Lord Jonathan Sumption 'A State of Fear: Covid-19 and Lockdowns'

[@valerieelbourne3456]

Lord Sumption is absolutely spot on in what he says. We, the people, need to take back our right to be responsible for our own lives, our right to live in community, and our right to have a true democracy running our nation. We pay the politicians' wages which makes them our servants.

[@jackrainbow560]

MR SUMPTION IS A RETIRED HIGH COURT JUDGE AND AS SUCH HE NO LONGER HOLDS THE TITLE OF LORD. HE IS NOW PLAIN MR SUMPTION.

[@hennyvanommeren8711]

Swab raus

[@jackrainbow560]

@@hennyvanommeren8711 Swab your mom, ninny.

[@elkpaz560]

No. It makes us their serfs paying feudal dues. Get used to it.

[@strikerorwell9232]

Im a bit suprised that there is a "Lord" who speaks out on the behalf of the larger community?

[@dianasitek3595]

The greatest speech I've heard Lord Sumption make. It ought to be compulsory viewing in every high school and university classroom in the Anglosphere. Thank you Lord Sumption.

[@scottbuchanan9426]

Absolutely. I live in Melbourne, and whenever I think about the state government's actions over 2020 and 2021, it makes my blood boil.

[@r.h.w.arguile232]

I identify with the issue of fear. Courage remains a vital virtue which should be encouraged and honoured not least because there are other harms social in character which can harm society. Mafias are not prevented or limited by laws but by people.

[@francodenobili7654]

Are you mentally ill 🤔

[@r.h.w.arguile232]

@@francodenobili7654 I am not sure how to understand such a laconic comment. I am much more helped by articulated responses. Such a carefully articulated argument from Lord Sumption deserves reasoned criticism. My own view is that he is over pessimistic but the willingness of so many people to accept the government's right to control the activities of healthy people without setting our the alternatives and the arguments of those who thought the government's decision entirely outwith governmental competence struck me as alarming. It was not as if there were not medical objectors. the Great Barrington declaration should have been engaged with not simply omitted from mention. BTW I take it the sentence needed a question mark.

[@francodenobili7654]

@@r.h.w.arguile232 In my country we have the same garbagge sience denying brown dirt ( right wing , anti everything government , thats Brown dirt ) we had dentists open their idiotic mouths thinking they know more than the virologists in all countries. Like I said , before every "selfmade expert" old fool throwing gasoline into conservative anti government garbagge - think , you old fool, THINK AND ASK THE RELATIVES OF MILLIONS UPON MILLIONS LIVES WORLDWIDE LOST WHAT THEY THINK ABOUT YOUR UTTER ARROGANT SUPER IDIOTIC NONSENSE

[@62Cristoforo]

Never before have I heard anyone speak as close to my own thoughts and feelings about these past two and a half years of collective insanity as this man just did. I feel vindicated. I always wish I could meet my interlocutors with such clear and concise thoughts and words as this man. I hope I can eventually express myself as clearly as he.

[@torilllundborn7899]

These times are soo special and partly weird..understand the Christians speaks about the End.times.. Time to wait for God.

[@johnfindley9833]

Listen again at the end it’s quite frightening people have not realised what’s unfolding act before it’s to late

[@mariaridler1831]

Agreed

[@JohnAdams-kc8wx]

You just did!

[@Kiltoonie]

As soon as | realised what had happened I wrote to my own elected politicians to DEMAND that they opposed lockdowns. They responded as if I were a lunatic in the wild !

[@simontalbot1198]

I:m proud to say I disobeyed each and every COVID restriction. I realised what tosh this all was on the second day. Lord Sumption was one of the very few who had the courage to put his head above the parapet at the time.

[@douglasmccabe7766]

Jonathan Sumption and Thomas Sowell. One British, one American. They have extraordinary and clear minds and both are exceptionally brave. They challenge the powerful elites in their respective countries, and using only their intellect and their humanity are able to expose the shallow and crude lust for power among those who seek election. high office, and power over us. Both are despised and feared by the elites, but loved by ordinary people needing explanations for our current travails. Neither advance solutions, but I hope they both continue to apply their great minds to identifying the forces at work that are undermining Western democracy. Thank you Lord Sumption, thank you Professor Sowell!

