Another nail in the UK coffin
Soon they will role out the last straw that will break this camel's back. We will revolt, escape or be fully assimilated.
Remember, it is not too late, resistance is not futile. Vote for no one by spoiling your ballet paper.
Think it like this:
If a 'facist' government wants to control its people, it must control communications and it must be able to watch everything we do. Not dissent will be tolerated (witness the 'debate' on global warming).
Tools to help with this plan:
Security forces armed with laws that prevent us testing the security of our systems.
Microsoft Windows
Government partnerships with commercial software firms
It is important as someone above said, to implement their master plan, that hobbyists/ amateur/open source developers are not allowed to use these tools to test anything. These facilities must remain with the government's commercial software/backdoor/vulnerability developing partners.
Remember:
Orwell wrote a warning but the Labour Party have mistaken it for an instruction manual!