Glad you pointed this out. The efforts of Guy Fawkes and his team were to restrict the rights of many. Although the character of V For Vendetta is cool, it's very, very loosely based on the actual Guy Fawkes (who gives me the impression of a bigot, from what we know of the gunpowder plot).

Common religious squabble L for everyone.

ummm no

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunpowder_Plot

who sought regime change in England after decades of religious persecution.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Fawkes

In 1604 Fawkes became involved with a small group [...] who planned to assassinate the Protestant King James and replace him with his daughter, third in the line of succession, Princess Elizabeth.