Mainly because your average Joe in the street just doesn't care. The *average* brit is not that computer literate and does not really understand the isses involved. The coverage in the mainstream media has also been fairly low key. Also in the UK there isn't the same level of distrust in central government as there appears to be in the UK. As my step mother used to say whenever a new tax or a particularly stupid bit of legislation appeared - "Oh. They must be doing it for our own good". At the end of the day, the average beer drinking, Sun reading, EastEnders watching Brit would probably sell their right to vote for 50 quid (if that much).
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Mainly because your average Joe in the street just doesn't care. The *average* brit is not that computer literate and does not really understand the isses involved. The coverage in the mainstream media has also been fairly low key. Also in the UK there isn't the same level of distrust in central government as there appears to be in the UK. As my step mother used to say whenever a new tax or a particularly stupid bit of legislation appeared - "Oh. They must be doing it for our own good". At the end of the day, the average beer drinking, Sun reading, EastEnders watching Brit would probably sell their right to vote for 50 quid (if that much).