Composite of Bernard Manning clips on social media with the title: Bernard Manning rides again: how TikTok and Instagram are promoting racist “jokes” to teens

Bernard Manning rides again: how TikTok and Instagram are promoting racist “jokes” to teens

Sketches from the 70s & 80s featuring slurs including the N word are going viral on social media, shared by millions and boosted by algorithms

@stokel.bsky.social reports

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It's time for a maximum wage New data from the High Pay Centre shows that the median FTSE 100 CEO now earns £4.58 million a year – 122 times more than the typical UK worker, with some, like Tesco’s CEO, paid 431 times more than t...

CEOs are earning hundreds of times more than their staff. Tesco’s boss made 431x the average worker last year! 😳 Sign the petition for a maximum wage and help make pay fair you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/it...

Save NHS dentistry now! I just signed the 38 Degrees petition calling on the Government to properly fund NHS dentistry. Millions of us are still struggling to access affordable dental care, so now the Government needs to stu...

Millions of us are still struggling to access affordable NHS dental care. I’ve signed 38 Degrees’ petition demanding Keir Starmer properly funds NHS dentistry now, will you join me? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/fu...

#mmt #obviously

Protests have taken place in Spain, Italy and Portugal to call for a curb on mass tourism.

Enjoy this victory, Nigel Farage – because it could also be the start of your downfall | Polly Toynbee This week’s election results are a huge boon for Reform UK. But success comes with more pressure, more scrutiny and the risk of bruising exposure, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

“Reform has reached the tipping point where first-past the-post can aid it. Labour last year won 63% of seats on 34% of votes, Farage could win a majority on puny votes. Electoral reform is now in every party’s interest, and above all, in voters’”
Polly Toynbee
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Agree people don’t know what councils do etc. But I also think the public is reasonable enough to question why the local area looks dirty/declining etc while council tax bills have gone up and up and up and up and up. Politically it’s therefore currently ripe for undeliverable promises

Who do you trust more, Lords or Citizens? Watch to see why I've just signed a petition calling for a House of Citizens: bsky.app/profile/sort...

Who do you trust more, Lords or Citizens? Watch to see why I've just signed a petition calling for a House of Citizens: bsky.app/profile/sort...

Clean Up Politics - Sign an open letter to MPs Our political system is not working because it doesn't put people first. Public trust is at an all time low and discriminatory abuse of people in politics has got worse. These problems can only be fi...

Our political system is broken - public trust is at an all-time low, and abuse in politics is rising. Change is only possible if we work together. Sign our open letter to MPs and demand a better politics for all! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/he...

My MP, @elliereeves.bsky.social: when will Rachel Reeves tax the ultra-rich rather than cut down the aid budget?

Iran 1953: MI6 plots with Islamists to overthrow democracy Declassified British files highlight a little known aspect of the joint MI6/CIA coup against Iran’s democratically elected government in August 1953 – UK covert action in support of leading radical Sh...

“71 years ago, MI6 and the CIA overthrew Iran's democracy.

British officials wanted "a non communist coup d'état" in Iran to install a "dictator" who would promote UK oil interests, declassified files show.”

By @declassifieduk.org - follow them.

This but for democracy

Activists warn of ‘extreme anger’ if ministers fail to reform water regulator Sources say government has dismissed some of the more ambitious ideas for fixing sewage crisis

Sources say "while Labour had spent time considering reforms of the EA and Ofwat in order to fix the sewage crisis, some stricter options that had been proposed were now off the table"

Fixing the sewage crisis in England was a key manifesto promise

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👇 Fossil fuel subsidies need to end. Now.

Global warming and heat extremes to enhance inflationary pressures - Communications Earth & Environment Future global warming and intensifying heat extremes will have strong, non-linear and persistent upward impacts on inflation across the world, according to an analysis that combines physical projectio...

Food prices globally could increase by 3.2 percentage points and overall inflation by 1.18 points by 2035 due to climate change, according to research by the European Central Bank and the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research. www.nature.com/articles/s43...