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EMERGENCY STATE - ADAM WAGNER KARTONIERT (TB)

'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

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