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The Irish Sun
28-06-2025
- Politics
- The Irish Sun
Taxpayer cash spent on studying whiteness and helping women called ‘witches'
TAXPAYERS' cash is being blown on studying whiteness in South America and helping women called 'witches' to sing, a dossier reveals. An investigation found £16.5 million is being spent on 21 'woke' research projects at UK unis. They include almost £85k on a Newcastle University project called 'Combating Witchcraft-Related Violence through Song'. It looks at how singing helps elderly women in South Africa abused for being a 'witch' due to their ageing features. Over £1million has been earmarked for a University of Nottingham project 'decolonising' photos from British Malaya. A further £246k has been put aside for Sheffield University to develop a city tour app exploring 'whiteness' in statues and monuments in Chile. READ MORE ON WOKE BRITAIN Nearly £783k is being spent by Queen Mary University of London on a scheme looking at 'Military Decarbonisation'. And £379k is going towards a Birkbeck College programme on children's crafting in West Africa. Cash was handed out by quango UK Research and Innovation. They were uncovered by founder of Doge UK Charlotte Gill, who said taxpayers will be 'fuming' to see where their cash goes. Most read in The Sun She said: 'Unfortunately this is just the tip of the iceberg, with thousands of similar taxpayer-funded grants being awarded under the UKRI - never mind the vast sums spent on the rest of the public sector.' A UKRI spokesperson said: 'International research collaboration is vital to help us tackle global challenges in a complex and interconnected world, improving security and prosperity in the UK and internationally. "Projects are prioritised for funding through independent expert peer review, as set out in the Higher Education and Research Act.' Woke Scottish Government staff demanded POOL & pay rise to return to office for just TWO days a week 1 £85k of taxpayers money was spent on a Newcastle University project called 'Combating Witchcraft-Related Violence through Song' Credit: Alamy
The Irish Sun
12-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
Woke madness as Back To The Future musical hit with weird trigger warning about Doc Brown's DeLorean
BACK to the Future: The Musical has been hit with woke warnings — including one about the DeLorean hypercar's fire trail. Bosses warn the time-travel motor's flaming tracks could startle or alarm audiences. Advertisement 1 Back to the Future: The Musical has been hit with woke warnings — including one about the DeLorean hypercar's fire trail It is one of 16 snowflake alerts on the stage version of Bosses at the Adelphi Theatre in London's West End warn the DeLorean 'leaves behind fire tracks that are alight' as it travels back to 1955. It also cautions 'there is a pyrotechnic spark' as it exits the stage. In another scene featuring the car, audiences are told inventor Doc Brown is 'sprayed loudly and powerfully' by CO2 jets. Advertisement READ MORE ON WOKE BRITAIN Elsewhere, for the cast's performance of Goode, bosses warn 'disco lights' are hoisted above the stage. There is also guidance about a 'special effect scene' at the end as the car lets out a 'loud rumbling sound effect.' The theatre's website adds: 'Back to the Future contains loud sounds, strobe lights, haze, fire and pyrotechnics at certain points during the performance.' Advertisement Most read in The Sun Latest Senior Tory MP Sir Alec Shelbrooke said: 'I am stunned by how ludicrous this trigger warning is.' We previously reported stage versions of the Full Monty and LW Theatres, which owns the Adelphi, was asked to comment. Chiefs slapp trigger warning on one of Michael Palin's much-loved travel documentaries
