From Jeremy Hunt to Nadine Dorries and the rest, recent incumbents have overseen a massive reduction in funding, and steadily downgraded the place of the arts in national life
That’s it, somewhere to prepare for ‘bigger and better’ things. Which also says they are not taking the culture secretary role seriously. Some might say there is evidence they are not taking many (any?) ministerial roles with the seriousness those roles deserve.
Yeah we’ve had 15 housing ministers since 2010. There’s just no long term thinking in government and due to the nature of our political system, no motivation to start.
That’s it, somewhere to prepare for ‘bigger and better’ things. Which also says they are not taking the culture secretary role seriously. Some might say there is evidence they are not taking many (any?) ministerial roles with the seriousness those roles deserve.
Yeah we’ve had 15 housing ministers since 2010. There’s just no long term thinking in government and due to the nature of our political system, no motivation to start.