[@eziopuiatti8801]

Great speech - "only the truth shall set you free" - only 2K likes - pity ... - but these thoughts of wisdom have been shared and now the "common mind " of humanity - Thank you Lord Jonathan

[@mariemcloughlin1684]

People have become utter sheep. It began in earnest in the 80s, with the nanny state, health & safety. People handed their autonomy over so easily.

[@harri2626]

Absolutely right and profoundly true. It was very brave of him to say those things about the Australian attitude to Covid to an Australian audience.

[@Tech-49]

Its a right wing audience. I'm right wing living in Melbourne and I didnt find out about this talk until today when KZbin presented it to me. I'd have happily gone to it and cheered him.

[@sallywright8065]

He mentioned every single issue that has crossed my mind over the past two years, only in a more eloquent fashion. It has been a very dark episode that I am now still processing. I am not and have never been frightened of catching a virus but I still feel the after effects of lockdown and I fear a repeat performance. I have a healthy adult autistic son and his life was turned upside down by lockdown. His anxieties went off the scale hence his challenging behaviour (that had settled into early adulthood) returned. His social life ended overnight and his support network failed for 18months. I had never suffered from mental problems but, throughout lockdown, my mind went to some very dark places. I can remember actually thinking it might be best not to wake up in the morning because there was nothing to wake up for. Only now do I feel as though I am starting to mend. I have so much anger inside but nowhere to put it (if that makes sense). Just trying to look ahead.

[@noremac4807]

It’s been such a dark time for those who questioned and used logic and critical thinking. I’m so sorry to hear how difficult things were for you. You have been immensely strong. I wish you and your son all the best

[@sallywright8065]

Thank you 🙏

[@rebeccadanvers884]

I am a doctor from Spain. We had no long lockdowns here, neither mandates whatsoever. But in february 2022 I needed psychiatric help. I had spent 14 months trying to reason science with my doctor colleagues, to no avail. I have never been afraid of the virus and I am now 56. I was afraid of the totalitarian path we are treading down. And the acritucal acceptance of the educated population. I also thought back then that I'd rather died from the covid I got in 2020 than waking up to the dystopia every morning. I sometimes still want to end this nightmare

[@sallywright8065]

@@rebeccadanvers884 I totally understand your feelings. Please be strong because I really believe more and more people are waking up to the truth.

[@rebeccadanvers884]

@@sallywright8065 I had never had mental health issues before. Nowadays I am recovered from the anxiety that brought me to the psychiatrist, but I have been through intense feeling of anger for a while, and now apathy. I do not care about people. I do my job the best I can, but I do not care about my colleagues. I only want to retire, and loose sight of them.

[@davidverster9523]

Every thinking person needs to listen to this message

[@emmaearnshaw3282]

@RandomlyShadowBannedWhateverIType I think it would go over their heads unfortunately.

[@liberty-matrix]

“The vaccine was not brought in for COVID. COVID was brought in for the vaccine. Once you realize that, everything else makes sense.” ~ Dr. Reiner Fuellmich

[@jamesjohnston9754]

Good quote but he’s controlled opposition sadly

[@treelee8485]

Yes ! I didn't hear him talk about the role of media, academia, the NGOs and the megalomaniacs who turn the screw; or did I just fall asleep ?

[@suetempleton9135]

Mortality wise, 2020 was no different than a slightly bad flu year... You're dead right, Covid was introduced solely for the uptake of the mRNA therapeutic to be pumped into the worlds arms. It's been nothing more than a plandemic.

[@deanbristow4596]

Your onto it it mate. How can all the evidance in front of the world get no traction for prosercution Truth hangings. Personaly id use a hammer

[@rickytalk5852]

@hope1416 Read 1984. The rulers control both sides

[@carolmassimiani5567]

As always, honest, articulate and unafraid to speak out in truth. Thank you Lord Sumpton.

[@fionawestbury7298]

"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." Excellent speech, Lord Sumption.

