[JumpCrisscross]

> because the UK is such a safe place

Objectively, it is [1].

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intenti... 1.1 vs 5.8 intentional homicides per 100,000

[sph]

There are more than two countries in the world. Italy, for example, without pervasive monitoring and overt spying of its citizens, is at 0.545, half the UK rate.

Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, just to name a few, are all below the UK rate.