Dismissal of ‘the woke’ is turning sinister

Wedged behind a shiny new desk, controversial host Piers Morgan spent the first nine minutes of his Uncensored show rallying against ‘wokeism’. Us-style monologues are popular on radio stations like LBC but the jury’s still out as to whether TV stations like GB News and talktv can make them work.

A ranting Piers rammed behind a counter may have had the unfortunate appearance of a nightmarish Jack in the box.

But it was the opening titles which packed the biggest punch, with ‘WOKE INSANITY’ bursting onto the screen.

But what is woke insanity and who cares anyway?

Not many people according to Piers’ dwindling audience share.

Tonbridge and

Malling MP Tom

Tugendhat was the first person to tell me what woke meant.

In 2017 he explained it was “to be aware and alive to issues of social justice”.

It’s a solid definition and I’m not sure it works in conjunction with ‘insanity’.

Can you be aware to an irrational extent?

Piers seems to think so.

Five years on, ‘woke’ has, for some, gone through a process of pejoration and is now thrown around willynilly.

But there’s something more sinister at play.

Piers may say ‘woke’ for a laugh but others are beginning to use it to attack anything they don’t like.

When it was announced a black actor had been cast as re-generating alien Dr Who certain people cried ‘woke!’.

Some said he was black and gay, despite the fact he’s never spoken about his sexuality, and made quips about it being a ‘box ticking’ exercise.

It is completely unacceptable to object to someone getting a job based on their sexuality or race.

Using the word woke to do so doesn’t make it any better.

‘Piers may say ‘woke’ for a laugh but others are beginning to use it to attack anything they don’t like’