Britain has been a police state since the time of Margaret Thatcher. It has little to do with terrorism which is just used as an excuse to limit civil ,liberties further.
Of course there will be and there should be more now to take control over the crime which are going on in the great Britain and If you need some safety for your device use LEO Privacy Guard v 3.0.. There are many security features included in it.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.