It's fascinating how Britain seems to have a need to be at the forefront of despicable surveillance and censorship amongst western countries, beating out even t

It's fascinating how Britain seems to have a need to be at the forefront of despicable surveillance and censorship amongst western countries, beating out even the US with their horrific laws. I wonder if it's jealousy over losing their position as head of empire to the US and wanting to one up them in one of the few areas--digital oppression--that they still can. Seems like such school-yard, childish rivalries are often employed to get really nasty atrocities done like the Iraq war and total surveillance. Playing catch-up to US atrocities is a losing game for almost any country, but I have to commend Britain. They have done a decent job keeping up generally, and a superior job beating the US digitally.