CSI: Coronavirus with DAVID ALLEN GREEN and Ayesha Hazarika

<p>The Government’s emergency measures to keep public places empty are proving to be a rat’s nest. Even senior police officers and prosecutors don’t fully understand the law. Prosecutions are falling apart. And civil liberties groups are calling for a review of all penalties. Constitutional expert and Remainiacs regular <strong>DAVID ALLEN GREEN</strong> talks to <strong>Ayesha Hazarika</strong> about bad law made in haste, and what we can look forward to in the inevitable Public Inquiry.</p><p><br></p><ul><li><em>“We’ve enforced public health legislation as if it were </em><strong><em>public order emergency</em></strong><em>.”</em></li><li><em>“The regulations that created perhaps the </em><strong><em>widest-ranging prohibitions</em></strong><em> in peacetime never had a parliamentary vote.”&nbsp;</em></li><li><em>“It may well be that the litigation will go on longer than the virus did.”</em></li><li><em>“We’re supposed to nod along in a public health emergency…&nbsp;but how much are we nodding along?”</em></li></ul><p><br></p><p>Presented by Ayesha Hazarika. Produced by Andrew Harrison. Assistant producer Jacob Archbold. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Audio production by Alex Rees. <strong>THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production.</strong></p> &#10;&nbsp;<br /><hr><p style='color: grey; font - size: 0.75em; '>See <a style='color: grey; ' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>