After Labour confirmed that they would not reverse Tory art cuts, the luvvies turned on Ed. During a spending plans onslaught from the Tories earlier in the year, the party spin machine proudly boasted:
p.44 of Tory dossier says Labour will cancel cuts to the arts budget. We won’t.
— Labour Press Team (@labourpress) January 5, 2015
Leading to a thorough pasting from all sorts of media darlings:
This is not something to brag about. RT @labourpress: p.44 of Tory dossier says Labour will cancel cuts to the arts budget. We won’t.
— Neil Gaiman (@neilhimself) January 6, 2015
@labourpress And you’re proud of that? Jesus.
— Simon Blackwell (@simonblackwell) January 6, 2015
.@labourpress why are you proud of this? Artists are the ones who try to keep public profiles on the values u represented, once upon a time.
— Sabrina Mahfouz (@SabrinaMahfouz) January
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