| Comment | It's pretty worrying for two main reasons: a) the government pretty much already has the power to do everything it needs under the Civi Contingencies Bill, and b) the CCB is restrained in power by needing to be re-approved by Parliament every 28 days, and is worded so that it can only be invoked under emergencies.
This new bill doesn't have those protections, so the chief worry is that this is being designed (probably by Dominic Cummings) as a set of powers the executive can retain in perpetuity and use well after CV is over. The principle that executives use national emergencies to enact power grabs is long-standing.
Good info here: https://twitter.com/davidallengreen/status/1240226362415349761 |
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