Zadie Smith and the great Tory library conspiracy

I turned on the radio quite late this morning, at around 7.30am, and heard a rather sanctimonious-sounding woman talking about libraries. That's strange, I thought, Thought for the Day doesn't start for another half an hour, and where is the churchy waffle about Jesus being opposed to the cuts?
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/edwest/100081864/has-the-bbc-given-up-all-p...


Like hundreds of thousands of people, if not millions, she's fallen for the leftwing claptrap about the cuts.
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/tobyyoung/100082208/replying-to-zadie-smith...



In short, Zadie Smith seems to be arguing that our councils aren't cutting libraries because they're underused and crumbling -- or because we've run out of cash. No, they're cutting them because our privately educated Cabinet is evil and hates poor people. David Cameron, she implies, has personally closed libraries because he's greedy and malicious.
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/danielknowles/100081840/zadie-smith-likes-l...


Libraries are closing not because of "cuts", or because of a callous, privately educated clique whose bookshelves are so capacious and well-stocked that they have no need of public provision -- they are closing because mischievous Leftist councils of the sort supported by Miss Smith choose to close them rather than make savings elsewhere.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/simonheffer/8421773/Lefties-not...



Zadie Smith and the great Tory library conspiracy
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/richardpreston/100081830/zadie-smith-and-th...

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