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The Great Pond between the US and the UK.

Ran it.

Free speech

1. Online Safety Act and Ofcom powers seen as expanding censorship , chilling expression, and extraterritorially targeting US tech platforms/firms.

2. Routine arrests/prosecutions for online posts , memes, or “offensive” political speech (thousands yearly; post-Southport response highlighted as especially egregious government chilling of speech).

3. “Safe access zones” around abortion clinics criminalizing even silent prayer or peaceful protest.

4. Broader pattern of restricting “hateful/offensive” political speech , with US reports citing worsened human rights on expression and routine censorship of ordinary citizens.

Immigration and citizenship

5. Persistent small-boats/illegal crossings and high asylum numbers, with Trump publicly calling UK policies “insane,” an “invasion,” and a failure requiring stronger action (e.g., military).

6. High ongoing costs and hotel use for asylum seekers amid integration/cohesion strains.

7. Citizenship pathways and settlement rules (including bars or extensions for irregular arrivals, “good character,” and earned-settlement debates) viewed as inconsistent or insufficiently rigorous relative to US border/citizenship hardening priorities. Energy

8. Aggressive net-zero/decarbonization push (targets, subsidies, wind focus) criticized by US Energy Secretary as “sinister,” delivering high costs with negligible global benefit while impoverishing citizens and exporting emissions/industry.

9. UK industrial electricity prices far higher than US (often double or more), risking factory closures and manufacturing decline due to green levies and policy costs.

10. Divergence from US “all-of-the-above” /fossil-fuel expansion approach, with UK North Sea restrictions and renewables emphasis seen as weakening energy security and economic competitiveness.