@robinadams there is something deeply wrong in the English psyche. The Conservative Party, the dominant force in UK (but really English) politics, has had a major plank in its platform for about two decades that there are too many human rights (via the European Convention on Human Rights) and they need to be rolled back.

They didn't actually repeal the convention while in power but the fact they keep promising to do so shows there is a substantial proportion of the English electorate who actively desires this.