The New Elite’s Woke War on Meritocracy
The new 'progressive' elite is waging war on meritocracy as being supposedly 'white' and 'racist' and is pushing quotas and race-based selection in its place, writes Adrian Wooldridge.
The new 'progressive' elite is waging war on meritocracy as being supposedly 'white' and 'racist' and is pushing quotas and race-based selection in its place, writes Adrian Wooldridge.
The woke obsession with 'anti-racism' and 'facing up to' past involvement in slavery is really all about advancing a thinly-veiled revolutionary, anti-British agenda, says Cambridge historian Prof. Robert Tombs.
Olympic swimmer Sharron Davies is leading a boycott of Nike for its partnership with a transgender influencer to promote its sports bras and female sports clothing range.
An Oxford college has been accused of cancelling St George's Day in a row over a Muslim Eid formal dinner being held in place of the usual banquet in honour of England's patron saint on April 23rd.
Loudly though it demands restitution of ancient artefacts from Western museums, the Nigerian Government seems less concerned about the Benin Bronzes which it already owns. Where exactly are they?
The Casey report on the Metropolitan Police has landed, and it is as damning as anticipated, finding the force to be institutionally racist and sexist. But is Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley right to reject the label?
Oxfam came under fire this week for issuing a bizarre 'inclusive' language guide that calls English "the language of a colonising nation" and tells staff to avoid the words 'mother' 'headquarters' and 'youth'.
Prince Harry "hated woke nonsense" and "made jokes we are no longer allowed to make" before meeting Meghan, one of his classmates from Eton has told a royal biographer.
The censorship of Roald Dahl shows the desperation of the woke mob, says 14 year-old Jack Watson. It is a step in the direction of making our world more like Orwell predicted in 1984.
Is woke dead? We keep waiting for a Berlin Wall moment that never comes. There have been so many false dawns, hefty straws that you think will surely break the camel’s back, then don’t, says Gareth Roberts in the Spectator.
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