The article begins with: " ~ beset by poverty, unemployment, and defunct social services. Its disenfranchised working class—though skilled, capable, and experienced—is unable to maintain the basic rights to life, let alone secure a living wage. The titular character pursues every option available to him, only to find himself caught in the snares of long lines and red tape that appear all but designed to cast him out to the streets."
That may be a picture of the future for the UK, or may be not. However it IS an accurate picture of Greece, Spain, Portugal...

Well there's nothing like looking at the dark side, now is there? It's so easy to predict doom and gloom, whereas even a glimpse of understanding of the 'soft power' of Britain as probably the most creative, inventive and resilient nation on earth and one that punches way above its weight in just about every arena, should lead any open-minded soul to look at the situation with some optimism. We made movies before we joined the EU. We'll carry on making movies. All this black doom is nonsense and doesn't get anybody a further millimetre forward.