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Rachel Reeves’ ironic artwork choice

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To govern is to choose. So what have Labour’s ministers chosen to hung on their walls? Raiding the Government Art Collection for the pick of the portraits is one of the perks of being a minister, along with a red box, car and driver. Mr S has done some digging and via a Freedom of Information request is delighted to tell his readers that some Starmtroopers have opted for some ironic choices in their office furnishings.

First up, it’s Rachel Reeves, that well-known friend of the farmers. The Chancellor, who whacked up inheritance tax on struggling rural landowners in her first Budget, has a watercolour on her walls in the Treasury. It depicts farm labourers tilling the land and is titled ‘Sowing Potatoes on a Windy Day’. Not if Rachel’s beancounters have anything to do with it!

Next up is Richard Hermer, the legal eagle at the heart of the government.

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