United Kingdom

Now-corrupt UK Government Continues to be Corrupt.

The UK government continues to be a corrupt version of itself, maintaining the veneer of honest public service only through blatant, continuous and disheartening lies. The British public are no longer surprised by these revelations, having become desensitised to this sort of thing over the past decade. The only surprising revelations would now be cases where an elected official were to resign if caught with their hands in the biscuit tin, rather than claiming that:

• it wasn't me
• the biscuits are for me to take
• there is no biscuit tin
• my stealing biscuits is in the public interest
• it's your fault I had to take biscuits

Or some such bollocks, all while continuing to stuff their faces with Hobnobs in front of our eyes.

Politicians have always been awful, but the lot we've got now are worse than any in living memory.

They don't even have the decency to PRETEND to hide their corruption any for!

Do you want to be featured in Private Eye? Because this is how you get featured in Private Eye.

They can’t hide the cables that power these. I encourage everyone to learn how to open davit doors (streetlight standards, pedestals, etc). Carry a couple pairs of nitrile gloves in your pocket for safety reasons. It’s flu season too; wear a mask if you feel ill.

This shouldn't come as a surprise. The current government sets the standard for others to follow.

This is the best summary I could come up with:

The recently-departed watchdog in charge of monitoring facial recognition technology has joined the private firm he controversially approved, paving the way for the mass roll-out of biometric surveillance cameras in high streets across the country.

Facewatch uses biometric cameras to check faces against a watch list and, despite widespread concern over the technology, has received backing from the Home Office, and has already been introduced in hundreds of high-street shops and supermarkets.

Mark Johnson, advocacy manager at Big Brother Watch, said the hiring of Sampson painted a “murky picture.” He added: “It cannot be acceptable for those in taxpayer-paid oversight roles to negotiate contracts with the very companies they scrutinise while still in post.”

However, Sampson said that after the government proposed abolishing his post, he wrote publicly to the home secretary on 1 August, giving three months’ notice, after which he received a formal approach to join Facewatch.

In March this year, Sampson awarded Facewatch its certification mark for meeting all requirements of the surveillance camera code of practice specifically for the use of live facial recognition.

Big Brother Watch pointed out that Sampson’s decision to certify Facewatch came during an investigation by the Information Commissioner’s Office which had “identified various areas of concern” over the use of people’s personal data.

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How surprising