Afuera! to the Arts Council then

Given that we are all Motoserristas these days, on the hunt for what government should no longer do and thereby increasing the fructification in the pockets of the populace, useful to find that the Arts Council is not fit for function:

Artists, directors and actors have raised the alarm about what they describe as a rigged system preventing working-class talent thriving in their industries after analysis showed almost a third of major arts leaders were educated privately.

The creator of Peaky Blinders, Steven Knight, the director Shane Meadows and the Turner prize winner Jesse Darling were among those who spoke to the Guardian about what was described as a crisis facing the sector.

They spoke after a Guardian survey of the 50 organisations that receive the most Arts Council England funding revealed a disproportionate number of leadership roles were occupied by people who were educated privately and those who went to the universities of Oxford or Cambridge.

So, we get to chainsaw the Arts Council then. The spending is captured by the Tarquins and Jocastas. It’s just a form of indoor relief for the dimmer scions of the haute bourgeoisie. There is no reason to tax the dustman for such a purpose - anyone who can afford to name their child either T or J can pay for their hobbies too.

Yes, yes, it’s true that it’s only a £billion or so but a billion here, a billion there, pretty soon it all starts to add up.

Having decided upon that which micturation of government is next?

Tim Worstall