1984: Is this for REAL? $668MM to Install Thot Police in UK

[snot]

"£400 million ($668 million) will be spent on installing and monitoring CCTV cameras in the homes of private citizens. Why? To make sure the kids are doing their homework, going to bed early and eating their vegetables. The scheme has, astonishingly, already been running in 2,000 family homes. The government’s 'children’s secretary' Ed Balls is behind the plan, which is aimed at problem, antisocial families. The idea is that, if a child has a more stable home life, he or she will be less likely to stray into crime and drugs.

"'It gets worse. The government is also maintaining a private army, incredibly not called 'Thought Police', which will 'be sent round to carry out home checks,' according to the Sunday Express. And in a scheme which firmly cements the nation’s reputation as a 'nanny state', the kids and their families will be forced to sign 'behavior contracts' which will 'set out parents’ duties to ensure children behave and do their homework.'

"And remember, this is the left-wing government. The Shadow Home Secretary Chris Grayling, batting for the conservatives, thinks these plans are 'too little, and too late,' implying that even more obtrusive work needs to be done."

[ohheckyeah]

1. A link would be nice. n/t

[Hannah Bell]

3. here

http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/115736/Sin-bins-for-worst-families

[ohheckyeah]

7. thank you! n/t

[Birthmark]

2. This has been debunked somewhere

I can't be bothered to look for it, though.

[Hannah Bell]

4. where's that?

http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/115736/Sin-bins-for-worst-families

[Birthmark]

6. It was actually in the comments of your link.

http://twitter.com/edballsmp/status/3124025586

"the idea we are planning to put CCTV in families' homes is complete and total nonsense"

[Fumesucker]

5. The UK would be far better off putting all these people in prison..

Perhaps they might even manage to get their incarceration rate up to half that of the USA.

People in prison are far more free than people who have a camera in their home.

Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the freest of them all?