Free speech is an issue that has existed LONG before even the 2000s in the UK, it was just they weren't as overt as they are now.
Combining it with leftist ideology just accelerated the process. I think part of the problem is UK normies see so much American entertainment and use YouTube that they are under the illusion that they have close to the same speech protections when in reality they are behind that one Asian country that it's a jailable offence to mock royalty even when he was dressing as a complete prat.
Free speech is an issue that has existed LONG before even the 2000s in the UK, it was just they weren't as overt as they are now.
Combining it with leftist ideology just accelerated the process. I think part of the problem is UK normies see so much American entertainment and use YouTube that they are under the illusion that they have close to the same speech protections when in reality they are behind that one Asian country that it's a jailable offence to mock royalty even when he was dressing as a complete prat.
Thailand has the lese majeste laws. And you're right, they're not policing general speech in the same way as the UK.