> Many politicians and elites
I hate to break it to you, person of the people, but anyone with your raw intellect (proxies: commenting on Hacker News, above average vocabulary and English proficiency, somewhat thoughtful opinions about abstract notions such as civil rights and sociology) is axiomatically an elite.
(What do you consider the 'elite' to be, btw?)
> in the UK seem to believe that the only way to weather the storm of a declining society is to take away the rights of its citizenry.
Is somebody taking away citizens' rights? Which ones? How did you read this letter and conclude that it was sensible to begin discussing the erosion of civil rights? Did you read the letter? Do you understand what a select committee is?