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I like Restore GB Leader Rupert Lowe’s refreshingly direct approach to many of the big political issues confronting us. He does not shy away from speaking what many people are thinking and he has emerged as one of the most vocal advocates for reintroducing the death penalty in the United Kingdom. Now I know this is a controversial topic but let’s follow his logic, shall we?
He presents his stance as both a response to the most serious violent crime and a challenge to what he portrays as an out‑of‑touch political consensus that has long treated capital punishment as a closed issue. The people of the UK never voted to end the Death Penalty- it was the political class at Westminster they felt they knew better. Central to Lowe’s approach is the belief that such a fundamental question should be put directly to the British public rather than decided solely within Westminster.
In other words, let the people decide!
Lowe’s position pivots around a narrowly defined set of circumstances in which the death penalty would apply. He suggests that capital punishment should be reserved for cases where guilt is beyond any reasonable doubt, the crime is exceptionally serious, and the offender can be considered irredeemably dangerous. He gives the case of Axel Rudakubana as a good example of where only capital punishment will suffice. I agree with this and I think that there are some cases where ONLY the death penalty will suffice
I also like that fact that Lowe’s approach is on a legally binding referendum. Rather than advocating for Parliament simply to legislate for the death penalty, he insists that voters should be given a direct say.
Isn’t this REAL democracy, we decide, not politicians?
I always have a nagging doubt that IF the Death Penalty was restored it would allow a future malicious Government to apply it to those who oppose it. For example, during Covid, how many of those arch critics of the regime might have ended up condemned? But IF the punishment is restricted to narrow but severe cases, then that seems a balanced approach.
Would YOU like to see the Death Penalty restored for certain savage crimes?
