Have the Brits Gone Mad?

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At the end of that article are bunches more links - here they are

What IS going on over there in the U.K.? Their 'image' has totally changed for the worse on many 'fronts' in the last bunch of years.

• London cops declare war on photography
• Manchester man arrested for alleged sewer-grate photography, held as a terrorist
• Current TV on photo bans in UK
• UK Police seize amateur photographer's film
• UK photographer chased down and detained for taking pix at fun fair
• Photographers win British war on photography?
• UK cop: 'War on terror means no pictures of police vans in disabled parking spots'
• UK man hassled by cop for not having a "camera license"
• UK mall bans grandparents for trying to photo their grandkids
• Another London photographer arrested for "terrorism" (i.e. "taking a picture of a public building")
• Photographer beaten, detained in London for being "cocky" to policeman who implies she is a terrorist
• I'm a Photographer Not a Terrorist campaign for photographers' rights
• UK cops threaten to bust woman who videos her boyfriend's search on terrorism charges
• Video: English cops terrorism-harassing photographer for taking photos of town Christmas decorations
• Middlesbrough cops, goons and clerks grab and detain photographer for shooting on a public street
• Brit photographer who shot demolition of flyover arrested for terrorism
• Police warn UK man that taking photos of "hooded teenagers" is illegal taking
• UK Home Secretary green-lights harassment of photographers in public places
• British cops deliver Catch 22 to photographers: you're not allowed to know which areas you're not allowed to photograph
• UK to introduce "photograph a cop, 10 years in jail" law
• BBC photographer prevented from shooting St Paul's because he might be "al Qaeda operative"
• Kids' TV hosts terrorism-stopped for pew-pewing with sparkly hair-dryers