Police up and down the country are wielding powers they do not have, all with vanishingly little public scrutiny

Important reminder from @Francis_Hoar https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/04/05/police-across-country-using-powers-do-not-have-vanishingly/

Hope interventions from the likes of Sumption, Francis and others encourage members of the public to challenge, or at least question, police behaviour (which is meant to rely on our consent) We shouldn't be required to suspend our critical faculties, even in the midst of a crisis