“In the months ahead, the government will be borrowing from socialism just such features as will make it efficient for dealing with a pandemic. But what is necessary in times of war is rarely desirable in peacetime” writes IEA Head of Lifestyle Economics Christopher Snowdon.

Writing for the Spectator, Christopher argues that restrictions on liberty and interventions in the economy must be seen as the sacrifices they are and reversed as soon as it is safe to do so.

Read his full comment here.