MEMBERS of the Conservative Party support bringing back capital punishment and believe Donald Trump would make a good prime minister of the UK, a new survey has found.
The YouGov poll also found most members believe that Islam is a "threat" to the UK.
The study showed 58% of members supported the death penalty for certain crimes, 56% said they believe Islam is "generally a threat" to the British way of life, and 54% agreed that Donald Trump would be a good PM.
The poll also found that 46% believe climate change concern is exaggerated, 49% think schools should not be required to teach on LGBT relationships and 51% said people who claim benefits could find work if they tried hard enough.
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The poll - which was commissioned for Channel 4's Dispatches - also found that four in 10 Tory members (42%) thought that having a multicultural country had damaged British society.
The Dispatches episode will air tonight at 8pm and also cover Islamophobic Facebook posts made by Tory members.
One member of a Boris Johnson supporters' page said they would "ban all Muslim entering the whole of Great Britain".
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A Conservative spokesperson responded to the posts highlighted by Dispatches, saying: “Those people making these posts that we have found to be members of the party have been suspended pending investigation.
“Discrimination or abuse of any kind is wrong and will not be tolerated.”
The poll, which questioned 892 members of the party, was carried out between June 11 and June 14.
Tory members are currently choosing who will be the UK's next prime minister.
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