peter boghossian, welcome to hardtalk. i think we have to begin with that word woke . it is so widely used now. i am mindful that its origins in the united states were amongst the black community who insisted, demanded that people should wake up, get woke to injustice. now, that s a positive. you invest the word with a great deal of negativity why? it s not that i invest the word with a great deal of negativity. it s that it s become a catchword. we can use other words. helen pluckrose from the author of cynical theories called it. a british writer and academic. exactly, exactly. ..called it critical socialjustice, people maajid nawaz, also from here, has called it regressive leftism, wesley yang calls it the successor ideology. so it s an ideology that goes by different names, but it basically means the same thing. there s a suite of conclusions around which it cohers. so, for example, the author ibram x kendi, says that any disparity in outcome is due to a system.
gaining political traction. but is he stoking a dangerous culture war? peter boghossian, welcome to hardtalk. i think we have to begin with that word woke . it is so widely used now. i am mindful that its origins in the united states were amongst the black community who insisted, demanded that people should wake up, get woke to injustice. now, that s a positive. you invest the word with a great deal of negativity why? it s not that i invest the word with a great deal of negativity. it s that it s become a catchword. we can use other words. helen pluckrose from the author of cynical theories called it. a british writer and academic. exactly, exactly. ..called it critical socialjustice, people maajid nawaz, also from here, has called it regressive leftism, wesley yang calls it the successor ideology. so it s an ideology that goes by different names, but it basically means the same thing. there s a suite of conclusions around which it cohers. so, for example, the author
Sunaks government has spent £35 billion more than she would have done. Billion more than she would have done. Speaking at the institute done. Speaking at the institute for government, done. Speaking at the institute for government , the former pm for government, the former pm will defend her time in charge. Nearly a year after the mini budget that led to her resignation. According to the telegraph, ms truss will claim that under her plans , £18. 4 that under her plans, £18. 4 billion would have been saved this year and next. Wales has become the first country in the uk to introduce a 20 mile an hour speed limit for residential roads. The Welsh Government says cutting the limit from 30 will protect lives and save the welsh nhs a £92 million a year. The welsh tories say the decision will slow down Emergency Services and negative impact peoples livelihoods. And the peoples livelihoods. And the met office says more than a months rain could fall by the end of today. A yellow warning is
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