THEORDORE DALRYMPLE: Sacking Scruton — All too predictably, the British government dismisses the distinguished philosopher from an architecture commission.
Via what Stacy McCain has dubbed “ransom note editing” in an interview Roger Scruton gave to a publication he previously wrote a regular column for. Just think of a good chunk of British media as Labour Party operatives with bylines (and airbrushes) and it all makes sense.