Tag Archive: Woke Gobbledegook
How University Admissions are Socially Engineered
No wonder standards of university education are sliding, says Joanna Gray. The admissions process is a festival of social engineering, with lower "contextual" offers made on the basis of sob-story "supporting information".
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Graham Linehan Cleared of Harassing Trans ‘Woman’ but Convicted of Damaging Phone
Graham Linehan has been cleared of harassing a trans 'woman' on social media but convicted of damaging his phone and ordered to pay £1,350 in a fine and court costs.
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What Should Be Done About Britain’s Impending Collapse?
There is a rising sense that the UK is in a state of crisis, collapse or incipient civil war. What should be done? Professor James Alexander reviews the answers that have been advanced and proposes a synthesis.
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British TV Comedy Has Lost its Class
The BBC's Director of Comedy wants to "save the sitcom". But the sitcom is only endangered because most of them stopped being funny. As To the Manor Born reminds us, British comedy has lost its class, says Finlay McLaren.
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Taxpayers Are Charged for the BBC Whether They Like it or Not
It's bad enough that all UK TV users are forced to fund the BBC via a TV licence. But it's worse than that, says Charlotte Gill: millions of pounds of taxpayers' money are handed to the corporation via backdoor channels.
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Free Speech Documentary Cancelled by London Cinema
London cinema Rich Mix has banned a documentary by Spiked about free speech because it does not "align with our values and mission".
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Call Prostitutes “Sexual Entrepreneurs”, Say Police
Police chiefs have been accused of treating prostitution as a normal job and effectively decriminalising it by telling officers they should call prostitutes "sex workers" or "sexual entrepreneurs".
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King’s College London Has Ceased to Be a University
King's College London has abandoned academic standards entirely with its new marking guidelines, declaring objectivity to be racist and oppressive. It has ceased to be a university, says Professor Michael Rainsborough.
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Police Chief Says St George’s Flags Are “Disturbing Tools of Division” and “Intimidation”
The display of St George's flags on Britain's streets is a "tool of division" and "intimidation", a policing leader said yesterday – as she also said Shabana Mahmood's asylum crackdown is "demonising communities".
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Train Companies Are All Aboard the Trans Activism Bandwagon
Rainbow trains, pronoun badges – and employees sacked for raising even the mildest question. England's train companies have climbed aboard the trans bandwagon, says one dismayed employee writing for the Daily Sceptic.
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