@elguapo1, well, it’s pretty bad in the US as well at top schools (outside of certain “hard” disciplines at certain schools).
At least a “First” is still relatively scarce.
At Harvard, I believe over half the graduation class gets some sort of Latin honor and in some majors at some schools, the vast majority of students have a 3.8 GPA or better.
And the education at top UK unis is quite rigorous.
It is in many disciplines in top American unis as well. Go to Japan, however, and many classes at even the top unis are described as a joke.