The Lockdown files message is clear: we must never again suppress democracy by giving power to power-hungry people.

Read the piece on the Sunday Express and Sir Graham Brady MP’s comment

What follows is the original text of the article in today’s Sunday Express.

Our thoughts are with the victims of abuse of power and their families.

The week’s Lockdown files show Boris Johnson feared Britain’s second lockdown because he knew the death data was  ‘very wrong’; he also wanted to lift the restrictions, but the public ‘wasn’t ready’. 

They also reveal that masks in schools were introduced to avoid an argument with Nicola Sturgeon, that care homes were neglected, and the inhumane rules that kept married couples apart were discussed but, despite their devastating effects, were kept anyhow. Why? Because there was no one to challenge the power-hungry government machinery that was out of its depth.

Rules of six were introduced without evidence, but ministers went ahead anyway - it was easier to communicate than a rule of seven, eight or nine. 

It was clear that these policies were being made on the hoof, but a silence of science meant they essentially went unchallenged. 

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