“Kier Starmer seemed to actually be doing OK” as someone who voted for his Labour I was immediately regretting it when they tried to force Apple to open a backdoor and they are still trying! https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/10/uk-still-trying-backdo...
Your single-issue concerns are valid, but most people view an executive office's performance as a holistic union of their stances on issues.
Privacy concerns have pretty broad opposition in the UK, unfortunately.