In recent months, there has been a resurgence(复苏；重新抬头) of interest in the death penalty among rightwing politicians in the UK. The leader of Restore Britain, Rupert Lowe, has made a manifesto(竞选纲领；宣言) commitment to holding a legally binding referendum(具有法律约束力的公投) on bringing back capital punishment(死刑；极刑). The Reform MP Lee Anderson is also in favour of a referendum, arguing that the public would vote in favour of the death penalty.
近几个月来，英国右翼政客对死刑的兴趣再度抬头。“恢复英国”党领袖鲁珀特·洛在竞选纲领中承诺，将就恢复死刑举行具有法律约束力的公投。改革党议员李·安德森也支持举行公投，并声称公众会投票赞成死刑。
Such supporters of capital punishment in Britain point to polls such as this “bombshell(爆炸性消息；令人震惊的) survey” that supposedly(据称； supposedly 表示存疑) showed 47% of students favoured bringing back the death penalty. But these headlines are misleading, as surveys rarely include details about the grim administration of capital punishment and only present a binary choice of the options.(但这些新闻标题具有误导性，因为调查很少涉及死刑执行过程的残酷细节，往往只给出非此即彼的选项。)
英国这些死刑支持者常援引一些民调，比如那份所谓“重磅调查”，声称47%的学生支持恢复死刑。但这类新闻标题具有误导性，因为调查很少涉及死刑执行过程的残酷细节，往往只给出非此即彼的选项。
The more information you give the public about the reality of the death penalty, the less support it enjoys. In the UK, when people are offered specific alternative punishments, the death penalty has historically failed to get majority support, regardless of(无论；不管) the crime. Only 35% of respondent(受访者；调查对象)s believe it should be available as a punishment in all cases of murder, according to YouGov. And in the US, support for capital punishment has steadily decline(下降；衰退)d, from 80% in 1994 to 52% in 2025.
公众对死刑的真实情况了解得越多，对它的支持就越少。在英国，当人们被提供具体的替代刑罚时，死刑历来都得不到多数支持，无论罪行轻重。据YouGov民调，只有35%的受访者认为死刑应适用于所有谋杀案。而在美国，死刑支持率持续下降，从1994年的80%降至2025年的52%。