[@edcottingham1]

I stumbled live, three or so years ago in the middle of the night listening to the BBC, upon one of Lord Sumption's Reith lectures. He was warning of the dangers of authoritarian and expansive European and EU international courts, of which there are at least two primary active bodies in Europe. I was spellbound. A man of superb education, both wise and intelligent, which are related but distinct characteristics of mind that often do not converge. (Silicon Valley provides many examples of extremely intelligent men without wisdom. Likewise, wisdom comes to some unaccompanied by bristling intelligence. George Washington might be a good historical example although we can all recognize the character of wisdom in "ordinary" men whom we are privileged to encounter in our personal lives. Lord Sumption has it all.) I don't know why this man -- almost unheard of in mainstream American culture -- is not constantly quoted and referenced in places like National Review that seek to advance a sophisticated, thoughtful conservatism. He is a British treasure who should be celebrated and attended to everywhere that Western culture is honored and defended.

[@robertyates9973]

Yes, our leaders on the whole are intelligent but lack wisdom.

[@chrispawlus1226]

Lord Sumption can see what I and many others see, I just can't understand why everyone else can't see it. I fear that by the time the majority of people realise what's happening (if they ever do) that it will already be too late😟

[@johnfindley9833]

Thank god someone else has actually listened to what he’s saying most on here need to listen again before it’s to late

[@Hickalum]

Why most (about two-thirds) “can’t see it” … kzbin.info/www/bejne/pIDIpYWsZ79sgqc

[@chipmonk12]

@Radwyn Althor Hi, don't watch TV my wife and I haven't watched tv or read a newspaper for 5 years it confirmed what I was thinking that everything they said or wrote was lies or propaganda it also confirmed that if you reverse everything then you get very near to the truth.

[@simewood2040]

With you 100% brother 🙏🏻

[@treelee8485]

So much good and relevant content, and yet he missed out some major factors in public reaction: the media, academia and the megalomaniacs who empoison these two

[@iandougall7169]

It will only stop when enough people are bothered enough to stand up and say NO!

[@62Cristoforo]

Throughout these past few years it dawned on me how odd to think most of my fellow citizens actually believed their government could, or even had the power to, protect the masses from an airborne virus. This was the main underlying, yet unspoken presumption most people had assumed. It took my a while to figure this out simply because it was unspoken, and also that it was such a foreign concept to my way of thinking.

[@reedbender1179]

🎯

[@Hickalum]

As kids in the 50s and 60s we were routinely put out to play with very few boundaries, maybe; “comeback when it gets dark and don’t cross the big road”. We grew up confident we could handle whatever came our way. Since the 80s kids were brought up in cotton wool afraid of ‘stranger danger’ and other terrible, unseen perils. They’ve grown up to the mantra; “Keep me safe! Keep me safe!” Hence masks, lockdowns, testing for a disease without symptoms, queues for vaccines etc …

[@MrRadiorobot]

You couldn't walk to/stand at a bar in a pub, but you could sit down unmasked and eat/drink in close proximity to other diners..C19 knew not to infect the seated...it was like living in an open asylum.

[@martinheath5947]

When he says "our world" I can totally relate and I feel reassurance that redemption is still possible. When Klaus Schwab says "our world" my skin crawls at the authoritarian dystopia of oligarch tyrants.

[@hilldweller]

Good to see him back, for a while it looked like "they" had managed to silence him.

[@WindTurbineSyndrome]

He has videos on KZbin

[@just_another32]

He was just in the kitchen eating a Marmite sandwich!

[@debravictoria7452]

This is the first I've heard of him. This video just showed up in my feed. So well spoken, I will look for more videos with him.

[@hilldweller]

@@debravictoria7452 At the start of covid and for some time afterwards he openly laid into the government for behaving like dictators and questioned the new untested vaccines. Then he gave an interview where his voice and his whole body was trembling saying what a good thing the vaccines were ( my memory is a bit vague ). He then went silent. I'm sure "they" made him an offer he could not refuse.

[@riseandshine75]

You cannot silence this man. He is one of the very few.

[@jimosullivan1389]

What a great orator.

[@cathymartinmcgoey3855]

Historic speech

[@robbiegerard7857]

Lord Sumption made this point in a speech over a year ago, the point being that those who were vulnerable by all means take as many precautions as you see fit, but leave healthy people to make up their own minds, i am 69 and would have been happy to go on as normal.

