Most UKIP members support torture. Why are they allowed to run for political office?
Paul Nuttall, UKIP’s leader and candidate in the Stoke-on-Trent Central by-election, has admitted he is one of the party members who supports torture.
Ukip leader Paul Nuttall believes water torture is 'a price worth paying'https://t.co/SGdyIAfT6Y pic.twitter.com/bygggtu7TU
— Mirror Politics (@MirrorPolitics) January 27, 2017
I repeat: Do the people of Stoke-on-Trent really want someone like this as their MP?
UKIP Leader #paulnuttall when he's not advocating a privatised NHS he's endorsing torture b/c that's what leaders of fascist parties do.
— John Smith (son of Harry Leslie Smith) (@Harryslaststand) January 27, 2017
The way society turns a blind eye to the undercurrent of fascism in UKIP's policies is the way society once looked away from spousal assault
— John Smith (son of Harry Leslie Smith) (@Harryslaststand) January 27, 2017
A survey of Britons has found that a majority of UKIP supporters endorse the use of torture by security services.
But overall only 28% of Brits said that ‘torture works’ – while nearly 40% said they believed it did not work.
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Not exactly what he said, and just when were members of UKIP asked this question and by whom exactly?
Look it up.
Whether torture ‘works’ or not misses the point.
It’s hard to believe that any discussion of actively using torture ourselves, or intelligence extracted by torture used by others, is seriously being discussed as a possibility. I find it incredible to be honest. Whatever next? Turning a blind eye to the police beating a confession from a suspect? Bringing back corporal punishment for offenders, or, God forbid, naughty children in the classroom?