re - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/shropshire/3415525.stm
All elements are there. Pretty much like situation when segregation in US collapsed. A nonsensical "security" ritual. Legal framework where few words can set one up for 15 years in prison. Obvious idiocy of it all. And the government's authority is hinged on it. The massive "I have a bomb" declarations at airport "security" checks is probably the only thing that can bring down US government today. They can't arrest us all.