[@liberty-matrix]

"Coercion is the ordinary language of the State." ~Lord Jonathan Sumption

[@heyitsalanhere]

The word "no" is a very useful word 💜✊💜

[@edxr250r]

Neil Ferguson has a lot to answer for yet I doubt he'll ever be held to account for ruining lives and businesses.

[@jimosullivan1389]

He is an arrogant prat and repeatedly got EVERYTHING wrong on all he touched over 2 decades... and boris and his idiotic cabinet still listened to him.

[@JG-fv9bv]

Johnson Hancock Ferguson Whitty Vallance Van Tam Harries Raab Shapps Gates Fauci Adern Andrews Etc etc etc

[@ryanroyal6826]

Welcome TrustJeremy Farrar Sage. Fauci emails! Jeremy book Spike, they used burner phones, who funded the lab? Who shuts us down? Who stoped the information coming out about old drugs that could of saved millions and cost little.

[@SaxonSuccess]

@@JG-fv9bv Indeed. We must not forget. We cannot forgive.

[@GT380man]

@@JG-fv9bv Dr June Raine (MHRA) Dame Kate Bingham

[@bernadettebecher4689]

Lord Sumption you have done your homework. Sadly most Australians did not and those that did, doubted themselves and preferred to listen to "the experts" who are sadly compromised. Thank you for expressing your thoughts.

[@pascalw.paradis8954]

Good Lord ! This talk is Spot-On. The Truckers wanted Freedom and the got put in jail and bank accounts taken and locked. We are losing to the 1% Big Time. ❤️🌎❤️

[@peterrees6335]

The voice of reason in a mad world.

[@petercampbellmusic3782]

A beautiful summation.

[@leylaoxley7813]

Thank you for your very well thought out speech - we are at a critical point in our history and we need to be speaking out and hearing all sides.

[@gmsh50]

Excellent. Its so good to hear someone who can see through these manipulating people around us. I do hope they will hear this too. Its scary

[@rosemaryrojahn584]

What so many of us have been thinking these past two years but could not articulate succinctly. Excellently done. Thank you sir.

[@jesusesteban6896]

What a brilliant speech! Thank you a lot for these clear pronounced thoughts, i enjoyed and agree with every single word. Greetings from germany

[@StephenGrew]

Brilliant!

[@kittervision]

I had never heard of this guy this randomly popped up but I'm glad I listened because very astute summary of where we find ourselves today. I wish the KZbin algorithms would lend themselves to offering videos like this to people who aren't already privy to this viewpoint because he speaks it well and might turn some minds around if they took a minute to sit down pay attention and give this information a chance

[@paulmiller8116]

Thank you for bringing up what should be discussed and has not been in mainstream Australia

[@bootswarrior2409]

yip folks need to take there rights back love from scotland ,, the people have the power xx

[@rayhobbs7251]

We, the citizens of this country, had no say in the powers that were seized by our State Govts. in the face of a 'plandemic'. Our politicians failed us, the judiciary failed us, the Police failed us, our constitutional rights were ignored, as power hungry leftist Govts. experimented with just how far they could push a compliant populace. Australians rarely resort to violence because it is not our way of resolving differences, but by golly the Victorian Police were brutal toward us. All common decency was sacrificed by Dan Andrews' Jack boot militia, posing as Victorian Police officers. Eureka stockade, anyone? God help us. If Victorians re-elect this Govt. they deserve what's coming to them. 😥

[@rebeccadanvers884]

No, the State did not deprive the Australians of their power. They happily gave the power to the State. Listen to this man. More than 80% of the Australians were happy with the restrictions and the abuses. That is the real problem. Read "brave new world". That is Australia.

[@debravictoria7452]

The WHO treaty is still in draft form, but when it's complete and ratified, they will have control over the health response basically worldwide.

[@emilythornton8403]

I don't know anyone who voted for Dan Andrews (and I come from what used to be a staunch labour voting family, back when that actually may have meant something). So how, pray tell, did the ABC know he'd won the election 2 hours after voting 🗳 had finished?

