Lee Anderson backs referendum to let Britons decide whether to bring back death penalty
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TL;DR
- Reform UK chairman Lee Anderson backs a referendum on bringing back the death penalty.
- Anderson believes a majority of Britons would vote in favor of capital punishment.
- Reform leader Nigel Farage opposes the death penalty and has ruled it out as party policy.
- Anderson acknowledges that a referendum on the death penalty would be divisive.
- Polling indicates significant public support for reintroducing the death penalty for certain crimes.
- Capital punishment was suspended in Great Britain in 1965 and permanently abolished in 1969.
- Restoring capital punishment would face legal obstacles, including obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights.