English politicians believe it or not do have ideological convictions, it's just to being tedious scolds who make sure everything continues to get worse for the benefit of people who were born rich (and get more from the state per day than dozens of UC claimants combined)
England defines itself mostly through suffering, so trying to do anything about that is seen as a sort of vile "ethnic" perversion. Politicians of course have to be real Englishmen who do Real things like driving the shittest German car & eating the cheapest curry Tesco sells