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"After decades during which the hard-Left takeover of British institutions, from universities to heritage charities, has proceeded unhindered, we are pleased to report that the Government has thrown itself into the fight." 2/9
"What is called wokeness is not a well-meaning attempt at correcting past wrongs, or a passing fad: it is the articulation of an ideology, gestating for years in academia, that aims to conquer the public sphere and to shut down all criticism of itself." 3/9
"The Government is pushing back on two critical fronts. First, charities and heritage bodies will be advised that public funds must not be used for political purposes: they will be told to...... 4/9
.....“defend our culture and history from the noisy minority of activists constantly trying to do Britain down”. Second, student bodies could be fined if they are caught attempting to stifle free speech. The Government will appoint a “free speech champion”. 5/9
"Individual Tories deserve credit for courageously confronting wokeness, including Kemi Badenoch, Priti Patel and Munira Mirza, and fighting instead for equality of opportunity....... 6/9
Labour, by contrast, has found itself debilitated by the fact that its new electoral base consists of Left-wing metropolitan graduates, many of whom have absorbed the woke agenda...... 7/9
What Labourites fail to see is that this is not an old-fashioned war of Left vs Right, but rather common decency vs authoritarianism...... 8/9
The Tories are defending values that should appeal to all, including free speech, educational standards & a refusal to see Britain as a uniquely evil pyramid of oppressions."
Amen to that.
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Amen to that.
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