The Lord Mountbatten Act of 1979 (Triumph of Whitelaw)

On August 27th the Lord Mountbatten and his nephew and his wife were killed by IRA while holidaying in Ireland. Prime Minister Whitelaw, a moral judicial socialite and his cabinet voted to put forward to the House of Commons a Act in which Capital Punishment would be re-instated for terrorists, countrymen and foreigners alike. The Labour Opposition lead by James Callaghan called it a step back though SNP leader Gordon Wilson put his support forward as a appeasement.

The Vote
Yes: 62%

No: 29%

Undecided: 9%

The Act was passed on August 31st and would come into effect on September 2nd 1979. James Callaghan would continue to oppose the law but his popularity decline meant that in the future little opposition would collect over the law.