[zarzavat]

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.

[bavell]

Known as "DC brain worms" here in the US

[anigbrowl]

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.