It is estimated that England has 4.2 million security cameras in the UK ,this means that there is one camera for every 14 people .So where are all these cameras. A recent survey of over a hundred high street premises consisting of banks, estate agents, pubs, shops and office blocks - found that 41 per cent had CCTV systems, with an average of 4.1 cameras per system.
When the crew was walking through a courtyard close to the Green in Datchet. The Cabin Boy asked the First Mate” What’s that on the roof then Phil”,” not too sure Billy but I think it is a camera. On second thoughts it’s not one camera its four cameras joined together and mounted on a pole.”Well what are they there for Phil?” “Well they’re all part of The Big Brother Syndrome”, interrupted said the Captain”. You see, like in that book 1984, the government had a big computer spying on people and although that book was written years again it’s prophecy has come true”. “What do you mean?” ", said the Captain” All these cameras are computer controlled and can be surveyed from a remote place such as a police nick and they can see what we are all doing. ““Well what are the for doing then?” asked the Cabin Boy
“You see the one on the left”,” Yes “said Billy” But why is it on the pointed at the church then?” ”Not exactly Billy, it’s pointed at the church roof because there are some heartless thieves that pinch the lead of the roofs. The other two are pointed here just in case people sat in the garden are taking drugs, getting served under age or indulging bit the sort of things that teenagers get involved in like mugging, and the fourth one is probably a spare in case the other three break down. Talk about a pseudo –Nazi state, Big Brother really is watching you” said ”The Captain” and “Some more than others Billy Boy “ laughed the First’ Mate.” “I can’t help it being such a handsome bastard “retorted Billy. The Captain chirped up “ I don’t suppose you got the number of the double decker bus that ran over your face did you ?”
“And what’s more Billy it’s all part of creating a Nanny State”, What’s that then Captain? ”It’s a state that forces people to pay high taxes and a state that creates vast numbers of useless and unnecessary regulations so that we can’t live our lives without government interference and control. In practice, it assumes that everyone is stupid and that excessive legislation is compulsory in order to protect people from themselves.”” Christ “said Billy “When my mum told me that my nanny was in a state, after having put the cat in the microwave , I now know what you mean” .As the crew left the Stag and crossed the village green, the First Mate stopped and said “Those surveillance cameras aren’t as bad as those speed cameras. Speed cameras are just a way of making the government or the local authority yet more money, cynically disguised as a way of stopping accidents. As with most of this government's ways of conning the public, anyone with a few brain cells can work out it's just a con. These speeding signs are sneakily hidden by trees or tall hedges and can’t be seen until you’re right upon them. I'm not in favour of speeding , you often see boy racers particularly in council housing estates, using the roads as a race track, what d’y reckon Captain”.” For once Phil, I agree with you, I think I read that about 5% of accidents are caused speeding. Speed cameras won’t ever stop people driving like they're on the dodgems at the fair ground. And of course, if you driving in an area with all these speed cameras about, you’re keeping a constant eye on your speedo and not upon the road”. The Cabin Boy added “I tell you what is some areas they really take speeding serious. I remember reading in the Newbury Weekly News that a guy was speeding on the M4 and he was fined five hundred quid and had was banned from driving for eighteen months.”.”Yes Billy”, said the Captain,” I think I remember that case as well, and just beneath it the same paper ,a guy was let off with a warning for GBH, a case that proves that the law is an ass”
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