UK General Discussion Thread: mayy lmao

[Cubby]

Spoke to my very right wing uncle about this , and  he said he wanted the death penalty for the bloke. Surprised I haven't seen this argument come out

Harold Wilson abolished the death penalty 51 years ago. You'd think people would realize that its not an option anymore. It's sad when people have no idea what their own laws are. 

On a side note, this is a major event so it should have gotten its own thread.

[Cubby]

Although if you ask the British people whether capital punishment should be legal or not, it's very close: 48% would support it. http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-32061822

That is much higher than I would have thought.

If Britons new how messy the death penalty is in it's application (gasping for breath, taking an hour to die, etc.) hopefully a lot fewer people would support it.

[Cubby]

Until 2015, why did rural, remote areas of Scotland & Wales (and Cornwall as a whole), usually vote for the Liberals, then Liberal Democrats? Was Labour too urban or union-dominated?