Gordon Brown take the lie test
We are livng in an ever increasing surveilance society in the UK. More and more cameras are being installed every day, whether they are speed cameras or average speed cameras, or CCTV, we are constantly monitored in the UK. I shudder to think how many cameras I drive though when I drive to London. Maybe 200+ in one journey.
I have nothing to hide and actually think CCTV and cameras has a posiive effect in the right place and at the right time. But not to the extent we are experiencing now.
I read last year that microphones have been experimented with on the streets of Westminster. Now, I agree that in certain circumstances, recording conversations is a good thing when all parties are aware they could be recorded. But thinking you are having a private convesation with someone and being recorded. That is a different matter. We’re talking surveilance central.
I heard a couple of weeks ago that a Local Council has tested, with great results, software that analyses a callers voice to determine wheteher the caller is lying. I really feel this is a step too far for civil liberties in the UK.
I put this to you Mr Brown, take your last press conference again, hooked into the lying software, and let’s see how your voice is analysed.
