This is a woke-up call.
Our latest survey, conducted in conjunction with Mortar Research, suggests that more than two-fifths of Londoners, and half of over-65s, say the city is too woke.
With May’s elections getting ever closer, wokeness weighs heavily on the citizens of our nation’s capital, with more than a third specifically believing that the incumbent Mayor Sadiq Khan is too woke.
While out on the streets across our capital’s boroughs, Londoners tell me they are genuinely concerned with the impact of wokeism, particularly its impact on freedom of expression.
I have more than a little sympathy with that view, particularly having been summarily and unfairly deplatformed myself by YouTube last year. And it’s why protecting freedom of expression is one of my key manifesto pledges in this year’s mayoral race.
Whichever side of the argument you are on, it is important to recognise that this is a very real and important topic, and one which is not simply confined to social media...
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