Yes. And the Tony Blair institute is a lot of the problem.

“There’s a big philosophical debate going on here,” said Ryan Wain, the executive director of the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, a London group started by the former prime minister that supports the government’s policies. “There’s a big question about what is freedom and what is safety.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/technology/britain-facial-recognition-digital-controls.html and https://archive.ph/55wVW