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Did someone ask them why they cut the arts and culture budgets AND fucked the prison system into the ground including their disastrous attempt to privatise the parole system the last time they were anywhere near power. Maybe also ask if they think we're really fucking thick too.

So arts and culture are getting in the way of imprisoning rapists. This is not desperate fearmongering, I repeat, not desperate fearmongering, as part of the lamest attempt at a culture war in the English language.

Fund 🤦

Indeed

“Always put community safety first” During their 14 years in power from 2010 to 2024, the Conservative government delivered a net increase of 482 to 500 prison places in England and Wales.

We could just imprison everyone, I guess.

They'll be burning pensioners before they agree to raise taxes on people who can certainly afford it

Fiction.

Barbarians

Don't know what's worse, that she started with the arts and culture cuts because she thinks that's also a selling point to this idea, or that Labour will now be really tempted to one-up this and propose bigger cuts for arts and culture.

If there's one thing Conservatives love, it's locking people up. Any reason will do.

There is no art or culture left. Michael Gove took a wrecking ball to arts education so there will be no next generation. Eff the Tories.

They love "being tough on crime" so much, they don't even consider the benefits of being "smart on crime".

Oh. My. God. Why not just send artists to work camps, that’ll balance the books. FML.

From the party that built 500 prison places in 14 years 🙄

Pottery class will be popular too

Somehow less destructive to arts and culture than having Lisa Nandy as minister for sport and culture

Rather than taking the bait, why not simply ask Rebecca Paul why her party didn't create those places in the 14 years they had in office.

Gods, what a thing to say out loud.

Quite. And it would only go a small way towards what they're promising in terms of prison places.

There really are too many libraries in Wolverhampton.

That is grim, and proud of it too!

Nobody else has said it, so: that's £20 000 per prison place. The current cost is £37 845, or £56 618 if you include central costs. assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/69bbee...

Like I say: to understand what these people think is utterly unacceptable, look at what is normal, for them.

Yeah they won’t do #2 out of self preservation

Salt of the earth British voters don’t waste their time with poncy shit like art or culture.

Only the best stuff.