Somehow this week I missed that the Home Office is preparing to rollout extended facial recognition surveillance at transport hubs & around public events, justified by a 'clampdown' on (so-called) 'illegal migrants'.

As usual, a focussed (non?) issue is being used to justify a much wider threat to privacy & justice.

Once again Labour is demonstrating it is a threat to democracy & remains wedded to the idea of the 'hostile environment' for migrants.

#politics #surveillance
h/t Observer