the Ashfield MP, who has an extensive record of divisive and inflammatory remarks, is a transparent attempt to cause controversy and rile the opposition.of the England football squad in 2021 in opposition to them taking the knee at games in support of the Black Lives Matter movement.
One Tory MP said his hiring was a “sop to the right” by the Prime Minister, but some of his party colleagues defended the appointment.
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