Looking back, in December 2020, at the year since Boris Johnson’s Conservatives were swept back into government with a huge majority, the author identifies a raft of new laws, Home Office measures and government proposals in the fields of policing, crime, and immigration and asylum which embody long-held rightwing projects. Coming on top of already discriminatory practices, these include restrictions on the fundamental right of peaceful protest and freedom from invasive and racist policing, the subjection of migrants and asylum seekers to dangerous and inhumane conditions and the removal of legal protections for asylum seekers. Simultaneously, Bills going through parliament restrict or remove altogether the legal accountability of state actors, including soldiers on overseas operations and police informants, for crimes including torture and murder. Citizens’ recourse to the courts to challenge unlawful ministerial decisions is also under threat.

回顾一下2020年12月，即鲍里斯·约翰逊（Boris Johnson）的保守党以绝大多数席卷政府之后的那一年，作者发现了一系列新的法律，内政部措施以及政府在治安，犯罪和移民领域的建议，以及体现了长期存在的右翼项目的庇护。除了已经具有歧视性的做法之外，这些措施还包括限制和平抗议的基本权利和免受侵略和种族主义维持治安的自由，将移民和寻求庇护者置于危险和不人道的境地，以及取消对寻求庇护者的法律保护。同时，通过议会的法案限制或完全取消了国家行为者的法律责任，包括在海外活动的士兵和警察线人，对包括酷刑和谋杀在内的犯罪行为承担责任。