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Revision as of 06:00, 16 April 2020
| Interest of | COVID Recovery Group, Sunetra Gupta, Paddy Hannam, Independent SAGE, James Rubin, Karol Sikora |
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| Description | The UK police, afforded extensive new powers by the 329 pace "Coronavirus bill" faced wideranging criticism in April 2020 for overstepping them. The first prosecution under the legislation they attempted was ruled unlawful. |
The COVID-19 Lockdown in the UK was ushered in with a 329 page piece of Coronavirus legislation. The first prosecution attempted under it was ruled unlawful.[1]
Contents
Sweeping powers
UK police was widely scorned for using drones in what was seen as heavy handed policing which exceeded even the powers give them.[3][4]
Roads
UK police were criticised after it was discovered that "road checkpoints had been set up to quiz drivers about their journeys."[5]
Supermarkets
UK police have been active in policing supermarkets, making sure that people only buy essential items, a policy the UK Home office explicitly disavowed.[6]
"Cambridgeshire police later blamed an “over-exuberant” though “good-intentioned” officer" for
Northamptonshire Police chief constable Nick Adderley prompted criticism after saying his force was "only a few days away" from "marshalling supermarkets and checking the items in baskets and trolleys to see whether it's a legitimate, necessary item".[7]
Gardens
"South Yorkshire Police has apologised for telling a family they were not allowed on their own front garden during the Covid-19 lockdown."[8]
No "exit strategy"
The Guardian reported on 15 April 2020 that the UK government has no exit plan for Covid-19 lockdown:
“Journalists should stop asking about an ‘exit strategy.’ There is only one way we can ‘exit’ full lockdown and that is when we have a vaccine. Until then, we need to find ways we can adapt society and strike a balance between the health of the nation and our economy”
Nadine Dorries (15 April 2020) [9]
An example
| Page name | Description |
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| Freedom Day | 19 July 2021 was supposed to be the end of COVID restrictions in England; instead the introduction of vaccine passports was announced. |
Related Quotations
| Page | Quote | Author | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Behavioural Insights Team | “Very powerful psy-ops came into play. The familiar slogan “stay home, protect the NHS, save lives” is familiar now to all of us. And that was the creation of the behavioral insights team in Number 10 Downing Street. Remarkable psychology behind that. I think the team were even very surprised by how well we behaved.” | Karol Sikora | 23 April 2020 |
| Dominic Raab | “So early relaxation [of the UK COVID-19 lockdown] would do more damage to the economy over a long period... the government has decided the current measures must remain in place for at least the next three weeks... We’ve already sacrificed too much to give up now... so we need to be patient a while longer... now is not the moment to give the coronavirus a second chance.” | Dominic Raab | April 2020 |
| Karol Sikora | “Very powerful psy-ops came into play. The familiar slogan “stay home, protect the NHS, save lives” is familiar now to all of us. And that was the creation of the behavioral insights team in Number 10 Downing Street. Remarkable psychology behind that. I think the team were even very surprised by how well we behaved.” | Karol Sikora | 23 April 2020 |
Related Documents
| Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Covid Doctors Network: Open Letter to Premier Daniel Andrews | Open letter | Geoffrey Wells Covid Doctors Network | An Open Letter to Premier Daniel Andrews in the Australian state of Victoria, to point out "not all medical practitioners are in agreement" with a draconian lockdown. Per end of September 2020, the lockdown is still ongoing with no end in sight. | |
| Document:A targeted and evidence-based approach to the COVID-19 policy response (an open letter) | Open letter | 21 September 2020 | Karol Sikora Sunetra Gupta Carl Heneghan Sam Williams | An open letter to UK PM Boris Johnson from prominent scientists to hinder a new lockdown and change other failed policies |
| Document:Why is disgraced MI6 author of the dodgy Trump-Russia dossier involved in a controversial group seeking harsh Covid restrictions? | Article | 24 July 2021 | Kit Klarenberg | Christopher Steele, the Russiagate spook is involved in lobbying for more lockdowns in the UK. |
References
- ↑ https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8184731/First-person-prosecuted-new-coronavirus-laws-conviction-quashed.html
- ↑ https://www.spiked-online.com/2020/03/26/britain-is-sliding-into-dystopia/
- ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/04/uks-covid-19-lockdown-could-crumble-as-frustration-grows-police-warn
- ↑ https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/04/09/coronavirus_cops_code/
- ↑ https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/uk/uk-police-use-drones-to-stop-dog-walkers-during-crisis/articleshow/74849185.cms
- ↑ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2020/04/10/police-fire-new-checks-non-essential-shopping-despite-home-secretarys/
- ↑ https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-police-backtrack-after-chief-threatened-to-search-shoppers-trolleys-11971269
- ↑ https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/coronavirus-police-apologise-for-telling-family-they-werent-allowed-in-their-own-front-garden/ar-BB12qPik
- ↑ https://twitter.com/NadineDorries/status/1250494730451836928
