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Regarding the car crashing into the gates of Downing Street off Whitehall. Im watching SkyNews and whilst the news is breaking.... They are simply showing a shot of the Palace of Westminster. There are 50 cameras pointed at the WhiteHouse live all day everyday. Im shocked there are no cameras showing at least the gates or even WhiteHall itself. Ive seen more from social media than they have been able to put on screen. Why does UK have a lack of live cameras?

The BBC's camera was in a more useful position for this incident, looking down Whitehall while Sky's was looking towards Westminster Bridge, and they were able to wind back to show a replay of the (not particularly high-speed) crash.

While I do agree it's a bit of a shame we no longer have things like LNN's skyline cameras, they're not useful all that frequently. Certainly I can see why there isn't a permanent Downing Street camera - it's a very easy site for crews to set up at short notice, it's only incredibly rare incidents like this where they wouldn't be allowed access for security reasons where it might have been useful.