Well, there's a long story and a short one. I'll do the short one here. I'm planning on going to London to visit friends. If you want I can give you the long story then (Would love to meet you anyway)
It seems the populists are over their peak. People here are of course disgusted by the attacks in the UK but it looks like a realization is starting to sink in that this is not specific to this era. Think IRA, rote armee fraction, ETA, we even had our own little terrorist group here called rara. A movement against giving up rights in order to prevent new attacks seems to be coming forth.
Aside from that, our political situation is in as much turmoil as in the UK. After the last elections at least 4 parties are needed to get a majority. This doesn't seem to pan out and that's really a shame because there are a couple of pressing matters that need direct attention. We have a tax system that has become a complete mess, and partially as a result of that we have a severely disturbed job market. Almost everybody is a freelancer here, from the mail man to the IT guy. On top of that we have a pension problem and our home-owning is too heavily subsidized and leans on low interest rates. That may sound like a lot of challenges, but it is still very nice to live here. Your friend will have to get used to the climate though!