What's fear got to do with it? If you're not worried about the ignorance and stupidity of your elected officials, how about this. Who do you think is going to pay to store all those teenage girls pointless, stupid messages?
The mobile phone companies. Big news - they already do. When I found out I was liek OMGWTFLOL! God? Well you're wrong.
Actually I'm agnostic. Those four words you uttered are for another discussion. There's only one person who's going to pay for this large and ultimately pointless surveillance technology. British citizens (through their taxes) and consumers of British products (through the increased cost of service).
There's currently around 60 million British citizens. Which quite obviously, is not "one person". It's a matter of your government wasting your money on stupid bullshit you don't need.
Oh my... we ARE mad today. While I agree partly with the sentiment, please don't swear, it makes baby Jesus cry (who may or may not have existed).