It’s official: British civil liberties are provisional. They can be rescinded at a moment’s notice on the government’s whim. They are privileges, not rights. The anything-but-inalienable “rights” to free expression, to protest, to assembly, to association, to worship, to travel, to work: all require permission slips.<ref>[https://www.city-journal.org/united-kingdom-servile-response-to-covid-19-pandemic The Most Frightened Nation] by Lionel Shriver, Autumn of 2021</ref>}} | It’s official: British civil liberties are provisional. They can be rescinded at a moment’s notice on the government’s whim. They are privileges, not rights. The anything-but-inalienable “rights” to free expression, to protest, to assembly, to association, to worship, to travel, to work: all require permission slips.<ref>[https://www.city-journal.org/united-kingdom-servile-response-to-covid-19-pandemic The Most Frightened Nation] by Lionel Shriver, Autumn of 2021</ref>}} |