Here comes the fascist police state in Blairworld

By Fingerbrain(Fingerbrain) Read this - really creepy frightening stuff. Do you want to be watched all the time? Say NO to home office plans. Let Welsh people decide what is best for Wales. Keep New Labour Louise Casey in England to boss them about.

The scheme is being financed by a Home Office section run by Louise Casey, the government’s “co-ordinator for respect”. Casey visited Middlesbrough in November to see the cameras working and also tried the system for herself. ...
..."To test the Middlesbrough system a reporter from The Sunday Times threw a newspaper onto the pavement outside a fast-food restaurant in Linthorpe Road. A passer-by was quickest off the mark. “You’ll get locked up for that. They’ve got these cameras that tell you off,” she said. Sure enough, a man’s voice boomed down: “Will the man in the woolly hat please pick up the paper?” The reporter obliged and the voice said: “Thank you.” The scheme is being financed by a Home Office section run by Louise Casey, the government’s “co-ordinator for respect”. Casey visited Middlesbrough in November to see the cameras working and also tried the system for herself. Since the trial began, speakers on eight cameras in Middlesbrough town centre have been “voice-activated” 156 times. The project initially cost £39,000 to set up. An extra £20,000 from Casey’s taskforce will pay for 10 more cameras to be installed this month. The cameras have a visual range of 250ft and can zoom in to identify faces. The volume can be changed, depending on the weather, and can be heard up to 150ft away. Doug Jewell, campaigns co-ordinator of Liberty, warned: “This latest high-tech toy gives camera operators massive powers to invade the lives of ordinary people. Anyone intent on committing a crime will merely move on and do
it elsewhere.”