Former British prime minister Boris Johnson is the latest high-profile individual disparaging the rewriting of some of Roald Dahl’s popular books for children.
Johnson criticized publisher Puffin for rewriting Dahl’s stories by reciting a song by the Oompa-Loompas during a speech in London at the Global Soft Power Summit on Thursday, reported The Guardian.
Johnson expressed his “irritation at wokeness and political correctness” for the changes made in the books to remove language that was deemed offensive by so-called sensitivity readers.
The former PM said, “people should be vigilant about freedom of speech” while insisting nothing would ever stop him from reciting Dahl’s original words….