[wkat4242]

True, same with "Mind the gap". There's always been a strong raised finger there. Similar to Holland though that's more because of its Calvinist influences, sadly.

However ubiquitous face and iris recognition around the airport is pretty bad IMO. I doubt this would be permitted in the EU.

Of course since Brexit all privacy brakes have come off and it's now a free for all for big commerce. I think this is the main thing the article refers to.

I do see more anti commerce sentiment here in Barcelona as the author mentions though it's important to realise most of it comes from extremist groups like antifa. Not exactly mainstream.

But yes personally would avoid London nowadays. Not just because the ubiquitous surveillance but because of the Brexit mentality. They don't want us there, I don't want to deal with them. I even refused to go to a Google business conference there. If they want me they can host it in the EU, ideally the Schengen zone so not Dublin either.

The only Brits I still socialise with are expats who are heavily anti Brexit. They're ok. Like myself they have heavily dissociated from their own country. I'm Dutch myself but I'm also competently unaligned with their politics (especially now with the extreme right becoming huge there)

[n4r9]

London still wants you! The city as a whole voted 60% to Remain. Every single borough except Sutton (arguably more culturally Surrey than London) was majority remain. City of London was 75% Remain, Westminster was 69% Remain.

Source: https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/research-reports-and-...

[tambourine_man]

60% total is still pretty tight. We are almost evenly split as a society, all across the world. Weird and sad.

[cassianoleal]

It's 50% more remain in relation to leave. It's not tight at all.

[tambourine_man]

That’s playing with percentages to make it look better, in my opinion.

[cassianoleal]

It's not really.

It's 60% vs 40%. That's a difference of 20% of the total population of millions of voters. It's a pretty big difference in anything relating to politics and policy.

[PaulRobinson]

All the privacy laws in place pre-Brexit are still in place today.

GDPR is still a thing. The ICO still exists. CCTV is still regulated.

What “brakes have come off”, in your mind?

[mytailorisrich]

> I do see more anti commerce sentiment here in Barcelona

Barcelona is historically the socialist capital of Spain. London is historically the commercial capital of the world.

[eignskwofn]

History >300 yrs… China & India might have something to say about historical commercial centres of the world