It’s crystal clear - as Britain falls into the grips of authoritarianism, the pillars of democracy we thought we had have already crumbled.

Because as this is happening, there is NO alarm ringing on the BBC, in parliament or even courts.

Barely. Even. Questions.

Amidst 24h rolling coverage of cases, there has been practically ZERO reflection in the media off the abuse of Ministerial diktat, urgent procedures, police abuses.

Now Christmas is banned just as parliament goes on recess & schools close.

Can anyone see the wood for the trees?

You don’t even need to encourage civil disobedience. Because people WILL see family members at Christmas if they’ve assessed it’s safe to do so.

If you call that a criminal offence, we are a nation of criminals.

The utter failure of our democratic institutions to function has led to a spiral of silence. Some people fear even socially voicing the authoritarianism they’re witnessing.

Although we never imagine that this is how democracies die, this is how democracies have always died.

The Prime Minister just put 25 million people under house arrest, days before Christmas, under threat of criminal conviction, via a press conference.

If we do not collectively understand the gravity of what has happened to our democracy now, we have passed a point of return.