Anybody reading today’s Telegraph could be excused for thinking that they have passed through some form of time warp and finished up on April Fools Day such is the buffoonery of this next little snippet.
Tucked away at the bottom of the politics page is the news that Weymouth and Portland Council, Dorset, is going to put camera’s in bin bags to snoop on those people who don’t follow new waste disposal rules. They are also going to tell you when you can put your bins out, when you can put your rubbish in them and where you have to put your bins. They are also going to put the cameras in trees and on walls to add that extra little bit of scrutiny. To combat those who assume the Council is just having a laugh, first time offenders will receive a written warning but after that a £1000 fine enforced by magistrates.
Despite being creased up with laughter, I managed to keep reading only to find that a London Borough has already put cameras in old tin cans and bricks to spy on our bin habits, and that thirty councils have secretly fitted micro chips to wheelie bins.
The absolute absurdity of this whole scenario has now left me, and I can’t help feeling very worried. This is state intervention gone to far; it’s bordering on fascist and to be honest, it’s a little bit perverted. I am also concerned that my bin may have a microchip hidden in it somewhere. If it does, then it’s covered in Chicken Tikka, because I lied last night, I didn’t eat it all as it was horrible. But then again, my wife probably already knows that, because somewhere, in somebody’s office, it’s probably all on camera!
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