WW1 cured most Brits of thinking war was glorious. The Light Brigade is commemorated these days not for the glory of the action (at least not by most Brits I know) but for the useless waste. The Brits have done a lot of cultural re-evaluation since having two giant wars in the past century-plus, not all of it bad.
Nevertheless, the Brits by-and-large are stuck in Socialist thinking which puts them in the political/legal/social backwaters. It also allows that deadly aloof leadership to continue as it does in this country with mainly the Left.
Faith and freedom from leadership on down makes a nation and a people strong. Man-centered socialism/government command-and-control makes a nation and a people weak and dependent.