Our columnist Alexander Adams recently joined 'The Prudentialist' for a discussion on art, politics, culture and more.

When was the last time any political authority of the past and/or present ever relinquished their emergency powers calmly and voluntarily?

Besides Ferguson and the usual lockdown fanatics, most scientists have not called for urgent restrictions in response to the South African Omicron variant. Why? Because all early indicators are showing it is nothing to panic about.

Subdued in spirit in a godless age and having grown weak on the numbing nectar of endless government subvention, we have lost our thirst for liberty.

The failure of the right regarding tyranny of the bio-security state during the COVID outbreak has been notable.

It is the measures that we would dismiss now that ought to concern us. They can be imposed in an astonishingly short period of time, accepted, and then applauded by the nation with the zeal of a convert.

Cop26 marked the definitive transition from a national and democratic order to a global and technocratic one.

They might, given an adequate education, have noted instead that while the government document looks authoritative, it is nothing more than a value-judgement.