> news about the UK it might looks like a dystopian surveillance state where you get arrested for criticising

Might it "seem" that way because it is that way?

https://www.forbes.com/sites/steveforbes/2025/09/09/people-a...

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/08/22/britain-has-beco...

https://freespeechunion.org/news/more-than-62-000-people-hav...

Oh, and your government itself openly states it on record, too: https://hansard.parliament.uk/lords/2025-07-17/debates/F807C...