Secret Squirrel Sees Debate On Capital Punishment As Being Irrelevant.

Secret Squirrel has seen some activity with respect to Parliament carrying on a debate with respect to the restoration of capital punishment, the death penalty, execution for the commission of certain and specific crimes.Well it is all grand isn't it that the issue has been brought up.This is all coming about through a system,introduced but of late, that a petition with 100,000 names on it,will trigger a parliamentary debate on the subject of the petition,regardless of what it is. It's grand,it's grand that a blogger, who goes by the name of Guido Fawkes, is out after Parliament once more, this time with a petition, which, if it
achieves 100,000 signatures, will cause a certain subject, that of the base petition,to be debated before Parliament.Yes, the subject has achieved much notability, notoriety, yet public debate, yes indeed, his specific petition wishes the debate of the issue of the re-instatement of capital punishment to the United Kingdom,his specific,the cure for what ails, being the return of the death penalty for child killers and those who kill on-duty police.Public debate wishes to add those who are serial killers (as whatever number is required to so designate), and still others, broad spectrum re-introduction of the death penalty.

It seems that a certain cure is preferred with respect to say, somebody being released from prison to do it all again, such as say, the Norwegian Woods bomber,shooter,mass murderer,say such as one Dr Harold Shipman,or The Moors Murderers,The Wests,Nilsen,Allit,Sutcliffe,et all or whatever and what have you, walking the earth again, after a few years, a few years of rather expensive and costly incarceration as being a guest of Her Majesty, in one of her extremely comfortable guest houses for the naughty?So capital punishment is to be the cure for the likes of that.Hmmm. Capital punishment?Well,I,Secret Squirrel shall he enlighten you with respect to capital punishment, to some degree, but not in great detail,as you will later see why the attention to the greatest and tinyest of detail is really, all so, very irrelevant.

Historically speaking,capital punishment in the United Kingdom was used from the creation of the state in 1707 until the practice was abolished in the twentieth century. The last executions in the United Kingdom, by hanging, took place in 1964, prior to capital punishment being abolished for murder (in 1969 in Great Britain and in 1973 in Northern Ireland). Although not applied since, the death penalty remained on the statute book for certain other offences until 1998.Down through the ages various forms were used and applied to bring about executions,very novel and interesting methods to say the very least from the earliest on,and thence slowly evolving to the more acceptable methods by modern standards,at least within the realm of The United Kingdom.Prisons evolved as a punishment secondary to execution,the Victorians had prisons, Her Majesty's Prisons,Her Majesty's
Prisons For The Extremely Naughty.The Victorians also had clear ideas about what these prisons should be like. They should be unpleasant places, so as to deter people from committing crimes. Once inside, prisoners had to be made to face up to their own faults, by keeping them in silence and making them do hard, boring work. Walking a treadwheel or picking oakum (separating strands of rope) were the most common forms of hard labour.However these have evolved towards modern times, and now very much really represent themselves as a virtual apartment living environment with priviledges to leave the building not being in the agreement.So, it is now wished to bring about debate on the issue of the re-instatement of capital punishment,execution.

Certain politicians have been expressing themslves on this issue as is here evidenced.............

http://www.wirralglobe.co.uk/news/9178527.Support_for_online_death_penalty_petition/

Wirral MEP Paul Nuttall has added his name to the e-petition and said: "I am in favour of restoring the death penalty for child and serial killers."I think capital punishment is needed for such heinous crimes and I know that many other people feel the same."

He said a YouGov poll last year found that 74% of people supported the death penalty for murder in some circumstances.And he added: "Generally too much attention is paid to the so called 'human rights' of offenders, what about the rights of victims and their families?"

Tory MP Priti Patel said such a debate was long overdue and that she favoured restoring capital punishment "for the most serious and significant crimes" - a position echoed by party colleague Andrew Turner.

Tory Philip Davies who said he would like to see “all murders” punishable by death.

Here ends the glowing words of several politicians, all to the yes side for various forms of restoration of the death penalty in the United Kingdom.

There have been many polls with respect to the return of the execution penalty,some from November 2009 when a television survey showed that 70% favoured reinstating the death penalty for at least one of the following crimes: armed robbery, rape, crimes related to pedophilia, terrorism, adult murder, child murder, child rape, treason, child abuse, or kidnapping.

However, respondents only favoured capital punishment for adult murder, the polling question asked by other organizations such as Gallup, by small majorities or pluralities: overall, 51% favoured the death penalty for adult murder, while 56% in Wales did, 55% in Scotland, and only 49% in England.And so on it goes,No doubt there shall be some dissenting voices expressing their views on the matter to the contrary in solid Parliamentary debate.Well there shall be much horrendous sucking and blowing,from both sides,the horrific ear splitting thunderous sounds of various political breakings of wind concerning the issue, and whatever issues out with that.Do I sound cynical?Do I sound perhaps, confusing on the issue, as to yeah or naye,does the ayes have it or the no's (eyes or nose)? Well after debate,one suspects there would be a vote on the matter,yes? Let us recall that the issue was last brought up,that the MPs last voted on the issue in 1994 the idea was rejected by 403 votes to 159.Is any such debate outcome, any vote outcome, completely irrelevant, an utter and complete waste of time, a useless gesture being made by politicians?Yes, on all counts, in any and all out comes.

Does this seem to influence you to ponder that I would reject the re-introduction of the death penalty.Would you mind?Do you mind? What is mind? Does it matter?Never mind!No indeed,it all doesn't matter,it IS all so very irrelevant, and a waste of
time,you see, with respect to,or not, to the outcome,from any and all points. Would there be a vote?Should there be a vote? Well, no, because it doesn't matter, for you see there is the fact that the death penalty is illegal in the European Union.You see,on 20 May 1998 the House of Commons voted to ratify the 6th Protocol of the European Convention on Human Rights prohibiting capital punishment except "in time of war or imminent threat of war." The last remaining provisions for the death penalty under military jurisdiction (including in wartime) were removed when section 21(5) of the Human Rights Act 1998 came into force on 9 November 1998. On 10 October 2003, effective from 1 February 2004, the UK acceded to the 13th Protocol, which prohibits the death penalty under all circumstances, so that the UK may no longer legislate to restore the death penalty while it is subject to the
Convention. It can only now restore it IF it withdraws from the Council of Europe, as in ONLY IF the United Kingdom,that is Britain,that is England,Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales,WITHDRAWS FROM THE EUROPEAN UNION.