[heurisko]

> current government opinion

The current government opinion is actually often at odds with the police over this matter; they have been chastised openly on twitter by Braverman.

The police force are seemingly acting as a force unto themselves, captured by special interest groups.

[DaedPsyker]

It seems odd then that nothing has changed. They've had 12 years governing (yes some in a coalition), likely for another 2 years.

I could buy not doing something for a year or two but at this point I'm more inclined to believe that it's deliberate. A nice way to stoke up a bit vote galvanising, "oh look at what the woke lefty is doing now, look over there and ignore the economy".