How has everyone been coping with the latest heatwave? We've had every fan possible going here, but the house has still been reaching ridiculous temperatures. Thank god it's meant to be cooler again after the weekend. Sorry I've not been around much lately, been busy preparing and organising for the Cardiff and Vale Unpaid Carers Assembly in November.

Always a risky thing raising political views on forums, but I know we're all reasonable and level headed people. Anyway, I'm getting increasingly disillusioned with political parties. I struggle to find a party I can vote for, and which I feel is working for the people. I'm really open to suggestions here. I do think that capitalism is on the whole, not a great thing, and it's so intertwined with our political system. Do you think that most governments are focussed on big business, rather than serving the people? I don't think much will change, while our society is obsessed with economic growth, and accumulation of wealth. Having masses of money is not important to me. As long as I can pay the bills and feed the family, with an ability to save a bit and enjoy life, I'm happy. I do worry about the future of public services such as the NHS, which is a priceless resource and deserves more funding. I don't like the way all our former services have been privatised, and now pursue profits at the expense of good quality service. Just look at what the water industry is doing. Rail travel is now ridiculously expensive, haven't taken a train journey for years. Anyway, interested in thoughts on options for placing my vote, come the next election. And of course, it's a valid choice to not vote.

Not the most interesting discussion topic, but I am pretty impressed with EE today. I was literally about to leave as I was paying double what I can get elsewhere on my current rolling contract. However, they matched on price, taking me down to half the monthly cost of what I'm currently paying. Win. However, the best part (and what is more relevant) is how accessible and easy their new visual document process is. Rather than having to listen to the terms and conditions, they now provide a visual text based service where the documents are provided in a secure chat so you can read them whilst on the call. I'm not sure whether other networks are doing this, and it's been that long since I renewed my phone contract, so this is probably a bit of a 'Bryn' moment (Gavin and Stacey). But, for me that was a game changer. We need more services like this, so much easier for those of us who are neurodiverse. I honestly can't take in anything without some form of text aid. Sorry again for such a boring topic!