Played over 17 days, it is the ultimate test not only of technical ability, but also of stamina, drive and concentration.

How Woke Won: The Elitist Movement that Threatens Democracy How Woke Won: The Elitist Movement that Threatens Democracy

But over time it changed and things became ‘too right on’, or people would use the phrase with a roll of the eyes. That two-second kiss Luis Rubiales landed on the lips of footballer Jenni Hermoso made for a global news story. Another big hit on the site this year was ‘ Black Lives Matter’s missing billions’, in which spiked columnist Wilfred Reilly lifted the lid on BLM’s dodgy finances. It’s been a great pleasure to publish Matt again this year, especially on this crucial topic – about which he has also co-authored a great book, Viral, with Alina Chan. When the word ‘woke’ is adopted as a pejorative in this way, used to poke fun in advertising, commercialised on slogan t-shirts until it loses all meaning, the significance of the racialised origins of the word is eroded and rubbed away to nothing.Dave Chappelle “made shameless trans-guy joke” after being attacked on stage’, thunders another in Pink News. It is used to undermine and disparage the voices committed to fighting for social justice and the rights of minorities – and to silence these views without engaging with them.

How Woke Won: The Elitist Movement That Threatens Democracy

And it’s no coincidence that so many of the negative references to ‘wokeness’ are directed towards Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.In his new book Jews Don’t Count, David Baddiel shows how the view of Jews as “privileged” or “white” leads many progressives to ignore antisemitism, even collude with it.