In York, they have floods. In the inner cities, they have violence and racial tension. In the countryside, they have had foot and mouth disease.
In Harrow, we have Jeremy Zeid trying to be witty and trendy, this time on the subject of identity cards.
Contrary to what you might well assume from his letter ( 'Information on plastic' Times letters, February 14), nobody has yet decided that we will have such cards which we coped quite well with during the war or what form they will take if we do.
Nobody therefore knows what, if any, personal information they may give access to.
Mr Zeid hints that if they were adopted, it would be another manifestation of what he calls the 'Nanny State'.
All I can say is, if he doesn't want a Nanny State, why does he go on like an old woman?
Mary Turner
Blenheim Road
West Harrow
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