Read this article "UK government sources confirm war with Iran is on" by Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed.
The controversial 'Civil Contingencies Act' as mentioned in Mr Ahmed's article has been described by Liberty as...
"...legislative overkill, responding to heightened concerns since September 11 2001. The proposed new definition of emergency, whilst updating the new ‘essentials’ upon which society is now reliant, is far too broad. The ‘triple lock’, including the ‘seriousness assessment’, is entirely subjective and provides slender safeguards against misuse. There is no compelling justification for the highly controversial inclusion of threats to political, administrative or economic stability. The scope of emergency regulations is extraordinarily wide, has a high potential to breach human rights and includes the startling power to disapply any primary legislation. The proposal that emergency regulations be treated as primary legislation is ill thought-out and undermines the whole rationale underpinning the Human Rights Act. The Government’s increased willingness to declare an emergency highlights the need for anxious scrutiny of widened emergency powers and the motives for expanding them. Fundamental rights are most at risk in times of emergency."
