Reading Roars!

CCTV camera-crowded Reading is to develop talking cameras to tell off naughty troublemakers in the town centre. The cameras will, according to the Evening Post, use rap lyrics recorded by schoolkids and CCTV voyeurs will also be able to address miscreants directly.

A great idea, in my opinion, but rapping children may be too soft an approach. Will “Don’t be dim, put that litter in the bin!” work? Or “We’re watching you, you silly moo!”? Let’s act tough on offenders. Instead of big brotherly love, how about “You have 20 seconds to comply”, for example, or “Do you feel lucky, punk? Well, do ya?”. Well, they worked in the movies.

I’m not entirely in favour of an extension of the nanny state, but let’s not get too cuddly.

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