From the article:
Senior officials at the Home Office secretly lobbied the UK’s independent privacy regulator to act “favourably” towards a private firm keen to roll out controversial facial recognition technology across the country, according to internal government emails seen by the Observer.
Correspondence reveals that the Home Office wrote to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) warning that policing minister, Chris Philp, would “write to your commissioner” if the regulator’s investigation into Facewatch – whose facial recognition cameras have provoked huge opposition after being installed in shops – was not positive towards the firm.
Ok, so the Britain in V For Vendetta wasn’t meant to be a model to build on and improve, you guys know that right?
It was inspired by Thatcher’s Britain, which is what the current breed of British fascists are trying to recreate and “improve” on, so… yeah, they probably see Norsfire as a good inspiration for what they want to achieve. Sadly, wizard as he might claim to be, Moore’s curses seem to be mostly ineffectual…