Ohhh, so close!!!

[zathras]

Because we wouldn't have the opportunity to hang him for treason.

We still don't because New Labour abolished capital punishment for Treason soon after coming to power

[Advocate]

We still don't because New Labour abolished capital punishment for Treason soon after coming to power

How convenient....

[Churchill]

How convenient....

We could always hang him until he's "really poorly"....

[HairyArsedBloke]

We still don't because New Labour abolished capital punishment for Treason soon after coming to power

If he is found guilty of treason then the laws he passed would be null and void which would include the prohibition of hanging for treason; so we could do it after all.

Personally, I’d prefer he was subject to the traditional hang, drawn and quartered with his head on a pike at the traitors gate of the Tower of London.

[Advocate]

If he is found guilty of treason then the laws he passed would be null and void which would include the prohibition of hanging for treason; so we could do it after all.

Personally, I’d prefer he was subject to the traditional hang, drawn and quartered with his head on a pike at the traitors gate of the Tower of London.

But isn't it the Queen who gives royal ascent for laws etc?

[realityhack]

But isn't it the Queen who gives royal ascent for laws etc?

Hate to do this, but it's assent. Royal ascent is something that happens to handmaidens' skirts and stableboys' trousers.

HTH

[BrilloPad]

That reminds me of the Class War sticker:

The Great Royal Debate

Do we shoot them or do we hang them?

In Bliar's case I suggest both.

[Advocate]

Hate to do this, but it's assent. Royal ascent is something that happens to handmaidens' skirts and stableboys' trousers.

HTH

I'll get my orthopaedic shoes...

[hyperD]

We still don't because New Labour abolished capital punishment for Treason soon after coming to power

Well such as the present incumbent are so fond of retrospective taxation, perhaps we can force the argument for retrospective laws then.

[expat]

Because we wouldn't have the opportunity to hang him for treason.

What treason would that be then, apart from tax laws that displease you? He did nothing that Thatcher wouldn't have been happy to do (that's what was wrong).