sounds like Apple isn’t going to be able to sell iPhones in the previously free and Great Britain.
Even if the Brits passed this law, couldn’t someone simply write an app that installs similar encryption? Apple couldn’t be responsible for that.
People who want them will still get them. Buy online from Apple or some other merchant, or go phone shopping on the Continent.
Which is why Apple should stand firm. If Britons are no longer permitted by law to purchase the latest iPhone, perhaps they will elect politicians who will change the law.
It is still a free country.