Dreammachine looks interesting.
A pretty good example of why it's good is the unexpected gardens thing- they've worked with an agro cooperative near me and turned a low value bit of monoculture into a produce garden, all very well done, a good investment for the future.
A good example of why it's bad is that the agro cooperative always struggles for funding, and this one project got enough cash thrown at it to complete their entire stretch plan for the site and run it for years.
The Guardian editorial from 2021 seems pertinent https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/mar/29/the-guardian-view-on-the-festival-of-brexit-judge-it-on-its-results
Breitbart isn't really reliable on much is it now?
Here you go ernie
Thanks TJ but I mentioned all that yesterday with a link to a Daily Mail article.
Me :
Apparently it’s “neo-Marxist” and wants to decolonise your garden from imperialism, and talk about childhood gender fluidity, among other things.
The point i am making is everyone called it the brexit festival
Yeah alright everyone called it the brexit festival. But the government agreed with the organisers that it would have nothing to do with brexit and brexit would never be mentioned.
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In other shocking news Boris bikes are named after the wrong person:
It’s just not worth it TJ.
The point i am making is everyone called it the brexit festival
Apart from the organisers, artists, volunteers, etc who have been working around the country on the projects and events supporting this festival https://unboxed2022.uk/
It just seems a disservice to those who have brought this festival across the country to be tarred with the Brexit brush, just because of a daft comment by JRM and echoed by the media, and now they are celebrating this as a failure, so expect a reduction in funding for the arts and sciences in the future!
The “unboxed” rebranding was smart, but ‘The Festival’ was always tarred by the fact that May launched it to celebrate Brexit. It was doomed from that moment on. Trying to depoliticise it later was never going to work.
Its what May made it brexit festival was what it was. Simple as that. It was the whole intent. Yes the organisers refused to call it thst and the performers took the money but brexit festival was the aim intention and why it flopped
A good metaphor
Mrs May said: “Almost 70 years ago the Festival of Britain stood as a symbol of change.
Britain once again stands on the cusp of a new future as an outward facing global trading nation.”
[ not about celebrating Brexit … yeah, right ]
The “unboxed” rebranding was smart, but ‘The Festival’ was always tarred by the fact that May launched it to celebrate Brexit. It was doomed from that moment on. Trying to depoliticise it later was never going to work.
So you do think it's worth it after all?
Edit: I totally agree with TJ btw, it was called the brexit festival.
What was worth it? Continuing with a festival doomed due to its political birth? No, they should have scrapped it long ago when it was obvious to anyone and everyone that it would be a flop, rather than rebranding and putting more money into it.
