Everybody is talking about it, we might as well join in even though we normally steer well clear of politics. Nobody can ever have a healthy debate about politics and walk away from the debate smiling; it always manages to end in fumes. So, we’re basically going to highlight the issue and walk away before we burn our fingers. The states are battling it out big time, Zimbabwe is at each others necks and we Londoners have the chance to cast our vote for the next Mayor of London.

In a matter of a few short weeks us Londoners can go and cast our vote for who we want as the next Mayor of London. There is this nifty website that counts off the days until the London Elections if you can’t be asked to do it yourself. As most of you know, good ol’ Ken Livingstone is running the show at the moment and let’s just say that the media has had a lot reporting to do on all the bad vibes from the Londoners.

This year we have Ken Livingstone, Boris Johnson and Brian Paddick as the main three candidates for the London Elections. It is not our place to dish up the dirt on these boys, each one to their own but we thought that we’d highlight the London Elections in time for anyone that did not know about it to get their opinions voiced and vote for the change they want to see in London.

I am sure you can find a lot of interesting stories on each of these candidates if you google them, some of it might be true, some not but let us point you in the right direction so long that you can get registered to vote and keep up with the latest information straight from the London Elections website.

London Elections - Everything You Need to Know! 

The last two weeks have been filled with the stress of contacting my bank and sorting out my online banking account. It has recently come to my attention that my bank is changing the way you will log onto your internet banking account. Barclays are doing their bit to stop fraud by introducing free PINsentry card readers to every customer. The catch is that you will need to request it when you are logged on to your online banking account, it does not get send to you automatically.

I found out about Barclays improvements the hard way when I tried to add another beneficiary to my online banking account. Browsed around their website for a few days trying to figure out how to order one of these card readers until I eventually found the link, they might need to make it a bit more obvious for their clients. Anyway I managed to get my PINsentry card reader delivered but when I tried to use my bank card with the PINsentry card reader I was informed that my current bank card is too outdated. I am now currently awaiting a new bank card from my bank and hopefully, not too long from now I can actually use my online banking account again.

Barclays PINsentry is the first step I have seen banks in the United Kingdom take to stop fraud, good that they are doing something but how secure is it really? Guess we will have to test it out when my card arrives eventually. This is a reminder for anyone banking with Barclays to get your PINsentry card reader today as it will soon become mandatory that you have it, in order to log onto your internet banking.