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> moral highground

I doubt that any nation has an unchallengeable claim to "moral highground".

However, if the UK had any plausible claim to leadership in democracy, education, or public policy, we can consider the Online Safety Act to be the formal end.

That ship sailed a few hundred years ago.

Just look at the language they adopted at the gov.uk page.

A bill said "to protect children" presented with a language for children.

Read more history. The high ground you speak of is more a low berm.

> losing its moral highground over the years

Ever since about 1215, I'd say

What happened 1215? Wikipedia lists many events

Magna Carta is signed, which John Lackland almost immediately goes back on

Thanks! But Magna Carta looks like a good thing? Although it was a failure, it's not as if things were any better before?

It was indeed, which is why it was the high-point, and it's all been down-hill from there :-)