Its because of many things. One thing for our american cousins to note is that up until recently we were regularly being bombed because of our (in)actions in I

Its because of many things. One thing for our american cousins to note is that up until recently we were regularly being bombed because of our (in)actions in Ireland. THis is why there are no bins on the underground, and why there are only hand full of ways to drive into the city of london. another problem is that our media is on the whole sympathetic, or apathetic to spying. The mass hysteria surrounding paedophiles is a wondrous tool for ill thought out laws. The public don't really like being spied on, but assume if you are against, you must be up to something.