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The Independent UK
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Jon Stone

Tory chair gave ‘anti-woke’ speech at think-tank funded by tobacco and oil companies

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The chair of the Conservative party provided a speech at a think-tank that is funded by tobacco companies and the fossil fuel industry, it has emerged.

Oliver Dowden used the speech to complain that "a social media mob can cancel you" and blasted a "painful woke psychodrama" that he claimed was afflicting the UK.

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