Nigel Crawford

Dad, husband, wholetime & on-call firefighter, designer, music lover, triathlete, gardener, biker, gamer; the list goes on. But most importantly, life enjoyer!

[Nigel Crawford @NC71]

Life may be hectic but take time to stop and look around once in a while, you'll see some amazing things, enjoy #life

[Nigel Crawford @NC71]

@SportCanada_Fr @Equipe_Canada @canfreestyleski He should have had Gold!

[Nigel Crawford @NC71]

@BBCNewsnight A lot of people think that using graduates as a cash cow to help get labour out of the financial hole they've dug is quite a cunty thing to do...which I think is fair and proportionate assessment

[All On The Board @allontheboard]

Talking saves lives and we need to be honest about our mental health. It’s alright for boys and men to cry. Mental heath is just as important as physical health.

#InternationalMensDay #MentalHealth

[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.

[Nigel Crawford @NC71]

@OfficialBSB @tntsports Sad sad times, no way I can justify £30.99 a month! A sad way to lose a sport I love and with Six Nations Rugby going there next year that's me totally screwed 😢

[Yorkshire Prose @YorkshireProse]

This time of year's important to me, so I'll be posting a few pieces around the theme of Remembrance ovvert next few days- starting with this one from a good few year ago now. Remember ❤

[Team GB @TeamGB]

What the Olympic Games is all about 🤝

The utmost respect between two brilliant competitors.

#Paris2024

[Nigel Crawford @NC71]

@MelanieCmusic @EmmaBunton @OfficialMelB @GeriHalliwell @victoriabeckham @spicegirls Soooo happy for your success and the life you have led since. You've worked hard and are living the dream. Big love from a Sidcup original 💜

[Nigel Crawford @NC71]

@GeorgieRiot 🔥🔥🔥

[Hereford & Worcester Fire and Rescue Service @HWFire]

🚒 Join us at Droitwich fire station on the 13th of July from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm! 🎉 With a variety of exciting activities, there’s something fun for everyone!

#HWFRS #DroitwichOpenDay

[Remembering Rik @Remembering_Rik]

10 years ago today - 9th June 2014💔

Rik brought joy & laughter to so many & the utter shock & heartbreak when he died has never really faded

The candle that burns twice as bright only burns for half as long. Miss you, Rik❤️
#RememberingRik #RikMayall #GoneButNeverForgotten

[TheYoungOnes @youngonesfan]

10 years ago today, Rik Mayall, the people’s poet, sadly died, aged just 56
#RikMayall #TheYoungOnes

[Nigel Crawford @NC71]

@GeorgieRiot Hello Miss Riot, scrub up well don't you, hair looking 🔥 tattoos looking awesome 🤩

[Nigel Crawford @NC71]

@GeorgieRiot Hope you got home Ok 💜

[Nigel Crawford @NC71]

@spike_abbott @TowerOfLondon Congratulations 🎉 Happy retirement! Thank you for your long and dedicated service.

[Nigel Crawford @NC71]

Damn I'm old...15 years, fuuuck 🤦‍♂️🤣

Do you remember when you joined X? I do! #MyXAnniversary

[𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭 𝐏𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫 @Matt_Pinner]

How many times did you watch this?

Each ball travelling in a straight line

[Nigel Crawford @NC71]

@SkyNews 🤣😂🤣 brilliant! How desperate must they be to blame an actor for giving his opinion? Sad state of affairs.

[Nigel Crawford @NC71]

@GeorgieRiot @tomorrowland Congratulations 🎉 Well deserved 🙌🎉💜

[Nigel Crawford @NC71]

@sarahntuned Agreed 💯💜