From: Ken Cooke, Ilkley.
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By contrast, those on the political right use 'woke' to denigrate those who disagree with their beliefs. If we look back through history, virtually all societal improvements can be traced to some kind of woke protest - from child labour in the mills and mines, universal education, votes for all men - and later for all women - to trades union rights and racial equality. Woke is progress., in a blatant appeal to populism, the right wing of the Tory party sought to denigrate vocal Remainers for being 'liberal elite' and 'woke'.
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