A round-up of my articles this week
Why did Comic Relief award £340,000 to “Bail for Immigration Detainees”?
It really beggars belief but Comic Relief awarded £340,000 to the charity Bail for Immigration Detainees (BID).
Five more asylum and migration charities added to my taxpayer-funded charity audits
The five charities below have been added to my taxpayer audits. You can find the latest totals in each link:
“Do you know an Ed Sheeran?” asks taxpayer-funded Refugee Action - which received £16.7 MILLION
“Do you know an Ed Sheeran?” reads the subject line of a newsletter sent out yesterday by “Hannah” at Refugee Action:
£100M taxpayer-funded Wellcome Trust commissions hip-hop song about climate change
The Wellcome Trust, which received £103,600,000 from taxpayers between 2021-25, has commissioned a song “about the impacts of extreme heat on human health”.
Plus, Neil O’Brien has said that the Conservatives plan to make cuts to the DCMS, and that “there is plenty of scope to cut wasteful spending” in Arts Council England (ACE), which I was very glad to hear. I thought readers might like a recap on some of my past articles about ACE:
Why is Arts Council England so woke?
In recent times, I can’t help thinking that the public mood is turning against Arts Council England (ACE) as more and more people realise its woke ways.
The "world's premier green, autistic drag queen" funded by Arts Council England
Today I will tell you how the taxpayer funded the artist Oozing Gloop (above), described as “the world’s premier green, autistic drag queen”.
Soho Theatre's Identity Politics Extravaganza
Nowadays, whenever I see a terrible-looking show or exhibition, I can pretty much guarantee Arts Council England (ACE) has something to do with it.
The northern theatre fighting "the rise of the far right"
Did you know that the taxpayer is charged £445 million per year for Arts Council England (ACE)?