You much overestimate how politically involved the UK public is. Most people don’t know what this bill is.
In the UK there’s a concept of the “Westminster bubble”. Politicians believe that people care deeply about “online safety”, which is all that matters really.
Politicians don't believe that. But they know that the newspapers will vilify them at election time if they don't play along with the security & safety lobby, and the news media shapes voter preferences.
In the UK there’s a concept of the “Westminster bubble”. Politicians believe that people care deeply about “online safety”, which is all that matters really.