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Tories distance themselves from MP Lee Anderson after he calls for death penalty
MP Lee Anderson

RISHI SUNAK has distanced himself from newly appointed deputy Tory chairman Lee Anderson over his comments supporting the return of the death penalty. 

In an interview with the Spectator, Mr Anderson said he would support Britain reintroducing capital punishment because “nobody has ever committed a crime after being executed.”

“You know that, don’t you? 100 per cent success rate,” he told the right-wing publication. 

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