Law & Order / Criminal Justice

Restore the death penalty

- Axel Rudakubana, the Southport murderer, and Hashem Abedi, responsible for the Manchester Arena bombing, have both assaulted prison officers whilst behind bars.
- A sizeable majority of the country supports the death penalty for certain crimes.
- A prison cell for a murderer will cost us over £55,000 per year.
- It is just to execute those guilty of the most heinous crimes. Exceptional circumstances demand exceptional measures.

- Lucy Connolly, and others, should not be in prison for foolish social media posts, soon deleted.
- Their sentences were used to set an example - this is not justice, it’s the weaponisation of fear.
- Rapists, paedophiles and terror offenders have been given shorter sentences than Lucy - rightly fuelling public fears of a two-tier justice system.
- Our legal system is increasingly appearing biased and politicised, undermining trust and faith.
- Jail the paedophiles. Free Lucy Connolly.

- Ban the recording of any non-criminal activity on police databases under the label of “hate” - permanently.
- Thousands of innocent people have had their names recorded for speech that broke no laws. Wipe all existing NCHIs.
- Officers should be stopping crime, not monitoring opinions on social media. Rewrite police guidance to end ideological policing.
- Strengthen legal protections for free speech, satire, political belief, and social commentary. Being offensive is not a crime.
- Any police force that continues to record or act on NCHIs under vague definitions of “hate” must face sanctions.

- Since at least the early 1990s, evidence shows that taxis and private hire vehicles have been used by foreign criminal gangs for drug trafficking, money laundering, and the sexual exploitation of young girls.
- Mandatory CCTV in every taxi, funded by councils, must be implemented to deter this type of behaviour.
- Hired transport should be a place of safety – but according to research by the Suzy Lamplugh Trust, regulatory loopholes have allowed hundreds of individuals with criminal convictions to acquire licenses.
- Women across the country report inappropriate conduct by taxi and PHV drivers.

- British women face an increasing threat of physical and sexual violence, primarily due to mass legal and illegal immigration.
- Police forces appear unable or unwilling to uphold the law and protect those most vulnerable from the most heinous crimes. As such, women must have the ability to adequately defend themselves.
- The right to self-defence must not be infringed. Women should be permitted to carry and use pepper spray – a tool used by the police themselves – to defend against attackers.

- Any mosque found to be preaching extreme doctrine must be shut down.
- Hateful Islamist organisations must be identified and proscribed, and deprived of any taxpayer funding.
- Gulf states such as the UAE warn that Britain has become a breeding ground for Islamic extremism. This poses an immediate threat to national security, and radicalisation must be cut off at source.
- Pass Shamima’s Law, revoking right to remain and stripping citizenship from dual-national Islamic extremists. Ban entry of foreign hate preachers, and deport those who are already here.

- The “gig economy” – and food delivery platforms in particular – has become a major pull factor for illegal migration to the United Kingdom. This is an internationally recognised problem – even Emmanuel Macron commented on it during negotiations with the British Government over illegal migration.
- An investigation by The Telegraph revealed that illegal migrants housed in Home Office hotels are working illegally as bike couriers for Deliveroo, Just Eat, and Uber Eats, making up to £500 a week. Many are banned from working but use rented or fake courier accounts, paying up to £100 a week on the black market, while sharing illegal e-bikes to deliver food. This illegal work is used to repay debts to people smugglers, with money wired abroad to cover the cost of small boat crossings. Smugglers openly advertise Britain as the easiest place to earn money illegally.
- These companies appear to benefit from this arrangement. Uber Eats, for example, has admitted that a Government crackdown on illegal workers will drive up the cost of takeaways
- This cannot continue. Companies operating in this grey area of the economy must be held to account for their role in encouraging illegal migration by enabling those here illegally to work. A full investigation must be launched, and if it is proven that these firms have knowingly profited from illegal labour, criminal charges must follow. If this puts them out of business, so be it.