Peter Faulkner

Retired ★ Chicken and Guinea Pig owner ★ Shloer connoisseur.

[Peter Faulkner @Peter_Faulkner]

Demand a public inquiry into the threat to Londoners' freedom passes - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/5tJtbUsjFI via @UKChange

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@Briefingcom Is that table the list? It's just I don't see any of those stocks mentioned. Or am I missing something?

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@TheSecretAcct @claudeai With Claude Cowork can give permision to use your browser > how to login to access your favourite financial website > tell it what to click on > it will check interest cover, debt, ROE etc. for you > place the results into a spreadsheet > any coding needed it will just do it.

[Peter Faulkner @Peter_Faulkner]

@reb40 Oreos are a poor substitute for Hobnobs. How long can you survive there? 😟

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@felixprehn CRASH

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@MrContrarian @GrahamNeary 👍

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@elonmusk Actually, the people of Britain want competence. I don’t care what the party’s called — they just need to get shit done.

[Peter Faulkner @Peter_Faulkner]

Here’s an idea: give the money you were going to waste on the Veteran ID card — to the veterans. I’m sure they’d appreciate the cash more than a bit of plastic.

https://t.co/SiCUnM508P

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@CapitalPmh @VOXmarkets @gervais_mam @Premier_Miton Thanks Paul,
Just a heads-up. There's one or more people impersonating you on X:
https://t.co/eniPSzfC9P and
https://t.co/zDCoqy5FyV

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Did you watch The Hack? I can't believe papers have gotten away with destroying lives for so long. That's why I've signed the petition, set up by Hugh Grant and other phone hacking victims, to demand fair, independent regulation. Join me: https://t.co/P4EQF8UFQM via @38degrees

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"This isn’t just a failure of policy or enforcement; it’s entirely manufactured to justify a solution they’ve been planning for decades."

[Fiona Rose Diamond @CoviLeaks]

Starmer is pushing Digital ID into law. We warned you: “trust us” is the opening line. The most dangerous words you can ever hear from your Government.

They claim it tackles a small issue of 1.46%: what it really enables is 100% surveillance of everyone.

Big Brother is here. Time to rise up. Mass Non-Compliance is the only way. Protest, 1pm, Saturday 18th October, Central London - Location announced next week.

‼️THEY’RE SELLING US A SOLUTION TO A PROBLEM THEY CREATED‼️

If you haven’t read Labour’s BritCard proposal (for a mandatory digital ID) you need to. It’s entirely focussed on cracking down on illegal migration, targeting rogue landlords who rent to illegal migrants, and employers who hire them, all of which are already covered by existing laws and enforcement systems. Instead of properly using the tools they already have, they’re pushing for you to accept a digital ID.

Let’s be clear: mass illegal migration is a real issue. It absolutely exists. But this isn’t just a failure of policy or enforcement; it’s entirely manufactured to justify a solution they’ve been planning for decades. This isn’t incompetence, it’s strategy. The chaos is the excuse. The control was always the goal.

Now, let’s break down the basic logic...

The facts (not speculation):

📛UK population (ONS): 68.3 million.

📛 Estimated "unauthorised/undocumented" residents: 800,000–1,200,000 =1.2%–1.8% of the population (midpoint 1.46%).

📛Legal foreign-born residents: 11 million (16–18%).

Legal migrants and foreign-born nationals who live and work in the UK already have eVisa's.

So: the “problem” the state says it needs a universal surveillance system to fix is about one and a half per cent of the country.

Now the rest, let's connect the dots:

They’re pushing a mandatory digital ID for 100% of the population; a permanent, interoperable platform tied into employment, housing, health and welfare - to “manage migration.” That’s not proportionate. It’s not targeted. It’s universal control dressed up as a technical fix. Ask yourself: why spend political capital and taxpayer pounds rolling out a nationwide identity system when the issue they point to as the excuse (the problem they created) is 1–2% of the population? Why convert your phone and your life into a state-issued wallet when the people they call “illegal” are in reality, such a small share?

Because the scheme does far more than “manage migration.”

📛It creates a permanent, searchable map of all our interactions with the state.

📛It normalises “papers please” checks for every GP visit, tenancy, job and benefit

📛It hands bureaucrats and contractors the keys to monitor, profile and control behaviour at scale.

Big Brother Watch warns this is exactly the risk: function creep, profiling, exclusion and a society increasingly run on checks and permissions, not rights. It’s a slippery slope from “right to work” checks to everyday conditional access.

Now read the likely script:

📛Amplify a public panic about illegal migration (loud headlines, images, fear).

📛Present universal digital ID as the panacea - “we need to control borders, so everyone must be on the system.”

📛Lock in infrastructure, laws, and data flows. Once the system exists and everyone uses it, expanding its reach is trivial.

📛Next stop: surveillance marketplaces, private sector hooks, social credit style nudges, and a default posture of compliance.

Why this stinks:

📛The state wants total visibility. Not because that’s the only way to stop dodgy employers or alleged traffickers, but because total visibility is power.

📛The tiny numerical scale of the “problem” does not justify universal loss of privacy and freedom.

📛History shows “temporary” ID rules become permanent. “For the few” always becomes “for everyone.”

📛Once your life is a digital record tied to state credentials, the balance between citizen and subject has already shifted.

[Peter Faulkner @Peter_Faulkner]

Petition: Do not introduce Digital ID cards
https://t.co/OO3qpsi5RQ

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@patviera “I’ll need video evidence of those calves twitching before I think about buying.
If the calves don’t twitch, it’s not a bull market.😆

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@JohnJamesNI @SpeechUnion It happened yesterday and was hilarious. 😆

https://t.co/2WrQk70v1l

[Concerned Citizen @BGatesIsaPyscho]

🚨🇬🇧🇺🇸 “Is the UK still a Christian Country & despite what you said about free speech - The UK is still arresting 12,000 people a year for Social Media Posts”

Legendary Reporter Bev Turner makes Keir Starmer spin a series of lies again on the World Stage.

Just observe Trump’s actions & demeanour as Kier Starmer answers - he keeps turning to look the UK PM right in the eye - Trump knows he’s lying ‼️

[Peter Faulkner @Peter_Faulkner]

@wheeliedealer Is it a huge gain?

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@hellotimbennett Strange choice if he no longer trust the government.

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@reb40 Hopefully it has a side-pocket for Hobnobs? 😄

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@TheSecretAcct The only time this country's generous to the elderly. 😆

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@TheSecretAcct You need to add another option:
None of the above. 😆

[Peter Faulkner @Peter_Faulkner]

@wheeliedealer I think you’re wrong, Pete. The silent majority are just watching and biding their time. We might only respond with a strong pot of tea and a raised eyebrow, but that’s about as close as we get to civil unrest. 😆