[zanellato19]

That isn't a reasonable response because governments can't be changed in a whim and aren't controlled by a single person, two good things.

[smsm42]

UK government had been consistently working in this direction for decades. It's not "on a whim", it's a known and consistent policy, and yet there's no substantial resistance and pushback. The only reasonable conclusion is that the majority of the population is OK with what's going on.