BTW - you seem happy to live within a totalitarian state ! Give me a county that values liberty and the ability to hold our leaders to account any day and where the people are not afraid (for the most part) of the ruling elite.[/QUOTE]
I'm currently in the UK & my other half in Hong Kong, as I don't have residential status for HKG, we have not seen each other for 10 months.
For the majority, people in Hong Kong are leading a normal happy life- even through Covid.
I'd hardly show the UK Government as a shining example of leadership, clarity or accountability. They can't even agree to feed hungry schoolchildren without a massive cock up. Just how accountable were Government special advisers-who until Friday were running the country with zero accountability. Massive contracts on mates rates without any transparency. Billions spent on T & T that don't work. No system is perfect- the UK has a ruling elite just like everywhere else.