It's clear I reacted too fast to what I was told was an assault on our values as a Conservative party, but in actuality was poor journalism with malicious intent. Lesson learned. But I will not be changing my views, for which I make no apology, on some of what Sir Roger says.. 1/https://twitter.com/DouglasKMurray/status/1118975132477865984 …
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a unifying vision, a collective endeavour, winning elections – are not best served by comments like those reported. Imagine being the young gay man on an estate in Plymouth, ‘coming out’ to your family that has never even contemplated issues of homosexuality before, 3/
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and reading that one of our great thinkers believes homosexuality is ‘not normal’. I'm in it for them I'm afraid. I am in this to bind people together, not mark my homework in the purity of an intellectual argument.
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We’ve lost the country by doing precisely that when it comes to Brexit. Politics in this nation is in the gutter. But I never cease to be amazed by the lack of self-awareness of those who have contributed a great deal to sweeping it there. Have a read:https://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2019/04/why-i-was-wrong-to-call-for-roger-scruton-to-be-sacked/ …
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You should know enough to check your facts Johnny. We couldn't trust you to look for an unexploded bomb now could we, on the strength of that performance.
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Hold up pull up a sand bag officer telling war stories Haha
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You bled for intellectualism?
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You fought & bled for intellectualism, or did you just beat yourself up about it..?
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This is a strange article. You accept that he had to leave but say you were wrong to call on him to resign. I didn’t know that you fought for free speech either. Were you in the Army?
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Is this is an attempt to try and rescue a leadership bid, good luck. This is worse than the original tweets on Scruton.
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The people you've murdered will never speak freely again.
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