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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jane Dalton and Adam Forrest

Bring back the death penalty, says new Tory party deputy chair Lee Anderson

PA Media

The outspoken new deputy chairman of the Conservatives said he supports the return of the death penalty because “nobody has ever committed a crime after being executed”.

Lee Anderson MP, who has previously prompted anger with his comments on food bank users, also suggested using Royal Navy frigates to return to France those arriving in small boats across the English Channel.

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