England and UK aren't the same thing. And we do have a spine, the example that was given was an isolated incident and the culprits were sent to prison for their crimes. Hardly 'coddling'. Get your facts straight.
The real fact of the matter is that there is a small radical Muslim minority in England, particularly in a tiny pocket in London that is under constant surveillance by MI5. Proof is in the pudding really, any time one of these guys even comes close to stepping out of line they are detained.
At least we legally imprison and detain people though, unlike your great country that has many people detained in Guantanamo illegally, some of which haven't even committed any crimes. If they are all such bad people there then why not have a fair and open trial? Hmmm Don't know why you lot feel qualified to give advice about how to contain Muslim radicals when they seem to like to attack your country a whole lot more than mine.