More evidence of the Big Brother state

Today's article in the Guardian finally proves what the end game is when you are caught on camera by the police attending legal demonstrations.

The Guardian claims that police are targeting thousands of political campaigners and storing their details on a database for a least seven years.

If you visit the Guardian site you can watch a surveillance video of last year's climate camp showing the police filming protestors and also taking particular interest in any journalists entering the area.

This story comes just a few weeks after section 76 of the Counter-Terrorism Act 2008 was introduced which could in theory make it a criminal offence to take a photograph of a police officer.

So while campaigners are facing increasing surveillance the police can theoretically charge you for doing the same.