The UK did away with S44 of the Terrorism Act 2000 precisely because there was backlash against the mass use of groundless searches. What was especially galling

The UK did away with S44 of the Terrorism Act 2000 precisely because there was backlash against the mass use of groundless searches. What was especially galling is that the UK has pretty broad search powers anyway based on reasonable suspicion, so anyone choosing a S44 search was basically admitting they didn't expect to find anything.