Should There Be A National Referendum On Bringing Back Capital Punishment?

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/ukip-leadership-candidate-would-have-a-referendum-on-capital-punishment_uk_5815becfe4b0672ea688f17f

[Mamyalynne]

How much does a referendum cost?


The result would be a 'No'.

[jackthehat]

No.

[naomi24]

A waste of time and money. The answer would be 'no'.

[ummmm]

No.

[Islay]

no

[Lie-in King]

No.

[Baldric]

No, I don't think so.

[DTCwordfan]

waste of time and cost

[TheChair]

No.
If you want a referendum on that, somebody would then want a referendum on another law, then another, then another.
And before the country ever has another referendum, there should be rules in place that ensure that parties on both sides of the divide can tell only the truth.
£305 million per day for the NHS, anyone?

[mikey4444]

NO !

Under no circumstances, ever.

[mikey4444]

Nice to see that we 100% unity of this subject !

[Quizproquo]

No. For a start it's barbaric and anyway, the answer would be no.

[ichkeria]

Never in a million years will there be such a referendum.

God help us if we ever started having referendums on every mortal thing.

[mikey4444]

Quizy....you forgot the bit about it not working !

[1rovert]

And back date it to 1900.

[mikey4444]

This link to Timothy Evans gives a good reason for hanging never to brought back, ever again.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Evans

[agchristie]

No.

If it is wrong to kill,how can the State ever justify capital punishment?

[ToraToraTora]

I think the public would vote yes but I don't think you can govern by referendum generally. Personally I'd make life mean life more often than it ever does.

[mikey4444]

TTT...I am not so sure about how the public would vote. There will always be some support for the Death Penalty but as long as the House of Commons holds the reins, it will never come back.