I'm afraid the OP's quite naive. 3 years ago, I was in Italy, and some websites I tried to access were blocked. Today, I'm in France, in a public place with free wi-fi, and I've been unable to launch Tor. I've tried with different settings, but it fails each time.
It's the sad truth, we're getting f*cked everywhere.
It's worse in Iran, Israel, or Egypt, but that doesn't help.
I'm not really sure why you think I'm naive?
1) I never said other countries weren't having problems.
2) You said you was blocked, but this is rather vague. At what level was you blocked? Local machine, local network, ISP, government level?
I mean it quite understandable if a internet cafe chooses to block it's customers from watching porn for example.
I haven't understood how I've been blocked. I was able to surf normally, but I was unable to launch Tor. I tried every possible settings, but none worked. It was the first I'd seen that. I also remember being unable to access several websites in Italy, when I was in a private apartment, using a standard connection. I thought the websites I tried to access were down, until I checked with a friend in another country, who told me everything was fine. I believe those websites were blocked by the Italian ISP.
Anyway, it just shows that wherever you are, you're probably watched when you're on the Internet. I don't think the new law in the UK will change anything. What is now allowed was being done illegally before.