Tom Barber

Born in Nottingham. Live in London. Love them both. Forest, travel, history, politics, friends and family.

[Tom Barber @TomBarberTLB]

@IndiaDhammaLand @tim_moose @ManUtd @ManUtdMEN he originates from Spain

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@Polako10_ @TPointUK you’re Spanish colonialists

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@allyram63 @JohnSimpsonNews Spain is no where near the Falklands either and Argentinians are from Spain in the same way Falklanders originate from Britain.

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@7czs5 @Footy_Tipster @piersmorgan Argentina is a long way from Madrid

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@frombexley @danielmgmoylan @CockertonMark worse trade relations globally because the EU negotiates as a block, therefore mostly negotiating in the interests of other countries, especially France and Germany. An independent negotiation is in our own interest as well as the other party only

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@PElmo1983 @DTathletic don’t have to go through all those same hoops again

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@tatterwolves05 @reece_0222 you ‘were on 1 point

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No

[Keir Starmer @Keir_Starmer]

Digital ID will be a huge help in tackling illegal immigration.

But it’s so much more than that.

It will empower people every single day by giving you a new way to prove who you are.

Saving time and money when you apply for a mortgage by cutting down unnecessary paperwork.

Proving your right to rent in one click.

Personalised public services like helping parents claim eligibility for free childcare and nursery places.

It is time to put power back in people’s hands and bring the UK into the modern age.

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Corruption

[JOSHUA @TheOLDSCHOOLGE1]

Multiverse....the Company chosen to produce the UK's Digital ID app..... was founded by... Euan Blair......
Yup.... the SON of former Labour PM: TONY BLAIR
You couldn't make this up !!!

[Christopher Snowdon @cjsnowdon]

Interesting community note!

[Chris Littlewood @chrislittlewoo8]

Digital ID for every adult is not progress. It is the end of a free society dressed up as convenience.

I am a cyber security specialist. This is my take.

They are selling it as a fix for illegal migration. That is bollocks.

We spend hundreds of billions a year on cyber security and yet the volume of breaches is breaking records. The threat is growing faster than the spend.

Digital ID will not stop boats. It will not stop trafficking gangs. It will not fix a broken border.

Criminals will work around it.

Honest citizens will pay the price.

It builds giant data banks that track where you go, what you buy, what you read and who you speak to.

It links your identity to every checkpoint in daily life.

One breach and your life is exposed.

Look at Jaguar Land Rover and the airports in recent weeks. Now imagine that at national scale on an ID system tied to everything you need to live your daily life.

Here is the risk that ministers will not admit.

Ransomware seeded through a supplier or an insider:

It lies quiet for months.
It rolls through the backups.
On trigger day the register and the recovery sets are both encrypted.

Payments fail. Health and benefits stall. Borders slow. Citizens are frozen out until a ransom is paid or the state rebuilds from scratch.

Centralise identity and you centralise failure.

Do not fall for the pitch.
Function creep is certain.
It starts as login.

It becomes access to money, travel, speech and public services.

It turns rights into permissions controlled by the state and its contractors.

It creates a single point of failure for criminals, insiders and hostile states to target.

It will punish the elderly, the poor and anyone who is not always online.

It will centralise risk and outsource blame.

It will not stop fraud.

It will not stop illegal migration.

It will build the machinery for a social credit system by stealth.

If ministers cared about the border, they would enforce current laws, resource patrols and processing, close loopholes and remove those with no right to stay.

You do not need a national ID to do any of that.

We scrapped ID cards in 2010 for a reason.

Britain does not need a central register to prove age or status.

Yes to privacy first proofs. No to a database state.

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important to understand the consequences of this

[David Frost @DavidGHFrost]

Starmer's dangerous plan to proceed with a digital ID scheme must be opposed by everyone who cares about freedom.

I wrote about this in June (link at end of 🧵) but in brief:

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@Forza_Garibaldi @gergmitch @StandAgainstMND So sad to hear this news. RIP Sam, you’ll be missed

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@DavidGHFrost @Telegraph Brindependence

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@LondonTrickies @NFFC Thank you Steve, you’re a club legend! #stevemoon #nffc #youreds

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Best commentary of all time @nffc @youreds

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This looks awesome 🤩 #youreds #nffc

[OurGloriousBanners @GloriousBanners]

Delighted to announce an exhibition of #NFFC fan culture in collab with @addedtimeclub, feat. some of my photos alongside fashion, kits & much more.

It's taking place @BACKLITgallery nr Sneinton Market from Thur 26 to Sun 29 September. Entry is completely free.

Up the Reds 🌳❤️

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Big

[BBC News (UK) @BBCNews]

Mars water: Reservoir found deep in Martian rocks https://t.co/b8I2Sijee0

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@FredWMeyer_ love him ❤️

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Yes

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

«If someone paid you a million dollars to live here for a year would you do it?»

It's South pole in October, -40°F / -40°C. And this is an awesome weather day.