[JadedEngineer]

It's sad to see the UK as the non-EU, police state that it is today. Just 15 years ago it felt really free. I spent half of my 20s there and have great memories, but it's really gone downhill since then.

[wcoenen]

The news is always going to look worse than personal experience because of the selection effect: the worst events make the news.

If you look at the news from 15 years ago, it didn't look any better:

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2009/aug/18/met-police-...