Civil Liberties Special - Foothills of Fascism?

Boris Johnson has won parliament's backing to extend the government's emergency powers to September. The new policing bill is also making its way towards the statute book. So how far are our liberties at risk? And will all the pandemic powers be rolled back when its over? Adam Wagner, barrister at Doughty Street Chambers and Visiting Professor of Law at Goldsmiths, University of London, tells Bloomberg Westminster's Caroline Hepker and Roger Hearing it might have been better to have had a formal state of emergency during the pandemic, so it could be rolled back afterwards. Plus Extinction Rebellion campaigner and former police sergeant Paul Stephens, and John Woodcock, independent adviser to the government on political violence and disruption, join to give their views on the new policing legislation. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com