The City of Westminster has installed CCTV's that can listen as well as video you, and Middlesbrough council has installed a system that can bark orders at you from a tannoy. There are plans to spread this system to at least another twenty cities in Britain:-
http://www.guardian.co.uk/humanrights/story/0,,2050297,00.html
The people in Britain must be so dangerous that anonymous council workers are obliged to morally control us with the use of a loudspeaker. I accept that there are people who can be violent and agree that criminal justice policy should be directed at them, but I do not want to be lumped in with any punishment meted out to them.
The City of Westminster has decided that it is in the best interest of their constituents that they listen in on their private conversations. Whatever the introduction of this system, terrorism or anti-social behaviour, I don't consent to having any of my conversations monitored as if I'm a delinquent.
When these measures are widened, the outcome will be that people will not voice any opinions in public, for fear of a council worker hearing it and reprimanding them like a naughty child. Conversations between people are private, and should not be scrutinised by anyone, let alone someone who has no elected authority over them whatsoever.
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