[@rayhobbs7251]

Good question, Emily. The same thing happened with the last Federal election. It's all rigged.

[@davidhoban3825]

Wow....nothing that I didn't say BEFORE the night of Monday 23rd March 2020 though....I instinctively knew that freedom was not an optional extra and as I said at the time - once the Pandora's Box was opened then there was no going back.

[@Daniel-gb3en]

Lord Sumption speaks with such power. Straight to the point, in as clear and eloquent a way as possible.

[@ivormectin9889]

Brilliant stuff once again from the good Lord Jon. I see a grand total of 33k people have watched this - democracy seems doomed. ‘Civil disobedience becomes a moral duty when the government becomes lawless or corrupt’ - Mahatma Gandhi.

[@Kiltoonie]

a worthy and wise speech that should be watched - and then discussed in depth - in every high school in the world.

[@sandraadams8164]

Lord sumption talks a lot of sense i am a huge fan

[@oliverknill631]

Well said. The last two years were a reminder how quickly free countries can slide into autocracy. The scary thing was how easily this was achievable even in stable and healthy democracies and how many thought it would be a good idea to bypass basic principles and ignore concerns about future consequences. The mechanisms are similar in every historical case when countries lost their way. Fear is one of them, economic downturns is an other. We still have to pay for a long time to cope with the wrecking done during the last two years.

[@thomascook8541]

What stable and healthy democracy were you talking about?

[@yankeegonesouth4973]

This is absolutely one of the best talks I've seen on pandemic policies, and on liberalism in general, in a long while. It was also refreshing to forget about the similar failures of my own democracy for a few minutes. Oh, well.

[@petersutton523]

It never ceases to amaze me how totalitarianism and communism are now described as "liberalism". The media have done a good job on mindless populations.

[@WindTurbineSyndrome]

Communism or fascism both sides of coin take power and control too far

[@gemmadavies2922]

@@petersutton523 spot on.

[@playonwords55]

Just amazing. Make it go viral.

[@QWERTYUI1075]

Lord Jonathan Sumption hit the spot. We are beyond the point of no return. God help us.

[@jimmycook872]

This has been the Biggest Swindle of the general Australian public in the history of Australian federation. And no one has been arrested or gone to jail yet. When will there be accountability.

[@traceyomalley3797]

my hero always speak the truth thankyou for all you have done to bring light to the truth

[@mci6830]

A very professional and articulate commentary on what anyone with any sense is feeling generally right now... We are now fucked.

[@johnfindley9833]

Definitely not you have a fundamental right time to use it do not roll over and accept

[@ZephaniahL]

I blame the negroes.

[@thirstyhorsemongolia6264]

Attitude to risk: "A man must have a little madness, or else he will ever be free." These words by the great Greek writer Nikos Kazantzakis have guided me all my life. Sure I've lost a fair bit of money. But my dreams are still alive and healthy.

[@gedofgont1006]

Is that quotation correct? Surely, it should be, "...or else he will NEVER be free."

[@trishc9200]

@@gedofgont1006 Yes - I think it needs an edit :)

[@AwakenedAvocado]

What society though, considers madness is many times, total rational sanity. Its no measure of success or sanity to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.

[@gedofgont1006]

@@AwakenedAvocado Good point, but lousy punctuation. You should also give the correct attribution, when you quote someone directly (in this case, Krishnamurti).

[@AwakenedAvocado]

@@gedofgont1006 Get over it and get over yourself.

[@colinsmith2005]

Here in Communist New Zealand 91% of the population relished an extended paid home holiday, on reflection, a vast number of this 91% now await the construction of the gallows, to extinguish those deceptive mandating tyrant's responsible for these crimes, with their guilt recorded and beyond doubt.

[@Baard2000]

Excellent!!!!!!!!!!!

[@veronicaalessandrello1022]

Lord Sumption, may you stay forever healthy and strong. Thank you for being free, present and un-corrupted. We, the people, are so fortunate to have your voice, the voice of supreme justice, the voice of courage and impecable moral values reassuring our views on how this corrupt global elite are simply a sadistic mafia.

