Emergency State : How We Lost Our Freedoms in the Pandemic and Why it Matters
by
Adam Wagner
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1847927467
ISBN-13
9781847927460
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Imprint
The Bodley Head Ltd
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Oct 13th, 2022
Print length
240 Pages
Weight
260 grams
Dimensions
21.60 x 13.50 x 1.80 cms
Product Classification:
United Kingdom, Great Britain21st century, c 2000 to c 2100c 2020 to c 2029Constitution: government & the stateConstitution: government and the stateLaw & societyLaw and society, sociology of lawConstitutional & administrative lawConstitutional and administrative law: general
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''Superb... authoritative, thoughtful and terrifying in equal measure'', The Secret Barrister
''Astonishing. Detailed, dispassionate and definitive. An urgent warning and work of major importance'', James O''Brien
0n 26 March 2020, a new law appeared. In eleven pages it locked down tens of millions of people, confined us to our homes, banned socialising, closed shops, gyms, pubs, places of worship. It restricted our freedoms more than any other law in history, justified by the rapid spread of a deadly new virus.
You may have expected such a law to be fiercely debated in Parliament. But it wasn''t debated at all. A state of emergency was declared, meaning the law came into force the moment it was signed. The emergency was supposed to be short but lasted for 763 days, allowing ministers to bring in, by decree over 100 new laws restricting freedoms more than any in history - laws that were almost never debated, changed at a whim and increasingly confused the public. Meanwhile, behind the doors of Downing Street, officials and even the Prime Minister broke the very laws they had created.
This book tells the startling story of the state of emergency that brought about an Emergency State. A wake-up call from one of the UK''s leading human rights barristers, Emergency State shows us why we must never take our rights for granted.
''A riveting account of how our democracy was put under threat during the Pandemic and why we must never let the Emergency State - all-powerful but ignorant and corrupt - take over again'', Lady Hale, former President of the UK Supreme Court
''Clear-eyed, forensic and compelling, Wagner sets out what happened during the Covid-19 pandemic - and the lessons we need to learn'', Jonathan Freedland, author of The Escape Artist
''Astonishing. Detailed, dispassionate and definitive. An urgent warning and work of major importance'', James O''Brien
0n 26 March 2020, a new law appeared. In eleven pages it locked down tens of millions of people, confined us to our homes, banned socialising, closed shops, gyms, pubs, places of worship. It restricted our freedoms more than any other law in history, justified by the rapid spread of a deadly new virus.
You may have expected such a law to be fiercely debated in Parliament. But it wasn''t debated at all. A state of emergency was declared, meaning the law came into force the moment it was signed. The emergency was supposed to be short but lasted for 763 days, allowing ministers to bring in, by decree over 100 new laws restricting freedoms more than any in history - laws that were almost never debated, changed at a whim and increasingly confused the public. Meanwhile, behind the doors of Downing Street, officials and even the Prime Minister broke the very laws they had created.
This book tells the startling story of the state of emergency that brought about an Emergency State. A wake-up call from one of the UK''s leading human rights barristers, Emergency State shows us why we must never take our rights for granted.
''A riveting account of how our democracy was put under threat during the Pandemic and why we must never let the Emergency State - all-powerful but ignorant and corrupt - take over again'', Lady Hale, former President of the UK Supreme Court
''Clear-eyed, forensic and compelling, Wagner sets out what happened during the Covid-19 pandemic - and the lessons we need to learn'', Jonathan Freedland, author of The Escape Artist
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