Vote often

Friends know I've become a bit of a pub bore about the threat/opportunity to our democratic future in online voting - not for Stevie, or Sunetra, or Eurovision, but about big, real decisions. That future moves a bit closer with plans to get at least half a million people signed up and "verified" to use Government online services by March next year. One set of identity checks should then get you through to other departments, as they offer online engagement - a bit like signing into hew apps with your Google or Facebook i.d.. More from Computer Weekly.