News Round-Up
26 July 2024
Government Has Just Declared War on Free Speech
26 July 2024
by Toby Young
The worst political word of our time is ‘delivery’, says Prof James Alexander. It's on the lips of every politician, but this "Amazonisation" of politics completely misunderstands what politics is about.
A teacher writes that his school has become little more than a woke indoctrination factory focused on churning out identikit Left-wing activists. But the incessant alarmism is taking a toll on their mental health.
Many critics of wokery allow that the woke have "good intentions" but just err in the means to achieve their goals. But is that really true? David Hansard thinks not.
The underlying climate message is hard-core Marxist: recognising the reality of 'climate breakdown' means limiting the freedom of the individual "in the name of the wellbeing of the collective", activists say.
As brands and marketing departments put 'social justice' and over-representing minorities above actually selling products, it appears that 'go woke, go broke' strikes again.
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