Readers have expressed mixed views after Ashfield Tory MP Lee Anderson called for the death penalty to be brought back - then argued with a BBC Radio Nottingham presenter. The outspoken politician, who has just been made deputy Conservative Party chairman, hit the headlines when an interview emerged where he called for the death penalty to return.
Mr Anderson had said that "nobody has ever committed a crime after being executed" to justify his position. Asked whether he would support the return of the death penalty, Mr Anderson told weekly magazine The Spectator: "Yes." He added: "Nobody has ever committed a crime after being executed. You know that, don’t you? 100 per cent success rate."
Appearing on BBC Radio Nottingham, he was asked by presenter Verity Cowley about a video of him setting up a doorstep encounter during the 2019 election campaign. This resulted in an argument where Mr Anderson asked repeatedly if Cowley had ever told a lie.