[@peterkruusi4470]

"Yes, I do agree with Lord Sumption 100%. He is absolutely spot on here: We pay our politicians. They like to conveniently forget that part while still taking our money. Th I believe they are indeed our civil servants and not the other way around!"

[@derekreed6798]

Alexis de Tocqueville reference is the essence of what we have become 12:31 20:53 - this shows how scientists have relinquished or never had a 'moral compass'..and the difference between knowledge and true wisdom. 29:44 - On the contray bullying by government shows inherent weakness. Wow what brilliant speech🙌

[@trishc9200]

I'm in New Zealand. This was a particularly relevant part of his speech "“Aristotle regarded democracy as an inherently unstable form of government because it was too easily transformed into despotism, by the natural tendency of people to fall for an appealing tyrant”

[@24567442]

An eloquent man explaing fact in a pragmatic way. We need level headed intelligent men like this gentleman. Not the pirates we have in Westminster now. Mortality Modelling all wrong and look to sweden the actual deaths there

[@billster8836]

Brilliant and fascinating speech, that has heled me coalesce my own thoughts on the lockdown disaster.

[@ChefEarthenware]

I had come to hope that in recent years the general public had stared to move away from unquestioning belief in the State. The C0v1d hysteria ended that hope. It's had a huge effect on my life. I've learned that no institution can be trusted and, worse, that people are just as much sheep as they ever were.

[@ninabaker3406]

Thank you Lord Sumption for yet another brilliant speech. I have been an avid fan of yours since I first saw one of your excellent videos denouncing all things 'lockdown'. I was concerned at one point, when you seemed to disappear from the radar, that certain powers had worked to shut you up. I see now that, that is not the case. Keep talking the good talk.

[@gregorykent3482]

Thank god for Lord Sumption

[@jackrainbow560]

MR SUMPTION IS A RETIRED HIGH COURT JUDGE AND AS SUCH HE NO LONGER HOLDS THE TITLE OF LORD. HE IS NOW PLAIN MR SUMPTION.

[@folee_edge]

A true Nobleman

[@jonfitz2278]

Absolutely spot on

[@yahndidee-nay8792]

Ah wisdom, you are a wise ELDER

[@tomigrgicevic]

Great man!!!

[@montanagal6958]

The appropriate response is to refuse.

[@carbonicoyster5907]

Intellect is useless without courage. Lord Sumption has both. We need more of his kind.

[@AwakenedAvocado]

This was actually one of the main points i learned and which separated people in the covid response. Not many people have true courage and it surprised me. Surprised myself, too. Intellect and courage were especially highlighted when we saw all these 'experts' in their perceived omniscient hubris, proclaim all these terribly wrong and completely irrational "facts" of science . And the brave doctors who spoke up, were silenced by the cowards. It had become clear, these were supposed to be the experts, these were supposed to be the intellectuals who apparently knew better than us. Appointed by who? It has become clear that intelligence as the IQ measure is not enough, it is not enough. Without courage it is a meaningless endeavour. Courage assists greatly in asking questions, alternative avenues than the prescribed doctrine, especially those relating to morality and human decency. All they did ( the cowardly intellect) was read a textbook, and come to believe that they must believe this , it MUST be true ,otherwise their studies and hubritic view would be completely devimated amd proven to be false, therefore making them and everything they were assigned to be an 'expert' on to be wrong.

[@davidmclachlan6592]

It's people like lord Sumption that we need to lead our country, not the clowns that we have in power at the moment.

[@deepblue8081]

We've had clowns in power for decades.

[@davidmclachlan6592]

@@deepblue8081 yes indeed, but more so in the last ten years.

[@suzannecranny9838]

Excellent! Thank you

[@Forthestate]

This man was vaccinated. The moment he was, and he was secured in his freedoms (to travel, to visit public places) he made the statement that he was comfortable with the loss of liberties for those who chose not to be vaccinated on the grounds that it was their 'choice'. It's a sorry state of affairs when a layman like me has a firmer grasp of the law than a former Supreme Court judge. Being threatened with the loss of liberty for exercising one's right not to take an experimental vaccine is coercion. Under the Nuremberg Code it is a crime.. So this man threw the unvaccinated under a bus the moment he had guaranteed his own freedoms. I will never, ever forget that. He's just another example of a shabby judiciary with a shabby grasp of law and little inclination to use its provisions to defend the victims of gross injustice. He is contemptible.

