MPs could be forced into debating the restoration of capital punishment as the Governmentââ¬â¢s new e-petitions initiative is expected to be hijacked by right wing campaigners.
From today, the public will be allowed to set up internet petitions on a Government website on any subject. Petitions which attract more than 100,000 supporters must be debated in the House of Commons.
However, the scheme is likely to backfire immediately because right wing internet bloggers have been collecting signatures for several days calling for the reintroduction of the death penalty.
Sir George Young, leader of the House of Commons, said MPs cannot ignore the issues raised by the system, which could pave the way for the first vote on capital punishment since 1998.
The MP for the Isle of Wight, said a full Parliamentary debate should take place over whether capital punishment should be resurrected for those who kill children or police officers.
My instinct is that some crimes are so horrific that the proper punishment is the death penalty, he said.
Other MPs including Priti Patel, for Witham, Essex, and Philip Davies, for Shipley, have supported calls for a Commons debate on the capital punishment.
The last executions in Britain, by hanging, took place in 1964.
Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/pol...te-the-restoration-of-capital-punishment.html
Do you think capital punishment should be resurrected? Why or why not?
From today, the public will be allowed to set up internet petitions on a Government website on any subject. Petitions which attract more than 100,000 supporters must be debated in the House of Commons.
However, the scheme is likely to backfire immediately because right wing internet bloggers have been collecting signatures for several days calling for the reintroduction of the death penalty.
Sir George Young, leader of the House of Commons, said MPs cannot ignore the issues raised by the system, which could pave the way for the first vote on capital punishment since 1998.
The MP for the Isle of Wight, said a full Parliamentary debate should take place over whether capital punishment should be resurrected for those who kill children or police officers.
My instinct is that some crimes are so horrific that the proper punishment is the death penalty, he said.
Other MPs including Priti Patel, for Witham, Essex, and Philip Davies, for Shipley, have supported calls for a Commons debate on the capital punishment.
The last executions in Britain, by hanging, took place in 1964.
Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/pol...te-the-restoration-of-capital-punishment.html
Do you think capital punishment should be resurrected? Why or why not?
