https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/07/12/home_sec_backs_cops_use_of_facial_recognition/

As if further indication was needed of Britain's slide into a surveillance state, Home Secretary Sajid Javid has backed highly flawed police trials of facial recognition cameras.

Speaking at the launch of tools to be used to combat online child abuse, he said it was right for forces to "be on top of the latest technology".