[@thomascook8541]

You are spot on with this assessment.

[@emilythornton8403]

I never supported the lockdowns , ever. Its strange that I find myself agreeing only with people who would be considered typically conservative (apart fom russel brand) because thats never been how I would define myself. Howeber, I am a student of history and I am definitely against central planning/marxism in the same way I am against facism as ironically both those extremes appear to havs a similar result, massive harm to the people. The only place might disagree would be in regards to the regulation of certain industries such as health, education, prisons etc because I do not think that this is always best left to for profit companies. I come from a very working class background, my mum was a primary school teacher and she raised me on her own with no other family support. However that was possible at the time because she worked most of the time and when she couldn't the amount of she recieved from the government could cover basic amenities (such as housing etc.. I note this is not the case anymore unfortunately, not even for people on lower wages) I think that people are so afraid of being arrested that they didn't rock the boat. Also the nudge units and biased media hasn't helped.

[@castropianoforte]

The lock-downs were a crime against humanity. Those responsible for imposing them should be in jail.

[@johnborhot]

One of the few true intellectuals around... Classical liberal, balanced, rational and reasonable. Great talk!

[@glenncostello4486]

Thank you for your presentation. Totally agree. Control through fear and misinformation propaganda. We have to not do this again next time...Glenn from Ozz

[@znorman63]

President Reagan Aug. 12, 1986:"The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help."

[@stephaniefarwell3210]

Well done sir..what a great speech conveys my thoughts too.

[@njd2342]

Magna Carta!

[@martingray6275]

Thank you. I've definitely benefitted from listening to this well presented and rational presentation

[@Frohicky1]

If nothing can go wrong, nothing can go right.

[@john-gealy4765]

At two weeks on and only 735 views.... what a rather worrying indicator!

[@ingridluyt7538]

Few folk who were and yet are unaware of who exactly Lord Sumption is, would have been drawn to such a talk, much less to one put out by the rather obscure Robert Menzies Institute. They must surely be one of very few such Ozzy organizations yet able to get away with inviting such an intellectual collossus to speak. The entire world has been watching closely how various countries dealt with the challenges of "covidmania" .....and I'm afraid neither kiwi-land nor oz are likely to escape nor soon recover from the taint of jack-boot authoritarianism the idiots they put in power, displayed and to which most of them willingly subjected themselves.

[@susiegreaves7283]

I agree. I wonder what manipulation is going on at youtube to deter people from watching this eminently sensible and critical information. Ferguson needs to be brought to account for his actions. But then, how stupid were other people to take notice of him? I despair.

[@ingridluyt7538]

@@susiegreaves7283 Despair invokes imagery of feeble attempts by the ill-prepared to either go along or get along.....or to escape accountability. It's more than contemptible. In THIS instance,, every known instance of harm perpetrated upon the innocent is being prepared in evidence and will in due course teach the world citizenry the folly of apathy.

[@laralarz6904]

Many people on Oz protested. Few wanted lockdown. This positive spin on people supporting the lockdown is not true, they were supported for a initial period, so as to provide authorities enough time to prepare, but it went on far longer that was needed, it destroyed people's faith, trust, and was incredibly divisive and produced hate and labelled people in 2 camps, I am still traumatized by the emotional guilt tripping and psychological abuse meeted out 24/7, it was on bill boards, tv, radio, newspaper, social media, our freedoms taken, our movement our jobs threatened. Mandates, it's been relentless and I fear this calm period is just cover for writing into laws things they say we support but don't.

[@kategarcia3585]

Yes and OZ had covid camps and neighbors weren't allowed to talk to each other.

[@laralarz6904]

@@kategarcia3585 all part of the big fear campaign.

[@elisabethwatt7874]

Superb speech.

[@rosschambers1987]

Great speech.

[@gailclough1665]

I never get tired of hearing from this man

[@josephchevarie2544]

There's no way of stopping it

[@brendank3578]

Historical context succinctly applied to our current political and social environment. The concept of the social contract should be a part of every school curriculum

[@rongablue]

Three great forces rule the world: Stupidity, fear and greed. Albert Einstein.

