"I think he decided he's going to blow the place up, he's going to blow the country up. I think what he's doing is, in a lot of ways, a highly emotive reaction and a desire just to bulldoze everything.?
My generous read on it is that center-left politicians fear any forceful response will "escalate the situation," and their job as leaders it to _deescalate_ and calm things down.
Of course, the far right does not interpret this as liberals doing "good governance," but as liberals being pushovers.
I don't live in the UK, but I think — the world over — people are struck by the fact that their liberal(ish) governments refuse to even stand up for themselves. Just cowering before the bullies instead of exposing them for the weak and insecure men they are.