There were parking tickets all over my neighbourhood last week. A mass outbreak of illegal parking? In a way. The malefactors were all residents who had forgotten to renew their parking permits (or were perhaps away on holiday and couldn't). It happens every year. In a civilised world, the wardens would put a notice on the car advising that a new permit was needed. But who expects civility from odious Control Plus? There's no money in it. And to think some nutcases including those who hold power at County Hall think we should be paying for their services.