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14 August 2014updated 05 Oct 2023 8:54am

20 million Britons want to bring back the death penalty

People who believe in the death penalty are more likely than most to read Richard Littlejohn, watch Jeremy Clarkson and like Clint Eastwood.

By Harry Lambert

(Photo By Jeremy Clarkson "crossed a line". Photo: Getty)

20 million voters want to bring back the death penalty.

That is the finding of YouGov research published this week, which shows 45 per cent of the electorate (46.1m people in 2013) favour its reintroduction. Only 39 per cent of us are glad it’s gone – 50 years after the practice was outlawed.

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