Bruce Anderson: Andy Burnham, Shami Chakrabarti, and the creeping encroachment of state power
The Independent (Free subscription) | 06/23/2008
The Ministry of Culture is not one of the great offices of state. It was invented by Harold Wilson, who wanted to create a post for Jennie Lee, Nye Bevan's widow. In those days, she was the Minister of the Arts. She invented the Open University, which is probably a good thing and definitely a more significant achievement than any of her successors have managed. The years passed and the bureaucratic...
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