I'll ignore another of Janice's loopy comments.Colin - I agree with you up to a point, I too can just about cope with a desktop, online banking etc. But I do not want a bloody mobile 'phone and I resent the council deciding that parking has to be digital, I hate with a passion self service tills in supermarkets, and anything at all that has to do with a bloody App! I do like to think my brain is still reasonably sharp and I am active in the community, and engaged, definitely where politics is concerned. What I do think is that this constant takeover by machine is leading to more and more older people - especially those who live alone - being more and more isolated and of course that affects their mental health. Humans are social beings , we need contact with others - even if it is only a chat at the supermarket till. It is blatant discrimination for this council not to provide a choice of ways to pay to park your car in this borough, other councils do it, and all that claptrap about machines being vandalised is just an excuse. As for this farce of having to show I.D. to vote, there were 7 allegations regarding fraud at the last election resulting in zero action, this is just the Tories 'gaming' the system - similar to the re-drawing of parliamentary boundaries. I have doubts about the Labour party, in fact locally I despair, but all that notwithstanding we cannot afford another term of Tories running (not running) this country. 13 years, and look where we are, I suggest we all get a copy of Anthony Seldon's new book about one Boris Johnson from the library, and if that doesn't convince you we've all been had by a self indulgent, lying, lazy egotist - then nothing will.
Vanessa Smith ● 357d