1990

Strict rationing of food and alcohol (except for the bureaucrats who know how to bend the rules) .... sophisticated electronic surveillance of anyone suspected of opposing the status quo ... ruthless suppression of independent thought in special State brainwashing units cunningly disguised as human rest-home ... illegal emigration a bigger problem for the authorities than illegal immigration ever was in the 1960s and 1970s - life in Britain in 1990 is a nightmarish development of today's increasingly controlled society.