Well, in the latest game of “Which of the UK and Australia is worse?”, UK scores some points:
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/revealed-uk-government-publicity-blitz-to-undermine-privacy-encryption-1285453/

We’re struggling to fund our national health service, but yet our tax money can be spent towards this uneducated and ill-informed anti encryption and privacy campaign.

What an embarrassment for the UK.