The story is a protest against the Bush government in disguise. With the evil chancellor of Britain -- who sets curfews, throws dissidents in jail, tortures them and puts them through medical experiments, perhaps on mind control -- acting as a stand-in for Bush, the Republicans and the religious right. As an argument against big brother, terror laws and the like, it sort of works. It does give an idea of what would happen when the government gets the power to listen to phone conversations without warrants or to throw people in jails in other countries without rights, like the Bush government has. It's quite scary actually.
The evil Brits also use their power against gays particularly. It's a bit of a tenuous linkage, although somehow I am not unhappy about the inclusion.
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