That’s a question that many ask. However, Paul Joseph Watson has written an article over at Summit News claiming that the powers that the police have are not those which could enforce the sort of Soviet-style movement restrictions that the Government want.

Mr Watson said:

Police in the UK have admitted that they have no legal authority to enforce a travel ban in and out of London and the South East after the government instituted a third lockdown, cancelling Christmas for millions of people.

The London Telegraph reports that officials from the Police Federation say that officers do not have the power to stop people traveling or to stop cars and check if citizens are “unlawfully” visiting relatives and friends for Christmas.

“It’s heavily reliant on public compliance. The restriction isn’t on travelling, it’s on leaving the house (without reasonable excuse as defined),” a police source told the Telegraph.

“The more reasonable excuses that there are, the more there will be opportunities to claim an exemption where in truth one doesn’t exist. So it’s going to be very tough to enforce,”  the source added.

If what Mr Watson and the sources used for this article are correct then enforcement of the Government’s movement restrictions rely very much on the consent of the public. Therefore if people remove their consent and just go where they choose and give a bullshit and readily available reasonable excuse to the police, then these restrictions, which in my view should never have been imposed in the first place, collapse in short order.