News Round-Up
26 April 2025
by Toby Young
The Worker Protection Bill, which is wending its way through Parliament, will extend the writ of the woke thought police to every nook and cranny of British society.
Changes to the Equality Act supported by the Government mean that owners will have to start policing customers' banter to avoid liability for offence caused to staff. This is the opposite of a 'war on woke'.
According to the Mail on Sunday, Rishi Sunak has declared ‘war on woke’ and the Government is due to announce the appointment of Arif Ahmed as a ‘free speech tsar’.
Attorney General Suella Braverman, whose parents are from Mauritius and Kenya, has slammed the woke Left for being "ashamed" of Britain's colonial past and said she was "proud" of the British Empire.
The coalition of financial super-powers assembled by Elon Musk to take control of Twitter is of huge significance as it may be the start of a wider fightback against dysfunctional, sanctimonious woke capitalism.
Will the Judge's ruling in the Rustat memorial case, preventing woke zealots at Jesus College from removing it, mark a turning point in the battle to preserve our heritage? Charles Moore thinks so.
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