Apr 3, 2007 • 1 min read

Gallagher says bring back hanging

Noel Gallagher has said violent offenders should be hanged and suggested he might stand for election, telling Newsbeat he could fix the country.

Noel Gallagher says he thinks violent offenders should be hanged by the neck until they are dead. What a prick. Sorry, but honestly. This is no time for that kind of regressive eye-for-an-eye type thinking. Anyway, the Oasis star has not just expressed his support for capital punishment, he's also threatened to run for parliament. Christ, no. I bet there's a constituency in this country stupid enough to elect him, too.

Anyway, here's what Gallagher told Newsbeat: "I might stand for election myself, to be honest. I've worked this out and I reckon I could sort out the country in a year-and-a-half. All these violent offenders - you get convicted three times by three separate juries then you're going to the gallows."

He added: "The last three times I voted I believed. I believed in it. But I don't believe in the left or the right or the middle anymore because they all pretty much say the same thing."

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