Art And The Home Secretary

[SueEllen]

Art? Really? Not infantile point scoring in the pursuit of publicity?

He should have taken a leaf out of Sajid javid book. He could have then dodged the question by saying he doesn't like modern art then talking about a dead artist he does like.

[sadkingbilly]

Art? Really? Not infantile point scoring in the pursuit of publicity?

Still, not to worry. Another week or so and they can come over as much as they like...

too consistent to be a tory.

[malvolio]

Clearly didn't do Art at his private school -

(Yes I did post it in the wrong place)

https://news.sky.com/story/home-secr...stunt-13161768

A migrant boat artwork by Banksy which appeared at Glastonbury Festival has been labelled "vile" and "not funny" by the home secretary, James Cleverly.

Speaking to Matt Barbet on Sky News Breakfast, Mr Cleverly said: "There are a bunch of people that are joking and celebrating about criminal actions which cost lives.

"People die in the Mediterranean, they die on the Channel. This is not funny. It is vile. This is a celebration of the loss of life in the Channel."

The art installation featured an inflatable lifeboat filled with migrant dummies in orange life jackets and was hoisted above the crowd and passed around by festival-goers during several performances at the Worthy Farm festival.

When challenged by Barbet as to whether the stunt could be seen as a commentary on the Conservative Party's failure to solve the issue of small boat crossings, Mr Cleverly blamed the Labour Party, which he claimed had "hampered" his government's attempts "at every stage".

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak made "stopping the boats" one of the party's five priorities.

Mr Cleverly went on: "Something like that, I think is deeply distasteful. I mean children die in the Channel because of the actions of these vile criminals and joking about it and celebrating, I think it is completely unacceptable.

Art? Really? Not infantile point scoring in the pursuit of publicity?

Still, not to worry. Another week or so and they can come over as much as they like...

[SueEllen]

Clearly didn't do Art at his private school -

(Yes I did post it in the wrong place)

https://news.sky.com/story/home-secr...stunt-13161768

A migrant boat artwork by Banksy which appeared at Glastonbury Festival has been labelled "vile" and "not funny" by the home secretary, James Cleverly.

Speaking to Matt Barbet on Sky News Breakfast, Mr Cleverly said: "There are a bunch of people that are joking and celebrating about criminal actions which cost lives.

"People die in the Mediterranean, they die on the Channel. This is not funny. It is vile. This is a celebration of the loss of life in the Channel."

The art installation featured an inflatable lifeboat filled with migrant dummies in orange life jackets and was hoisted above the crowd and passed around by festival-goers during several performances at the Worthy Farm festival.

When challenged by Barbet as to whether the stunt could be seen as a commentary on the Conservative Party's failure to solve the issue of small boat crossings, Mr Cleverly blamed the Labour Party, which he claimed had "hampered" his government's attempts "at every stage".

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak made "stopping the boats" one of the party's five priorities.

Mr Cleverly went on: "Something like that, I think is deeply distasteful. I mean children die in the Channel because of the actions of these vile criminals and joking about it and celebrating, I think it is completely unacceptable.