Roger Scruton

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(Philosopher, writer, spook?)
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BornRoger Vernon Scruton
27 February 1944
Buslingthorpe, Lincolnshire, England
Died12 January 2020 (Age 75)
Alma materJesus College (Cambridge)
Parents • John Scruton
• Beryl Claris Scruton (née Haynes)
SpouseDanielle Laffitte
Member ofInternational Free Press Society, Königswinter/Speakers

Sir Roger Scruton was a UK conservative philosopher.

Activities

According to Nafeez Ahmed he "has been connected to dubious anti-left intelligence information operations."[1]

Quotations

“Liberals seek freedom, socialists equality and conservatives responsibility. And, without responsibility, neither freedom nor equality have any lasting value.”
Roger Scruton [2]

 

A Document by Roger Scruton

TitleDocument typePublication dateSubject(s)Description
Document:My 2019Review21 December 20192019A review of the author's year. Notable for his retrospective on the scurrilous misrepresentations of his views on immigration, Islam, China and other contentious topics, by The New Statesman which cost him his unpaid government advisory job before it was exposed as a thoroughly dishonest hit piece and an apology issued.

 

Related Documents

TitleTypePublication dateAuthor(s)Description
Document:Roger Scruton obituaryObituary12 January 2020James DelingpoleAn obituary for Roger Scruton
Document:The Scruton tapesarticle27 April 2019Douglas MurrayDeconstruction of a hit piece by The New Statesman which cost Scruton his unpaid goverment adisor position. It was based on egregious manipulation and misrepresentation of an interview with the paper's George Eaton
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