It’s always the people you suspect the most
Far Right movements have always been bullies finding justifications for bullying.
Whenever you hear someone cry about the damage being done by asylum seekers, Muslims, LGBTQ+ etc, they don’t actually believe that shit they’re saying, they just want it to be true so that they can have an excuse for a bit of good old fashioned bullying.
The last time they had any sense of control or power was when they were the biggest kid in class at age 12 and could make the other kids do what they wanted under threat of violence, and they want those times back again.
Even for England, those are some teeth.
When the shepherd kills the fox, it doesn’t change his own intentions for the flock.
That’s an extremely unfortunate analogy.