Britain is consumed with guilt over having been a colonial power.
Oh, for God's sakes! Totally untrue. I work with British people and have for the past 12 years, day in and day out in an international environment. Whenever this subject comes up, they deny any such thing and say it is in the past and has nothing to do with today. You are making an assumption which is very much incorrect.
Everything indicates that they voted for this guy because they like him, has nothing to do with religion. Nothing.
Oh please. Ask an American if they are consumed with guilt over slavery. They will always say no, but as a nation, we sure the fuck are. We can hardly go a day without someone, somewhere bringing it up. The British are the same way. They have this imaginary debt that they feel must be repaid.
They voted for this guy for the same reason white people voted for obungles. Except that underneath it all, England is even more racist than we are. London screwed over minority attorneys so much that an independent examiner was appointed to make a report. The Ousley Report. The SRA an SDT have been screwing over minority attorneys for decades and nothing will ever change. They think they can make it better by voting for this jerk off.