Our society is purely surveillance with CCTV everywhere,  employers and advertisers tracking our website surfing habits, ,stores using reward cards to get information about our spending habits. Our mobile phone and credit card use is being watched and recorded by somebody and even our rubbish will be surveyed.  Most of this ensuring we ae targetted by advertisers or charged.

On top of the hefty tax we pay out of our wages we pay council tax, car tax, VAT on umpteen products and inheritance tax when we snuff it and leave our property to our loved ones. Rather than using any other methods to reduce speed, discourage parking illegally we are fined and now the answer to binge drinking- rather than reviewing the 24 hour licensing hours, raising the legal drinking limit to 21 and educating people about alcohol, guess what - prices might be raised to cure the problem!

Traffic police sit in surreptitious places waiting to catch those who are speeding or not displaying a car parking ticket while 999 calls can take hours to get a response. And if they don’t get you there are now camera surveillance teams monitoring areas where you may stop illegally for a few minutes - while at the controls of your car - which will ensure a £60 fine is in the post. Unfortunately they don’t discriminate if you had to stop due to circumstances such as somebody running out in front of your car or running into you so you stop to exchange insurance details.

The congestion charge in London is another way to raise revenue.

Soon a cough or a sneeze will cost you!