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Barney Davis

New Tory party deputy chair Lee Anderson backs return of death penalty

Lee Anderson, the new deputy Tory chair, said “nobody has ever committed a crime after being executed” as he backed the return of the death penalty for criminals who are “easily identifiable”.

The Ashfield MP, claims he regularly gets complimented for saying what his constituents think in the Commons, also demanded the Royal Navy dock a frigate in the English Channel to prevent asylum seekers reaching the UK on small boats.

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