these days its also not a “chance” of a run in with the police, but a determined effort to clamp down using 3 police forces, other public sector agencies and being supported by the rest of society. There is actually a big history of social activism and popular stubbornness in East Anglia, particularly socialism and labour activism but one equally matched by the authorities and others who disagree with activism, plus a massive backlash from the Essex area (the wider society there, not just the cops).

The cops investigating some of the raves down here and their funding sources are the same team from the Ipswich murder cases.

Exodus were/are from the “crossover” area between East Anglia/SE England (which is a bit of a no mans land, neither in one region nor the other).