I think the thing is that we're in a tangible end-of-regime period, with a feckless governing class that's got no real interest in governing, only in managing the narrative. And it can't even manage the narrative, it's still living in an analogue world where Morgan McSweeney talks to Lewis Goodall and a story gets dropped in the Times or Newsnight and everyone believes it.
It isn't a dictatorship, but it's got a definite streak of comic opera authoritarianism. And the UK isn't unique in this, Germany has a government that can't solve its energy crisis but is hauling pensioners before the courts for dangerous anti-democratic crimes like tweeting the poo emoji at Green Party leaders.
So we've got the Supreme Court saying what the law is, the statutory regulator producing detailed guidance on how to apply the law, and the guidance is gathering dust and/or being gutted, simply because Bridget Phillipson fancies her chances as a leadership candidate when Labour finally get rid of Britpop Erich Honecker.