PETER HITCHENS: How the Government is wading into the swamp of despotism ��� one muzzle at a time

This is Peter Hitchens��� Mail on Sunday column

The Government has no legal right to impose the severe and miserable restrictions on our lives with which it has wrecked the economy, brought needless grief to the bereaved and the lonely and destroyed our personal liberty.

This is the verdict of one of the most distinguished lawyers in the country, the retired Supreme Court Judge Lord Sumption.

He said last week in a podcast interview: ���I don���t myself believe that the Act confers on the Go...