On 26 March 2020, a new law appeared. In 11 pages it confined tens of millions of people to their homes, restricting our freedoms more than any other law in history, justified by the rapid spread of a deadly new virus. Never debated in Parliament, it came into force as soon as it was signed, amid a state of emergency being declared, it lasted for over two years and allowed ministers to bring in over 100 new laws by decree, laws then broken by the then-Prime Minister and many of his colleagues. Described by former Supreme Court President Lady Hale as “a riveting account of how our democracy was put under threat during the Pandemic” in Emergency State: How We Lost Our Freedoms in the Pandemic and Why it Matters leading human rights barrister Adam Wagner shares this startling story and offers a wakeup call. A member of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) panel of counsel who has represented the Campaign Against Antisemitism (CAA), Adam joins barrister and broadcaster Rob Rinder to discuss his highly anticipated and much-discussed first book.