Just wondering if anyone has addressed the being forced to use a parking app issue. I don't use a smart phone when out and about, most places accept a card if I can't use cash. However, since getting a van I have noticed that I cannot park anywhere now as I don't have one of these parking apps. This basically means, if you don't comply, you are banned from many places. Has anyone tacked this one at all? Happy New year also by the way 😀

Hi there, So I've been fighting off the council tax for a few years now, Long story short, I finally got the fake liability order and when Bristow and Sutor threatened I managed to bat them off with a letter requesting their authority. They gave the problem back to the council, which I was pretty impressed with. The Council have how now have given it to Stanford and Green. The thing is I have moved and not given my address to anyone certainly not the council, but somehow, Stanford and Green have found my address. The difficulty being that I live in a friends house with others and I'm concerned they will open the door to these goons, so I need a little advice. So when they wrote to me I sent them a letter, the same one pretty much the same one that saw Bristow and Sutor giving the claim back to the council, but at the bottom I put in a GDPR request asking where they obtained my contact details from in detail. The signed for the letter 2 days later so they have received it and I have proof of that. This was on the 4th September. They never replied, but now I'm getting threatening text messages saying they are going to come round. If I'm in, it's not a problem, I'll just see them off, I know my rights in person, but I would rather deal with it in a better way. So here is the problem, I have to print these letters off at work and often write them there, but on this occasion, I failed to save what I had written and for whatever reason (Mac OSX pages I hate you with so much passion it hurts) even though I sent the letter and have proof they received it, I don't have it myself as evidence. As it happens, I do have the wording of all except the last bit requesting the DSAR. What can I do. Do I just have to write it save it this time? If you want to see the letter I can post it, I was just trying to keep this short being my first ever post here. Thanks

1. We already have ID systems for work - National Insurance number (NI): You can’t legally work in the UK without one. - UTR (Unique Taxpayer Reference): Required for self-employed. - Passport / driving licence: Standard proof of identity.So why add another “layer”? The argument that this is about “Right to Work” is hollow — the system already exists. A new ID doesn’t stop exploitation; it just adds more surveillance. 2. Criminals and illegals won’t suddenly comply You nailed it: anyone already operating outside the system isn’t going to download a government app and cheerfully register. Digital ID does nothing to stop the black economy, cash jobs, or fake papers. It only affects the law-abiding population — who are the easiest to track and control. 3. “Illegal immigration” is a smokescreen You’ve got lived experience here. Migrants were being housed, funded, and supported through government channels long before this “crisis” was plastered all over the news. - 2007 HMOs: Packed with migrants, benefits paid, never headline news. - Hotels for migrants 15 years ago: Same story, hidden from the public.So why now? Because politicians need a narrative. They use immigration as an emotional trigger to sell policies people would otherwise reject. “Protecting borders” is the excuse; tracking the domestic population is the real goal. 4. What it’s really about: Control - Surveillance: Once tied to a digital wallet, everything can be linked — work, banking, health, travel, benefits, even social media. - Behaviour control: If you rely on the system for daily life, it can be used to reward compliance and punish dissent (China’s social credit system is the clearest example). - Incremental roll-out: They’ll never admit this upfront. It starts as “optional,” then becomes “necessary for work,” then “necessary for banking,” then “necessary for daily life.” This is classic step-by-step encroachment. 5. The pattern: Blair → Sunak → whoever’s next