When Apple fought the American government over encryption it was for good reasons, just look at WannaCry as complete justification. Government is clueless when it comes to security. They think by creating backdoors in software they will be able to spy on everyone! They justify it by saying, it's for your own safety! The UK is clueless about security when it comes to government services like the NHS, just looking at the computer they use and the OS they use will tell you everything.