It has only just turned noon and already today I have seen news of two death sentences. The Boston Bomber, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, was condemned to die this morning, as was Mohammed Morsi in Egypt. While both men are responsible for horrendous acts, I frankly find it appalling that there are still countries left in the world which still have capital punishment. It is a sickening practice, proven to be ineffective as a deterrent; it’s history is littered with the darkest mistakes. To follow death with death, state sanctioned or otherwise, is no more than base vengeance. As far as I am concerned, any country which retains this abhorrent practice has no right to call itself civilised, and I’m besides myself with rage that there are still people in the Tory party – including that piece of shit Gove – who still advocate it.