Was it a bid to reinforce their victim status at a time when their approval rating is on a par with that of the Duke of York? When asked about the incident, Rishi Sunak was suitably dismissive of their histrionics, saying: “Cars in New York are not really my priority.” The Sussexes have made themselves look farcical by appearing to exaggerate what happened. They were quiet and seemed scared but it’s New York – it’s safe.” The reality, however, appears to have been rather different, with the NYPD describing it as a “challenging” transport situation and a taxi driver who was involved in the “chase” commenting: “I don’t think I would call it a chase. The couple claimed that they had been the victims of a “relentless pursuit” over the course of two hours which had “resulted in multiple near collisions involving other drivers on the road, pedestrians and two NYPD officers”. Take the unedifying spectacle of the Duke and Duchess of Sussexes’ “near catastrophic car chase at the hands of a ring of highly aggressive paparazzi” in New York on Tuesday night. In fact, it has been a good week for woke humiliation. And the woke minority – who pose as “victims” of the system in an attempt to demand special treatment from the rest of us – have been humiliated. At last, the adults appear to be taking charge. But the important thing is that the if-you-don’t-agree-with-me-then-you’re-cancelled brigade have been defeated. The student union had flirted with stopping the Oxford Union from taking a stall at this year’s freshers’ fair, but in a victory for common sense – and a sign that the new Free Speech Act might be having an impact – it will now be allowed to canvas for student members come September.Īs 40 other Oxford dons pointed out in another letter to this newspaper earlier this week: “Universities exist, among other things, to promote free inquiry and the disinterested pursuit of the truth by means of reasoned argument.”Īgain, this shouldn’t have to be explained to A* undergraduates any more than the biological fact of there being only two sexes. It should not need explaining to this country’s supposedly brightest minds that there is no place in a world-renowned seat of learning for the no-platforming of lawful speech. Telling students that they must be prepared to “encounter and confront difficult views, including ones they find unsettling, extreme or even offensive,” the Oxford don has effectively thrown his support behind Prof Kathleen Stock, a leading feminist, after sections of the student union tried to stop her from speaking at the Oxford Union because of her gender critical views. In a letter to The Daily Telegraph, Prof Martin Williams, one of the university’s pro-vice-chancellors, said what we’ve all been thinking for months. The University of Oxford’s decision to intervene against its snowflake students in support of freedom of speech is a further indication that the tide might finally be turning on wokery.
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