Tag: Sir Roger Scruton

Thoughts

Why conservatives Should Prize Eccentricity

BY SEAN WALSH “When people feel at home, they allow themselves freedoms, hobbies and eccentricities.” – Sir Roger Scruton   Occasionally, the broiling cesspit that is social media stills itself for just long enough to reveal a gem. Here’s an example, a tribute to the conservative academic Michael Oakeshott, posted on Twitter by the philosopher Ferenc Horcher: Oakeshott’s style was enchanting. Here was a man … Continue reading Why conservatives Should Prize Eccentricity

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Political Philosophy

Conservatives are Fools?

BY DOMINIC WIGHTMAN Red-pilling Corbynites is not that complex a sport – far fewer parameters than fly-fishing and certainly less taxing than golf. Just sidestep those lost cultist zombies who require professional deradicalisation by Prevent (or, my preferred therapy, a few months in one of Chavez’ socialist barrios in Caracas, from which they will emerge, I assure you, Friedmanite). Best hone in on targets with grey … Continue reading Conservatives are Fools?

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Opinion

The Dinner Party

BY DOMINIC WIGHTMAN I attended a dinner in London last week dominated in numbers by socialists, who dismissed my (small c) conservatism as evil. Whilst switching between Brexit, Trump, the Income Divide, Bankers and Eton as their arsenals of ire, they explained that they were unquestionably the genuine do-gooders in British politics and that the world was in such an awful mess right now because of conservatives like me. These … Continue reading The Dinner Party

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