A big part of the problem is that the English are crap at revolutions. The last successful one we had was 1645. Since then, they've all either failed or been inside job fake revolutions. So the establishment aren't as afraid as they should be.
But the reality is that the English are good at being arsey and pushing back against stupid rules without doing an actual revolution. Mockery is a powerful tool.
Plus, somewhere between a quarter and a third of the population are now first or second generation immigrants from countries with years of instability, war and revolution. If those groups start being targeted with oppression, their reactions have been proven to be a lot more forthright.
You would be surprised to know how many so-called revolutions were actually "fake".
I'm a bit of a historian.... and I've come to the conclusion that probably 90% of "revolutions" are just a swap around at the top or are the result of foreign interference.
Georgia is an interesting example. There's a chart showing the number of US-funded NGO's, which jumps by several orders of magnitude just before each election. Then the States gets cross and imposes sanctions when Georgia brings in a foreign agent registration law that's almost word for word the same as the equivalent American one.....
"It's a big club and we ain't part of it"... George Carlin couldn't have said that better.