The English GOVERNMENT has implemented the CCTV network.
No English CITIZEN appreciates it any more than they appreciate Street View.
The difference is in the fact that Street View can be beaten down because it is the brainchild of a private corporation, whereas the CCTV network cannot be beaten down because it is for government tax purposes.
And, as we all well know, when push comes to shove, taxation trumps individual liberties every time.

So the English didn't like Google's street view and some suburbs even had their streets removed, yet the English Government has implemented one of the largest CCTV networks, of all developed countries, to monitor its citizens 24/7.

The publically funded spy network has over 10000 CCTV cameras in London alone, and yet they''l still complain about a static image of a street or house in Google's streetview.

some optimistic idealists complaining that all the means for a police state dystopia are being put in place. -- And when we (go_ogle) are doing so much good (for the NSA).