Ed Vaizey, who was removed from his position as arts minister by prime minister Theresa May in July, said: “Let’s not beat about the bush: the arts are relentlessly left wing. As the former [London] mayor’s head of culture once said: there is no pro-fox hunting play. Indeed, there are no plays about over-powerful trade unions letting down their members. As a Remainer [myself], there is no pro-Brexit play attacking unaccountable Brussel’s bureaucrats building a European superstate. There’s no play exposing the corruption and abuse in a country like Venezuela – why not?”