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Tbf, that's been a thing for a long time now. Still feel much freer living here than the US.
But if we're giving it a generous timeline of accumulating effects, then yeah I'd say 2038 is probably accurate for when the other shoe finally drops lol
Democracy in the UK is already kind of dying. At this point the UK government is just doing whatever they want (such as laws which weren't on the manifesto) and completely ignoring the people when they petition against it.