We don't live in a fairytale world where we are unlucky if we live in kingdom governed by by wicked rulers or lucky to live under slightly more enlightened ones - just as long we don't do anything to risk upseting their patronising and conditional goodwill.

Why would anyone think such a model as this to be acceptable?

I understood that the rule of law is supposed to provide us all with equal protection - not some kind of regional lucky-dip.