Boris Johnson’s Covid laws took away our rights with flick of a pen. Don’t let that happen again | Adam Wagner
Ministers were able to rule by decree for more than two years. That’s not true democracy and it remains a risk in the future
It is almost three years since the first case of a novel coronavirus was identified in Wuhan, China.
It’s just over two and a half years since Boris Johnson gave us a “very simple instruction”, that we “must stay at home”, followed – three days later – by a law that for the first time in our history would impose a 24-hour curfew on almost the entire population. The years, months, weeks and days since have been so relentless – and at times almost beyond belief – that it is difficult to begin to process them. Many of us have experienced personal bereavement, and everyone has been touched in some way.
Adam Wagner is a barrister at Doughty Street Chambers. His debut book is Emergency State: How We Lost Our Liberties in the Pandemic and Why it Matters (Vintage)
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