Michael Portillo is the right-wing UK political commentator that was involved in the debate of the inert gas asphyxiation .
Legislative debate on such a proposal could focus public attention and provide opponents a forum to argue for abolition ( Seitz 2001 ) .In a televised documentary in 2007 How to Kill a Human Being - in search of a painless death , Videosift.com , the UK political commentator ( and former Member of Parliament United Kingdom ) , Michael Portillo examined execution techniques in use around the world and found them unsatisfactory ; his conclusion was that nitrogen asphyxiation would be the least-worst method .
Inert gas asphyxiation