Dear Avira,
The situation in England is very different.
The old reform congregations are much stronger than in the USA.
The rabid left is much more intelligent and learned than anywhere else.
And the rabid right is very extreme.
The Chief Rabbi is constantly making tough calls without giving the full rationale.
That is the main part of the job. To keep the different factions from killing each other.
It’s been that way since the Nineteenth Century.
And it appears to constantly get worse.