"Doing away with" means "getting rid of" or "stopping". Is that how you're using the term? I think you're right though. British people have a complicated relat

"Doing away with" means "getting rid of" or "stopping". Is that how you're using the term? I think you're right though. British people have a complicated relationship with surveillance. Mass government surveillance is mostly seen as okay so long as there are some checks and balances. CCTVs (and most UK CCTV is privately owned and run) are mostly seen as ok so long as there are some regulations around how it's used. But police surveillance does make some people feel uncomfortable.