Most UKIP members support torture. Why are they allowed to run for political office?

Last Updated: January 28, 2017By

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.

I repeat: Do the people of Stoke-on-Trent really want someone like this as their MP?

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.

Source: Only a majority of UKIP voters believe that ‘torture works’, most Britons don’t | Political Scrapbook

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4 Comments

  1. Barry Davies January 28, 2017 at 12:25 am - Reply

    Not exactly what he said, and just when were members of UKIP asked this question and by whom exactly?

    • Mike Sivier January 28, 2017 at 5:13 pm - Reply

      Look it up.

  2. Peter Hepworth January 28, 2017 at 2:22 am - Reply

    Whether torture ‘works’ or not misses the point.

  3. Toy January 28, 2017 at 9:49 am - Reply

    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?

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