Spirit communication with the UK government
THE aged mother of one of Feedback’s colleagues is, purely in case of future need, setting up what in the UK is called a “power of attorney” so that he can, for example, handle her bank account if she forgets where it is. Very thoroughly, the UK government’s wrote to ask whether our colleague wants to exercise this power – even though he had already signed a form saying that he agreed to be “the Attorney”.
An accompanying sheet, headed “How to object”, explained that he can “fill in Form…
