what very thread would you rather we justified it in?

I'm just surprised to see it being so passionately defended amongst this technical audience. That's all

Can i ask: Why do you think its been banned?

Mullvad says it is, they're more credible than Ofcom or Ofcom's fans. The trick of strong-arming all providers of a certain medium to "self"-censor in order to implement advance censorship is an old trick.