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Thursday, April 1, 2021 No. 306
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‘Take the Woke out of Wokingham’ By LAURA SCARDARELLA lscardarella@wokingham.today
IT SOUNDS unbelievable but it’s true – a campaign has been launched to change the name of Wokingham. The organisers of a petition want to see the WOKE part of Wokingham struck off. Instead, they want the town to be renamed Brexingham-on-Sea. It was started by a group called People’s Front of Wokingham two weeks ago, and is a reaction to Sir John Redwood’s ongoing support for the UK fishing fleets. The Wokingham MP has been very vocal on social media, calling for the nation to eat more fish to back the industry, which has suffered from new export restrictions since Brexit. The petition cites: “For too long the name Wokingham has encouraged Woke-ism. It’s time the MP for Wokingham recognised this problem and change the name to something more representative. “Brexingham-on-sea may seem odd at first, as the town is nowhere near the sea, but given time – likely to be millenia – coastal erosion will see to this. “This will also coincide with the first benefits of Brexit transpiring.” But the petition doesn’t have a groundswell of support: at the time of writing, just two people had signed up. Sir John said: “Wokingham residents like UK fish and the name of their borough. “They also know enough geography to know we don’t have our own seaside however much we would like easy access to the beach.” � The petition can be seen at change.org/p/john-redwood-mp-removewoke-from-wokingham
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