There is a CCTV camera for every 14 UK citizens. An average Londoner is filmed by over 300 cameras every day. The police now want access to the Congestion charge cameras that film 24 x 7 - even when the charge doesn't apply. They use special software that looks for 'unusual behaviour' i.e. a person waiting by a cashpoint but not using it. They intend to use high powered directional mics to pick up individual coversations in the street. And they also want to bring freedom and democracy to the middle east......
