Big Brother isn't watching you (any more)

Afternoon all, Big Brother, it seems, is no longer watching you. Not as much anyway. The UK has one of the largest CCTV networks in the world. But one in five councils has cut the number of CCTV cameras on the streets since the last election. This leads Rachel Argyle to ask if CCTV does anything to make us safer. On the one hand Britain's crime rate is not significantly lower than comparable countries that do not have such vast surveillance. On the other… there are high-profile cases, like this would-be tube bomber caught on CCTV fleeing Oval Station on 21 July 2005.

The end of the CCTV era? Here’s a story of some unlikely campaigners. A group of middle aged Greek cleaners have been camping outside their finance ministry since May. Around the clock. They are demanding their jobs back after they were laid off 16 months ago in public sector cuts. Their dogged persistence has caught the imagination of Greeks whose lives have been derailed by the economic crisis. Some even think the outcome of their legal battle claiming breach of contract will have an impact on the upcoming election.  The rubber glove rebellion Only in a TV drama does a plumber turn up to a house with an adjustable spanner and a screwdriver. It's that kind of detail that gets Charlie Mullins shouting at the screen: "You can't install a bath with that." Another thing that you only see in a TV drama is a murder trial started within weeks of a not guilty plea. Lawyers, no doubt, have been yelling at the screen during Broadchurch. But legal dramas are so rife with inaccuracies that Manchester law firm Canter Levin & Berg told us on Facebook that it writes a blog dedicated to “bursting the bubble behind soap storylines”. Our article has opened a whole can of worms.Paul Knapton tweeted us to point out pharmacists are shown wearing white coats but he hasn't worn his since 2007. And calligrapher M Gray spoiled our illusions by telling us calligraphers don’t write with long-feathered quills. What workers hate about TV depictions of their profession

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