Masks and social distancing could be in place for 10 YEARS – as long as Britain endured rationing after the Second World War, Lord Sumption claims Former Supreme Court judge compared Covid restrictions to rationing He warned it was ‘politically unrealistic’ for social controls to be dropped soon SAGE scientists have warned measures may be … Read more
Former Supreme Court judge Lord Sumption blasts ‘coercive’ ministerial powers during lockdown and accuses Boris Johnson of ‘the most significant interference with personal freedom in the history of our country’ Sumption accused ministers of keeping Britons ‘under a form of house arrest’ He attacked control ministers had over everyday life in Cambridge law lecture Said measures … Read more
Ex-Supreme Court judge Lord Jonathan Sumption today called on Britain to learn to live alongside Covid-19 because ‘there have been far worse diseases’. Lord Jonathan, who is also a medieval historian, praised Sweden’s approach to the pandemic, after the nation bucked the trend and opted against a lockdown. In his piece for The Telegraph, he said … Read more
Does the Government have a policy for coronavirus? Indeed it does. In fact, it has several. One for each month of the year, all mutually inconsistent and none of them properly thought through. Sometimes, governments have to change tack. It shows that they are attending closely to a changing situation. But this crisis has exposed … Read more
Ex-Supreme Court judge Lord Sumption blasts ‘collective hysteria’ over coronavirus in astonishing rant attacking the decision to put the public into ‘house imprisonment’ while ‘wrecking our economy for an indefinite period’ Lord Sumption, who was a judge from 2012 – 2018 gave an interview to the BBC He said politicians had not though about ‘whether … Read more