Re: VPNs?
Either that or the other agencies who are almost certainly doing/trying the same thing are either better at not getting caught, or have a little more influence over the "news" services so they don't get reported but the overseas "red" or "evil communist/dictatorship" ones are.
On the other hand, the UK is probably such a shambles that almost nothing useful or worthwhile happens, much like the government in general. Alternatively this could be a smokescreen... tin foil hats all round! :)