The Common Sense Manifesto

Yesterday, just like everyday, there was a bit of a brouhaha on Twitter. This particular 'storm' emanated from a post by South Yorkshire Police. It was an appeal. Not for information that could help them solve a crime, no, this was asking people to report on their friends, neighbours, family or anyone guilty of 'non-crime hate incidents'. Let that sink in for a moment...yes, the police are now wanting to monitor your thoughts by inviting people to grass on you if you have the 'wrong' opinion. This is the same police force who admit they don't even attend and investigate most household robberies now. The same police force who let organised rape gangs abuse thousands of vulnerable young girls for years because they were too scared to investigate because of cultural sensitivities. It appears from the replies to the tweet that the citizens the tweet was aimed at would much rather the Old Bill concentrated their time and resources on trying to solve actual crim...

BBC Dragons Used To Promote Bitcoin Scam Recently, Facebook has made it clear that it won’t tolerate the advertising of scams on it’s social network. However, the reality seems to be somewhat different. I and many others seem to be getting more scam ads than ever. Nearly all the ads that appear on my timeline are promoting bitcoin trading platforms that promise to turn your initial investment of $250.00 into millions in months. Nearly all the ads feature stars from the BBC’S Dragon’s Den. Peter Jones is the most heavily featured. The ads claim that their Bitcoin trading platform secured the biggest investment in Dragon’s Den history. A lot of the ads feature the brothers from MoBro, who were successful in getting investment from the Dragons, although their business sells beard oils, not Bitcoin trading platforms. I am getting at least twenty of these fake news scam ads on my timeline a day yet when I tried to share posts from my business Facebook with family and friends they ...

I have created the Common Sense Manifesto as a place where I can sound off about anything I like. Things that give me pleasure, things that drive me mad and things I feel other people should be told about. It would be great to get feedback and comments, but please be civil !