From the Formerly Great Britain - smile for the camera

The UK is famous for its massive installation of surveillance cameras (CCTV), ostensibly for"public safety" reasons. Quick aside to inmates residents of old Blighty, when even Auntie Beeb thinks there's too much UK.Gov snooping, you're in Barney Rubble. Just sayin'.

However, this has been justified by "public safety" in public spaces. Surely this wouldn't impose on private citizens in their private life? Well, a "Pub" sounds like it would be "public", right?

A prospective pub landlord says the police insistence on him installing CCTV cameras to film everyone entering his pub threatens his customers' civil liberties.

Nick Gibson says he has been in a "silent rage" since the police outlined conditions to his licence application, which also requires him to hand over any film of drinkers on request.

Note to The Guardian: you inmates subjects of Her Britannic Magesty have no civil liberties, other than those that your rulers betters NuLabor darlings choose to give you.

Seems people are noticing:

The row comes a week after a House of Lords report stated that the steady expansion of the "surveillance society" risked undermining fundamental freedoms including the right to privacy.

Note to the Lords: you don't have any fundamental freedoms, other than those that your rulers betters NuLabor darlings choose to give you.

Fortunately, we can expect a huge drop in crime due to all the cameras. Oh, wait.