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Game Industry Ally Named UK Minister for Culture

By pete_gallagher

As part of the new UK Conservative/Liberal Democrat leadership coalition, Prime Minister David Cameron has appointed Conservative MP Ed Vaizey (pictured) as Minister of Culture, a move that drew kudos from the European Leisure Software Publishers Association (ELSPA).

 Vaizey, labeled 'extremely positive' in terms of his relation to the game industry in a pre-election report card, also previously stated that a Conservative government would delay tax breaks for game developers, as it would need to focus on correcting the UK's stumbling economy first. Whether a Conservative and Liberal Democrat government, which no one saw coming, would change Vaizey's thought process is anybody's guess.

ELSPA 'warmly applauded' Vaizey's appointment, calling him, 'one of the few politicians to have shown a comprehensive understanding of the video games industry…"
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Full post as published by GamePolitics.com on May 18, 2010 (boomark / email).