BIG BROTHER WATCH..

Emergency Powers
A wave of emergency powers and extreme measures in response to the coronavirus pandemic have brought about the greatest loss of liberty in our country's history. Extraordinary circumstances require extraordinary measures - but not an authoritarian surveillance state. Freedoms are too easily lost in the heat of crises - join us to protect them.

Emergency measures are needed to protect public health. However, they must be proportionate, lawful and strictly temporary, to protect our democracy in the long run.

Since the pandemic began, the UK has been under ministerial rule. Draconian powers have been seized, democratic processes have been evaded, and our most basic liberties have been suspended. Protecting public health doesn’t require this new authoritarian political order.

We’ve been monitoring the new police powers, the growth of the surveillance state and big tech censorship online.

We’re producing comprehensive reports exposing the drastic suspension of civil liberties, analysing new emergency laws and making recommendations to restore rights and democracy. We're sending our Emergency Powers & Civil Liberties Reports to every parliamentarian, every month.
https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/campaigns/emergency-powers/
Our next report will be published in early April 2022.