Saturday 2 July 2022 01:00 AM Jacob Rees-Mogg vows to ban 'ridiculous' diversity training courses on privilege trends now

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Jacob Rees-Mogg has vowed to ban 'ridiculous' diversity training after learning of 'Check Yo Privilege' and 'Japanese gay grandfather empathy' courses for civil servants.

The minister for efficiency believes that 'absurd' courses that teach mandarins about privilege or empathy are examples of 'wokery' training, and should be replaced with only 'intelligent, sensible' courses.

'Check Yo Privilege', which is a course run by the Cabinet Office, teaches civil servants about being aware of their own backgrounds when making statements about British society.

The MP criticised the course, calling it 'politicised', and said that it views the world in a way that is not shared by all political parties in Government.