The summons issued to 25 leading heritage bodies by the culture secretary, Oliver Dowden, calling them to a meeting to discuss the government’s approach to controversial artefacts, is a calculated escalation of the “war on woke” being waged by ministers on behalf of their party’s right wing. In a letter to arts organisations last year, Mr Dowden underlined – literally – his opposition to “the removal of statues or similar objects”. With a report...