The arts sector has long been unthinkingly in thrall to the supposedly “progressive” left but a coherent, coordinated, conservative strategy could, and should, shift the consensus

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British politics has changed radically, says Josiah Gogarty. The traditional relationship between think tanks, journalists and politicians has broken down, and power is increasingly shaped by “civilia