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 Dear Jake Richards, I am among many constituents who have signed a petition to cease and desist from undemocratically imposing Digital ID (Britcard) on British Citizens. My passport is my identity and is safe under lock and key. It won't disappear when the battery runs out on my phone or when electricity goes down, or when the signal is poor. The same with my driver's license. I can prove my identity with my British Passport and therefore confirm my National Insurance number. In every job I have had I have proved my identity in person to my bank. The bank should not require any further identity and certainly not Digital Identity. The same goes for my Driving License. I totally reject any need for a paperless, easily hacked digital identity. My bank account, purchasing records or my medical details are not for state consumption which have nothing to do with any state official. Not a single person on this planet should have power over my privacy.  My life is my own and I will n...

  An online friend has blogged about changing the coffee that she usually drinks and the place that she drinks it.  She feels like she has been cheated ( auntagnes.wordpress.com) Good luck to her, I say. Change the place you drink your coffee every day and tell me when you find somewhere that serves coffee - just that, plain and simple coffee.  I  know I'm speaking in the vein of the "grumpy old women" here but it is a fact of life that you can not go into a cafe these days, ask for a cup of coffee and get it without a barrage of questions about the type you want. I can handle Cappucino and Espresso and Latte. I think I even know what an Americano is.  But when they start on Doppio and Macchiato and Frappe then my mind wanders.  They even seem to have little biscuits that go with the coffee that you are having. They ought to have a list of what goes with what because I like those stick ones with the chocolate inside but am not so keen on the wafery ones....