Submitted by Gary Fox on Saturday 31st January 2026
Published on Monday 9th March 2026
Current status: Open
Open until: Wednesday 9th September 2026
Current Signatures: 151
(count is updated approximately hourly)
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Abolished ~ betray ~ Betrayal ~ Betrayed ~ Blair ~ Carry ~ country ~ Crime ~ death penalty ~ Deliberate ~ Domestic ~ foreigner ~ Hearts ~ Justices ~ Law ~ Nationalism ~ Penalty ~ place ~ Reinstate ~ risk ~ security ~ Strike ~ The State ~ Toni ~ Tony Blair ~ Traitor ~ TREASON ~ Ultimate
Reinstate the death penalty for Treason
Treason strikes at the very heart of a nation’s survival. Those who knowingly betray their country, aid its enemies, or undermine its security and place every citizen at risk.
Until 1998, the ultimate seriousness of this crime was recognised in law, but Tony Blair’s Government abolished the death penalty for treason that year. There is a strong argument that such an act — deliberate betrayal of the state — should once again carry the gravest possible consequence, both as justice and as a clear deterrent to foreign and domestic traitors.
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