Well, what else would you call a country where the cops threaten a man with arrest for putting an election sign saying “GET THE LOT OUT” in his window, and charge a Christian with “hooliganism” after he was overheard saying that he believed homosexuality was a sin?
Why the British put up with their capriciously thuggish inept constabulary is a mystery. But certainly a land where displaying the colors of the Union Jack counts as “racist” and expressing what remains the Church of England’s official position on homosexuality gets you fingerprinted and locked up is not one that has any meaningful commitment to freedom of expression. The current election feels like a theatrical pseudo-campaign played out in the ruins of a civilization.