UK speech laws are far worse than Canada's. Both UK and Australian gun laws are far worse than Canada's. Australia was far more draconian than Canada on covid.
The government control over the population is also very thin outside of major cities.
The euthanasia and trucker crackdowns were pretty bad admittedly, but I'm not sure it's as bad as Great Britain's ubiquitous thought police, or Australia's borderline police state.
In terms of speech laws on the books, UK's are worse. In terms of enforcement, well...
I need to elaborate, ever since 2021 to even a bit before, the authorities in the UK have lost nearly ALL influence and authority. The lockdowns, any attempt at mandates failed because people just stopped giving a fuck and did what they wanted, the authorities had to catch up and pretend it was their idea to stop to not seem even weaker. So they are losing legitimacy, FAST. It would actually gain legitimacy defaulting back to an absolute monarchy, that's how big the growing power vacuum in the UK is.
The reason I put Canada as number one over police state Australia and New Zealand is they have euthanasia ads encouraging it. No other commonwealth state is at the point of advertising to their population 'you're a burden, thought about killing yourself?'. That pushes them over the mark.
UK speech laws are far worse than Canada's. Both UK and Australian gun laws are far worse than Canada's. Australia was far more draconian than Canada on covid.
The government control over the population is also very thin outside of major cities.
The euthanasia and trucker crackdowns were pretty bad admittedly, but I'm not sure it's as bad as Great Britain's ubiquitous thought police, or Australia's borderline police state.
In terms of speech laws on the books, UK's are worse. In terms of enforcement, well...
I need to elaborate, ever since 2021 to even a bit before, the authorities in the UK have lost nearly ALL influence and authority. The lockdowns, any attempt at mandates failed because people just stopped giving a fuck and did what they wanted, the authorities had to catch up and pretend it was their idea to stop to not seem even weaker. So they are losing legitimacy, FAST. It would actually gain legitimacy defaulting back to an absolute monarchy, that's how big the growing power vacuum in the UK is.
The reason I put Canada as number one over police state Australia and New Zealand is they have euthanasia ads encouraging it. No other commonwealth state is at the point of advertising to their population 'you're a burden, thought about killing yourself?'. That pushes them over the mark.