@Judeet88 It literally is the country. That's why the "massive pile on" to which you refer would happen. The media is an arm of the state and nobody even needs to threaten or conspire to make it happen like that; it's just how British society works.
It is utterly, utterly endemic, and it took me immigrating to see just how deep it runs. It pervades British society and consciousness at all levels. The government is not the cause; it is a symptom.