Nadhim Zahawi MP thinks Shakespeare would vote Tory if he were alive today.
Up in the dress circle of British high culture it’s not easy to find many kind words for the Conservative Party. One of our most distinguished contemporary novelists, Hilary Mantel, recently published a collection of short stories entitled “The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher”. Labour can comfortably bank the arts vote, counting such luminaries as Sir Patrick Stewart, Sir Anthony Gormley and Grayson Perry among its supporters. Speaking to the Guardian (who else) at a Labour gala this summer, the author Jeanette Winterson said: “People in the arts tend to be on the left. We tend to be social democratic.”
We shouldn’t take that lying down. The arts are not a left-wing monopoly. Indeed, there’s a strong case that we are the real party of culture... Keep reading on Conservative Home
Up in the dress circle of British high culture it’s not easy to find many kind words for the Conservative Party. One of our most distinguished contemporary novelists, Hilary Mantel, recently published a collection of short stories entitled “The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher”. Labour can comfortably bank the arts vote, counting such luminaries as Sir Patrick Stewart, Sir Anthony Gormley and Grayson Perry among its supporters. Speaking to the Guardian (who else) at a Labour gala this summer, the author Jeanette Winterson said: “People in the arts tend to be on the left. We tend to be social democratic.”
We shouldn’t take that lying down. The arts are not a left-wing monopoly. Indeed, there’s a strong case that we are the real party of culture... Keep reading on Conservative Home