This has been happening for decades in the UK and the US regardless of the regime.

Where does Socialism fit into this exactly? As a counter-example, the US is currently in the process of implementing an extraordinary amount of censorship across the board, and rolling out massive state surveillance apparatus, but you don't see anyone accusing the current autocratic regime there of spooky "Socialism"

BREAKING NEWS: conservative blames "socialism" for the ills caused by conservatism

People thinking that New Labour is left wing is both frustrating and amusing. There's constant in-fighting in the Labour party for a reason. Thatcher supposedly thought one of her greatest achievements was making the Labour Party agree on the economy. Labour is increasingly socially regressive. Mrs. Snooper's Charter herself became Prime Minister as leader of the Conservative Party and brought in a ton of state surveillance and new terrorism laws. I'm genuinely baffled as to what you think "socialism" even is or what you think it's to blame for here.