Prioritising Literacy

The Government has given an eloquent demonstration of the value it places on literacy, even beyond the announcement that the Minister for Cultchah, Jeremy C Hunt, will be replacing Vincent Cable in charge of helping Rupert Murdoch ram yet more choice and variety down the gullets of Shakespeare's descendants. Booktrust is an independent charity set up to encourage reading, though unfortunately not of the Sun or things with paywalls attached. Instead, it gives free books to juvenile resources at three stages of their development, thus causing a possible hindrance to their indoctrination as the soldiers and stockbrokers of tomorrow. Booktrust's aim is to promote pleasure in the written word, as opposed to economic utilisability through appropriate marketing trends; and to promote it regardless of income. As we all know from the child benefit cuts, disregarding income is definitely not something Daveybloke and his Big Society thingy wish to encourage. Hence, Booktrust's government funding - a vast black hole of thirteen million pounds a year, from which the charity managed to generate more than fifty million from other sponsors - will not be cut; nor will it be trimmed, shaved, chopped, slashed or given away in bonuses. Booktrust's government funding will be abolished. That will teach them.