The truth about Led By Donkeys

Love them or loathe them, it’s hard not to have noticed Led By Donkeys. The protest group – made up, naturally, of four former Greenpeace workers – has taunted Boris Johnson, Liz Truss and David Cameron with its high-profile stunts. It is best known for projecting its protests – including one branding Boris a ‘liar’ – on to the Houses of Parliament. The group’s members seem mighty pleased with themselves. But what has Led by Donkeys actually achieved? It’s hard to say that the group has won anyone over to the cause.

An exhibition ‘Adventures in Art, Activism and Accountability’ has opened in Bristol to showcase the group’s exploits. It’s an underwhelming display. Led by Donkeys may have started out as a something of an anti-Brexit movement, but the photographs of those billboard capers were relegated to the narrow stairways that connected the rooms at the Midland Road exhibition space.