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Oct 30 • 12 tweets • 7 min read
It has been a couple of weeks since #EmergencyState was published - in this thread I'm going to share some of the reviews so far. And not just the good ones! 😬☺️🧵

amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B09…
"It’s a book that needed to be written — and nobody could have done it better", says @JoshuaRozenberg rozenberg.substack.com/p/emergency-st…
"well written and accessible [to] coherently draw together the ratcheting of fiat law into everything from the public joy of a walk in the country to the private joy of the bedroom.This is no dry legal telling of the tale" @iofiv on @davidallengreen's blog
davidallengreen.com/2022/10/guest-…
"self-righteous", "courtly", "the book doesn’t quite sing",
Quentin Letts in @thetimes - thetimes.co.uk/article/emerge…
You decide if that makes you want to read it or not!
"Wagner’s book is a vital contribution to a debate we need to have: how to ensure that the biggest casualty of the next pandemic is not the democratic model"
@stephenkb in @FT ft.com/content/6bf923…
"This book is the definitive legal guide to the law of the pandemic and will serve as an important historical account of this dark and challenging period in our history."
@lawsocgazette (which gave it five stars) lawgazette.co.uk/reviews/emerge…
"invaluable... it’s hard to disagree when he writes: “British society became as close to a police state as in living memory.” The most important legacy of the pandemic may be to avoid that ever happening again."
@JewishChron thejc.com/life-and-cultu…
I think that's the reviews so far - I have heard a particularly interesting one, by someone particularly interesting, is in the pipeline... it will certainly be a spicy one! I will post when it's out
A couple of other pieces on the book:
An interview of me by @RMCunliffe at @NewStatesman newstatesman.com/ideas/intervie…
And this is a piece I wrote for @guardian on the themes in the book theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
Here is the preface in @CounselMagazine counselmagazine.co.uk/articles/how-a…
A video interview I did with @bristolideas bristolideas.co.uk/watch/adam-wag…

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WHAT HAVE WE DONE TO DESERVE THIS
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But the members can't be ruled out prior to the process
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#ActivistLawyer
.. and proud
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