And this is why people in the UK are apathetic. Civilized protest is greeted by official jargon that basically says 'we do what we want'. Just like when we objected to the original RIPA.

The agencies and authorities that pressurise and cajole Governments into these actions are unelected and play the long-game. They can wait and ride-out any Paliament that is insufficiently malleable.

Which reminds me to update my collection of encryption program source code whilst I still can.