I suspect there is a danger of starting a war here but I agree abut CAP 413 - and the way even at my lowly level as an a/g operator my examiner does listen to me occasionally and point out deviations.
There are lots of differences and I would be interested to understand how they came about. Taxi instructions tend to be to a defined point here e.g "taxi E5 via taxiways Juliet and Echo" and there then shouldn't be a need for "hold short" which is ambiguous. The point is defined and unambiguous.
Similarly the use of "clear to land" and then a description of traffic ahead rather than "continue approach" with landing clearance only given when the runway is vacant and nothing happening ahead of the aircraft other than a clear runway.
I get the impression that in the U.S commanders are left more in control of their aircraft and ATC is less instructional.