Is Britain turning into the perfect surveillance society, where photographers not working for the police or other authorities get routinely harassed by the police when taking photos outside? Of course, it's hard to tell from the distance, but the number of reports like this one has been rapidly increasing lately (note how the cop merely dismisses the sheet the photographer printed out about photography rights!). Also see this clip. (An just as an afterthought, maybe smug British comments about how Americans supposedly are so obsessed with freedom and liberty, like this one, aren't all that convincing in this light - even if the facts behind the commentary are indeed worrisome)