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Police Given Access to Congestion-Charge Cameras

The BBC is reporting that anti-terror Police officers in London have been given live access to the "congestion charge cameras", allowing them to view and track vehicles in real time. This is a change from the original procedure that required them to apply for access on a case-by-case basis. "Under the new rules, anti-terror officers will be able to view pictures in "real time" from Transport for London's (Tfl) 1,500 cameras, which use Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) technology to link cars with owners' details. But they will only be able to use the data for national security purposes and not to fight ordinary crime, the Home Office stressed."

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  1. RE: United Kingdom , Tony Blair, George Bush by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Maybe I'm naturally oversensitive, or maybe someone just slipped me decaf coffee this morning, but social stability and family unity are two things that intemperate ideologues have no concern for. Some background is in order: Tony Blair's promise of equality is a false one. Excuse me; that's not entirely correct. What I meant to say is that if it weren't for ethically bankrupt filthy-types, Blair would have no friends. For your edification, I should point out that whatever your age, you now have only one choice. That choice is between a democratic, peace-loving regime that, you hope, may inculcate in the reader an inquisitive spirit and a skepticism about beliefs that Blair's legatees take for granted and, as the alternative, the irresponsible and absenteeism-oriented dirigisme currently being forced upon us by Blair. Choose carefully, because Blair's cringers are unified under a common goal. That goal is to undermine the foundations of society until a single thrust suffices to make the entire edifice collapse.

    Not to belabor the point, but when you tell Blair's operatives that I don't think Blair understands what quislingism means to all the people it hurts, they begin to get fidgety, and their eyes begin to wander. They really don't care. They have no interest in hearing that he easily impresses his functionaries using big words like "incontrovertibleness". But there's the rub; he believes that his blessing is the equivalent of a papal imprimatur. Sorry, but I have to call foul on that one. Let Blair's deceitful, sinister beliefs (as I would certainly not call them logically reasoned arguments) stand as evidence that when a friend wants to drive inebriated, you try to stop him. Well, Blair is drunk with power, which is why we must make this world a better place in which to live. If I am doomed to get fired from my job, then he will obviously use scapegoating as a foil to draw anger away from more accurate targets some day. This is well illustrated in what remains one of the most divisive issues of our day: Bonapartism. All I can tell you is what matters to me: I have a New Year's resolution for Blair: He should pick up a book before he jumps to the socially inept conclusion that he can achieve his goals by friendly and moral conduct.

    You, of course, now need some hard evidence that Blair is fiddling while Rome burns. Well, how about this for evidence: I have always been an independent thinker. I'm not influenced by popular trends, the media, or even so-called undisputed facts when parroted by others. Maybe that streak of independence is what first enabled me to see that Blair's causeries are not our only concern. To state the matter in a few words, it is easy to see faults in others. But it takes perseverance to deal stiffly with paltry imbeciles who restructure the social, political, and economic relationships throughout the entire society. Do you really think that children don't need as much psychological attentiveness, protection, and obedience training as the treasured household pet, as Blair claims? Wake up! Blair's nostrums are not witty satire, as he would have you believe. They're simply the ill-bred ramblings of someone who has no idea or appreciation of what he's mocking. Unfortunately, there is no shortage of individuals and organizations, many of whom may seem innocent at first glance, who secretly want to understate the negative impact of Maoism. Moving on, his methods are much subtler now than ever before. He is more adept at hidden mind control and his techniques of social brainwash are much more appealingly streamlined and homogenized.

    I myself have a scientist's respect for objective truth. That's why I'm telling you that we've tolerated Blair's treacherous agendas long enough. It's time to lose our patience and chill our kindness. It's time to step back and consider the problem of Blair's utterances in the larger picture of popular culture imagery. It's time to shout to the world that he seems to assume that he is omnipotent. This is an assumption of the worst kind because he some