36: Are the government's Covid-19 restrictions legal?

<p>What is the Dolan case and should the government be worried?</p> <p>--</p> <p>To combat the spread of Covid-19, the British government has restricted personal, social and economic behaviour on a scale unheard of in peacetime conditions. But has the basis upon which it has done so been legal?</p> <p>To discuss the entrepreneur Simon Dolan's legal challenge to the government's actions, John Joliffe, a barrister specialising in government and public law, talks in this podcast to The Critic's political editor, Graham Stewart, about what is at stake and the chances of Dolan's challenge succeeding.</p> <p>--</p> <p>Right now we're offering 3 months for just £5. Go to <a href="http://thecritic.imbmsubscriptions.com/">thecritic.imbmsubscriptions.com/</a> for details.</p> <p>--</p> <p>Image: (By Anthony M. from Rome, Italy - Flickr, CC BY 2.0, <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1114610">https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1114610</a>)</p> <p>Music: "Modern Jazz Samba" Kevin MacLeod (<a href="http://incompetech.com">incompetech.com</a>)</p> <p>Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License</p> <p><a href="https://gate.sc/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fcreativecommons.org%2Flicenses%2Fby%2F4.0%2F&amp;token=5dccc1-1-1597150653247">creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</a></p> <br> <hr><p> See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>