In the UK, and most other countries, the government actively suppresses free speech. In the USA, the government is forbidden to do so, but does it anyway. Bammy ordered the irs to harass organizations that have normal, sensible, human goals. In democrat-controlled areas the government uses its power to suppress free thought.
Major corporations have willingly taken on the job of suppressing non-conformist thought. The media, especially “social” media have implemented measures to eliminate opinions that do not conform to PC-leftist thought.
Colleges have gone far beyond the kgb in persecuting students and professors who do not bow down and conform.
The end result is the same. We do not have freedom of thought in the USA.
It is getting to where the only way to save the UK is a military coup, and their military is not likely to be in favor of it, since it has been co-opted by the left. One of the theories about Trump is that the military is helping him restore constitutional government in order to avoid the need for a coup here. Let’s hope he succeeds, with England as an example of where we are heading if he doesn’t.