Seeking to defend the family within the discourse of modern rights is like trying to save Gondor by using the Ring.
If the end desired by God was the redemption of man in such a way as to bring man into full union with Himself—that is, to make us saints in loving union with Him—then there could have been no other way.
The more chaotic and corrupting and violent society becomes due to the government’s refusal to govern, the more justified the government deems itself in intensifying its totalitarian regulation of society.
As long as there’s a settled, traditional people with deep roots and connectedness to the landscape, it will be observed that there always were indigenous peoples of these isles, and such an observation is unacceptable to the progressive project of our political class.
Scruton appeared as the Conservative Party’s foremost advocate as well as the CofE’s foremost defender whilst simultaneously undermining the entire trajectory to which they were together committed.
We are consistently told that we must believe lies, and we must celebrate what we know to be both untrue and harmful, and if we do not do so, we will be punished.
If you make a disastrous decision, the solution is not to stick with it.
The United Kingdom is at war. It is time for real, on the ground, forceful measures that will return some safety to the land.
When Tony Blair attempted to bring in digital ID, we did not have a serious border problem; it wasn’t about illegal immigration then, and it isn’t about illegal immigration now.
The very basic interpersonal interaction which has been essential for infant development since the beginning of our species has now been subcontracted to an impersonal object.
It is sobering to think that people living in a country infamous for its instability and tensions can be more optimistic about their country’s future than about the UK’s.
Fake emotion has invaded family life, education, business, law, and, perhaps above all, politics, the very ordering of the nation and securing of its future flourishing.