[@AwakenedAvocado]

Courage Love Humanity

[@liberty-matrix]

"A Liberal Conservative is an individualist. And a believer in middle class virtues of ambition, family loyalty and self-reliance." ~Robert Menzies

[@lisalynch629]

Michael Crichton wrote state of fear2004 about mass formation psychosis and predicted this holocaust

[@lizscott6911]

He was a brilliant man and mind.

[@DrQuadrivium]

Liz Scott ... You said 'was' ... as far as I know he still is.

[@lizscott6911]

@@DrQuadrivium I used wrong word. Sorry.

[@annetteo8253]

Sadly he is absolutely correct.

[@michaelnorthcott4265]

Excellent speech. The State in 1900 constituted 5% of GDP in the U.K. After Covid-19 it constitutes 50%. This is not just Hobbesian but Communist. And this happened under a Conservative government that has shown itself capable of criminalising normal human behaviour including meeting relatives, going for a walk, or attending church. The best thing that could happen in the Anglosphere is for all government agencies except the nuclear energy inspectorate to be closed down en masse and civil servants and politicians all sent home. No new laws shall be written or new crimes invented for ten years. All Covid law and related public health laws should be abolished. At the same time all taxes including sales taxes should be cut to zero. A flat tax on income from stocks, shares, land, rents, and salaries on individuals which exceeds in total £50,000 should replace the current tax and spend system. All UK Crown assets which amount to many trillions of pounds should be sold to reduce government debt and to repurchase energy and water supplies for the nation. Public spending should be reduced to 20% of GDP. Rapidly! And all attempts by government to police movement, speech, and thought - other then for speeding - should be ended. All CCTV cameras should be turned off. 5G should be dismantled. The pound should be returned to the gold standard. ALL government contracts with and subsidies to private companies should be ended forthwith. This is a reasonable and rational political programme. But no party in the UK offers anything like these measures as there is in effect no opposition to the increasingly technocratic and totalitarian character of government in the UK. There IS an alternative. But propaganda, mind control, CCTV cameras, draconian regulations, criminalisation of resistance and the mass immiseration of the population are being used to crush democratic opposition to the totalitarian form the UK government in London and in the regions has taken.

[@cachinnation448]

Superb analysis.

[@alecblackwell3928]

Covid legislation .totally against bill of rights 1688 .

[@harrywissink842]

Brilliant ! But what can we do to save democracy?

[@dartharpy9404]

Good 👍

[@adrianryan5654]

Absolute power corrupts absolutely, you’d have thought the people of the West, at least, would remember this lesson from Hitler and Stalin… But this time it is different! This time we cannot see any “strong man” or woman. We have Biden, Boris Johnson (now dishi Rishi!), Rutte, Trudeau, Ardern, some guy in Australia I don’t even remember his name, Some guy in Germany who wasn’t elected, don’t know what’s happening in Spain anymore. And yet there is some light. Sweden have said no and Italy have their first democratically PM in 14 years and Florida are showing the way in America, hopefully the GOP take note and dump the Trump…. Before it is too late…

[@lawrence1318]

There's a woman named Sam (Samantha) who's a doctor. Her surname is "Bail" with an "ey" added to it. She can be viewed on the platform that is called "Ody" with a "see" added to it. Watch her clips on the real science of what people call SARS-2.

[@ms-jl6dl]

She's "a little off" don't mind me saying.

[@scienceevolves4417]

What is she claiming?

[@lawrence1318]

@@ms-jl6dl She's spot on.

[@sherrypalmer1601]

Thank you

[@neilwalker1931]

The main issue is assessment of risk or deliberate mis representation of risk by the state.

[@nicholas19644]

The printing of fiat money has been the curse of us all.

[@jermainelong1843]

Global digital currency will be even worse. Just watch.

[@elkpaz560]

@@jermainelong1843 Being microchipped won't be fun either.

[@jermainelong1843]

@@elkpaz560 💯

[@robertyates9973]

Yes, reforming the Central Banks is paramount, otherwise we will never have peace.