Britain's Big Brother state is already here - we just don't realise it yet

Britain's Big Brother state is already here - we just don't realise it yet Submitted by Jonathan Cook on Wed, 07/15/2026 - 05:00 While immigrants, Muslims and the left are conveniently scapegoated for the state's failures, our rights are being eroded under the guise of protection from these so-called bogeymen Protesters gather outside the Royal Courts of Justice, London, UK, as the ban on the activist group Palestine Action is ruled as lawful by the Court of Appeal. Judges overturned a previous ruling that said the ban on the group was wrong, 15 June 2026 (Vuk Valcic/Zuma Press Wire) On When is it possible to declare that a society has moved from liberal democracy, however imperfectly realised, to authoritarian rule? Is there a moment when it is suddenly obvious the change has occurred?