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 justice Lord Sumption has blasted a 10-year prison term for travellers who lie about travelling to mutant Covid-19 hotspots as ‘inhumane’. Health Secretary Matt Hancock yesterday unveiled the toughest crackdown on border measures to prevent strains of coronavirus entering the UK from 33 ‘red list,’ countries. From Monday, all arrivals from those … Read more
Coronavirus has divided society. A chasm of mutual misunderstanding and resentment has opened up. On one side are people who want to be allowed to make their own judgments about risk, in the light of their own vulnerabilities and those of the people around them. On the other side are people who think their safety … Read more
Moment Lord Sumption tells a stage 4 bowel cancer sufferer that her life is ‘less valuable’ than others in shocking TV debate on the impact of lockdown Jonathan Sumption made comments on BBC’s Big Questions this morning He told BBC podcaster Deborah James her life was ‘less valuable’ than others Ms James suffers from Stage … Read more
The debate about whether to let us have a family Christmas perfectly sums up what is wrong with this Government’s handling of Covid-19. For Christians, Christmas is a celebration of the birth of a redeemer. For everyone, it is a celebration of life. But we all understand that if mixed generations attend a church service … 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
Everything in science is provisional but one thing is certain about Covid-19. Lockdowns do not stop the disease. They merely postpone infections until after they are lifted. They can work only if they are kept in place indefinitely. We do not need epidemiologists or mathematical modellers to tell us this. All we need to do … Read more
We are witnessing the slow demise of one of the great conceits of the modern world: the notion that the big-hearted State can protect us against every misfortune and that human beings are mere tools of State policy to be pushed about like pawns on a chessboard according to the changing impulses of its ministers. The … 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