A few years ago, British Digital Secretary, Nadine Dorries, spoke about how Britain was going to lead the Internet, and show the rest of the world how it is done.

Like other parts of Brexit, it is hard to escape this idea that Britain has never really gotten over the fact that they no longer control a vast empire, and think they're entitled to tell everyone else how to do things.

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It's not like it's telling them to do anything particularly good. It's a group of out of touch people advancing oppression under the guise of putting everyone into the padded cell of "safety".

Also, wasn't Nadine the one giving people the middle finger and hurling violent abuse at a journalist on social media?

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