Piers Morgan – no, stick with us, please – has written a book all about the ‘death of woke’ and it sounds like the very dictionary definition of non-essential.
We mention it not because it’ll probably be in the remainder bins just in time for Secret Santa but because of the tweet Morgan sent asking – pleading you might say – Elon Musk for an interview to help promote it.
Good morning @elonmusk – I’ve written a new book that I think you will really enjoy, and I give you credit in it for leading the charge against the woke mind virus. Maybe we could do an interview about it? pic.twitter.com/8cxLZ9EvU7
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) October 20, 2025
And it promoted no end of mockery, some of it almost fit for a family newspaper.
pic.twitter.com/5SmlB2t7xf https://t.co/qfuuaiqYw4
— Scott Chegg (@buckfastbadlad) October 20, 2025
“Woke is dead” he says… while desperately trying to sell a book about it. If it’s dead, why are you still screaming at the funeral?
— Tom (@Tom_Rose__) October 20, 2025
https://t.co/wjex0QcE0R pic.twitter.com/tope4ff6ig
— Accidental Partridge (@AccidentalP) October 20, 2025
— Andrew (@andrewravioli) October 20, 2025
https://t.co/xvuTZ0entV pic.twitter.com/oBRLgq4CrX
— AverageHarry (@harrynotaverage) October 20, 2025
One of the most embarrassing tweets I’ve ever read
— Donny Jpeg ️️⚧️ (@Donny_Jpeg) October 20, 2025
Good evening @elonmusk – I’ve written a book that I think you will really enjoy. Maybe we could do an interview about it? https://t.co/5J1fsznHC1 pic.twitter.com/IUCTyqKEvx
— Alan Partridge – Quote of the Day (@APartridgeQOTD) October 20, 2025
— Steve (@mountainmannie) October 20, 2025
But the best response went to one-time Tory leadership hopeful turned podcaster Rory Stewart, two words we’ve not written for a while.
Good morning @elonmusk I’ve written a new book that I think you will hate and I give you no credit for all that is hopeful and positive in local democracy in Cumbria and Britain. Maybe we could do an interview about it? https://t.co/0JtvixjewQ pic.twitter.com/tRB6olxALp
— Rory Stewart (@RoryStewartUK) October 21, 2025
Go on, do it for us. And Rory, obviously.
Why would he want to talk to you, you dopey long streak of piss?
— Tony Cuomo-Welsh Bobsleigh Team 2007 runners up (@tony_como) October 21, 2025
It’s a joke, Tony.
And fair play to Morgan, he joined in. While desperately hitting refresh on his Musk tweet, presumably.
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) October 21, 2025