This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England.
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Our earth in 1969
Is not the planet I call mine
The world, I mean, that gives me strength
To hold off chaos at arm's length
My Eden landscapes & their climes
Are constructs from Edwardian times
When bathrooms took up lots of space
And, before eating, one said Grace…
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“If there is a single most deplorable intellectual failing on the conservative side, it lies in reducing every question of law, constitution, culture and society to a question of economics.”
Sir Roger Scruton
'The most important thing is not the colour of the skin of the person living next to you, but how much you earn and keep'
Some brilliant contributions at our live event with the Young Conservatives yesterday discussing what the party needs to do to attract more young voters
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“Looking at those great works of western man & remembering all that hes achieved in philosophy, poetry, science & law-making, it does seem hard to believe that European civilisation can ever vanish. And yet, you know, it has happened once…”
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Jeeves: Foreign travel often liberates emotions best kept in check, sir, and the air of North America is notoriously stimulating in this regard, as witness the regrettable behaviour of its inhabitants in 1776.
Bertie Wooster: What happened in 1776, Jeeves?
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“His deepest need was that people should like him. An admirable trait that; in a spaniel, or a whore — not, I think, in a Prime Minister...”
Francis Urquhart [Ian Richardson] House of Cards
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