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Scruton screws it up again
SOLOMON HUGHES does not mourn the second departure of the sleazy Tory philosopher sacked for his vile views
Roger Scruton from Brinkworth is made a Knight Bachelor of the British Empire
As the RMT Health and Safety Conference takes place, the union is calling for urgent action on crisis of work-related stress, understaffing and the growing threat of workplace assaults. RMT leader EDDIE DEMPSEY explains
Current polling shows Scottish Labour faces a stark choice: break decisively with Westminster or continue its slide into irrelevance, warns VINCE MILLS
As discussions continue between the US and Iran over the Islamic Republic’s nuclear enrichment programme, the suppression of internal dissent by the theocratic dictatorship grows. STEVE BISHOP reports.
Last weekend’s inaugural conference mixed warmth, unity and ambition with the unmistakable echo of old arguments. MATT KERR wonders whether the fledgling party’s difficulties can be overcome
The US president’s career is defined by a consistent use of racist tropes and provocation. Why are world leaders so silent over his repeated vitriolic prejudice, asks ROGER McKENZIE
TORY philosopher Roger Scruton recently stepped into public view, and promptly embarrassed himself with a load of bigoty-sounding comments that got him sacked from his recent advisory job for the Tory government.
Scruton has been an accident waiting to happen ever since Housing Minister James Brokenshire gave him an advisory job last year.
Brokenshire has now sacked Scruton after he made some — entirely predictable — offensive comments in an interview with the New Statesman.
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