Whilst the public understands the need for extraordinary measures as a temporary response to Covid-19, “the trampling of civil liberties is so extreme that it is imperative that they be repealed, in full, as soon as possible.”

Writing for The Telegraph, the IEA’s Head of Lifestyle Economics Christopher Snowdon argues that with the rate of infection unlikely to fall much further and our testing capability much improved, “there is little justification for maintaining the near-totalitarian lockdown laws for another few days, let alone another few weeks.”

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