The report by Queen Mary University of London found 54% of Conservatives were in favour of the death penalty compared to 23% of SNP supporters, 9% of Labour activists and 8% of Lib Dem backers.
In an interview with Sky News, a front-runner in the UKIP leadership contest, Paul Nuttall, was pining back to the golden era where we could hang people to death for their crimes.
Photo: Executioner: Pierrepoint. Albert Pierrepoint was Britain's most prolific hangman, ending the lives of 400 men and women - including Ruth Ellis.
Nuttall told that “if enough people” signed a petition to bring it back, he would be “quite committed to” triggering a referendum on the death penalty.
The survey found 48% were in favour of capital punishment, which was abolished in the UK in the 1960’s.
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