To Anon 3:20, congratulations on insulting a significant (if not a small majority) of the population. Consulting such dictionaries says more about your lack understanding of how "woke" is being used in common conversation than those who choose to use it.
If you know, you know without needing to reach for such reference material.
Absolutely right, John Hall.
It is just trite that the best way of finding out the proper meaning of an English word is to consult an English dictionary. In the case of the word 'woke', the online versions of the Cambridge, Oxford and Collins dictionaries coincide as to the true and fair meaning.
I have no reason to believe that the other established dictionaries do not agree.
Alternatively, if you are already lacking in a few brain cells, you could consult the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Nigel Farage, GB News, Rupert Murdoch news outlets, or such culture war sources, dedicated to stoking division and hate.
You would come away with even fewer brain cells. If that's possible.
The word woke has been used by the right as a perjorative term to denigrate identity based social justice issues propogated by left leaning progressives.However originally to be woke meant that someone is informed educated and conscious of social injustice and racial inequality .On the basis of this definition I would not have very much in common with the anti woke mob.
Lawyers cannot possibly be Woke or Activist, says O'Brien.
2 +2 equals 3, 4 and 5, says Sir Jonathan Jones.
"A career in the Civil Service offers you:
the opportunity to make a difference to people’s lives in the UK;
learning on the job and good career development opportunities; and
flexible working hours and comprehensive benefits."
Says gov.uk
Absolutely they should be called out for being "woke". We have freedom of speech in the UK (or what is left of it) and lawyers should be challenged for their approach to issues when they show woke bias or favour to minority groups and interests for no other reason than to fulfil their political agenda.
Anon 9:06pm
I'll ignore your little dig and assume you're actually interested in a response. Both major parties are in favour of big government, mass immigration, comprehensive education, high taxation, globalisation, multiculturalism, reducing the size of our armed forces etc. In terms of policies, there's very little between them.
I'm sorry that you're stuck in the "Tories vs Labour" mindset but there's nothing conservative about the Conservative party, and there's nothing working class about the Labour party.
Anon below, are you able to offer up any credible explanation or justification for the frankly ludicrous assertion that "most of our current political class" are "on the hard left"? When thinking about your response (if indeed you are capable of critical thought), I have no doubt that you will keep in mind that for the past 13 years, we've been living under governments headed by David Cameron, Boris Johnson, Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak. Hardly the Politburo, I'm sure you won't agree.
Bravo, Jonathan Jones!
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