Screeching backtrack after ex-Tory MP Nick Boles says '“Why not bring back hanging while we’re about it? And the birch. They’re ancient English customs'
“We’ve had Johnson’s tax cuts for the wealthy, a race to the bottom on no-deal Brexit, and now a pledge to bring back this barbaric practice that Labour had proudly banned.”
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