The Conservative politician has been made deputy chairman of the party
Ashfield MP Lee Anderson has said he would support the return of the death penalty because “nobody has ever committed a crime after being executed”. The Conservative politician was made deputy chairman of the party, working as one of new chairman Greg Hand’s lieutenants in the run-up to the next election, by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak during Tuesday’s reshuffle.
READ MORE: Fiancée of footballer Jordan Sinnott 'had to prove he existed' in birth certificate battle The UK has signed up to the European Convention on Human Rights , which prohibits the restoration of the death penalty. But Mr Anderson argued that heinous crimes — such as the murder of Fusilier Lee Rigby in 2013 by Islamist extremists Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale — where the perpetrators are clearly identifiable should be punished by execution.
On the issue of preventing small boats from crossing the Channel — one of the Prime Minister’s top five priorities — Mr Anderson said migrants arriving unlawfully in Britain should be returned the “same day” to where they came from. He said that during a visit to Calais last month he met migrants referring to Britain as “El Dorado”.
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