{"id":40956,"date":"2019-04-14T18:46:33","date_gmt":"2019-04-14T18:46:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=40956"},"modified":"2019-04-14T18:46:56","modified_gmt":"2019-04-14T18:46:56","slug":"sir-roger-scruton-an-d-brexit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2019\/04\/sir-roger-scruton-an-d-brexit\/","title":{"rendered":"Sir Roger Scruton  and Brexit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The power of sight<br \/>\nThe power of thought<br \/>\nAn ethical devide<br \/>\nIn the National Interest<br \/>\nConviction doesnt slide<br \/>\nHe talks of trust and belonging<br \/>\nHis feature of debate<br \/>\nIt is wholly precious<br \/>\nWhat Common Law does state<br \/>\nIt has always been<br \/>\nThe foundation<br \/>\nImplicit in our belief<br \/>\nCompared to the EU<br \/>\nAnd their Roman Law<br \/>\nThe grief that  enters<br \/>\nThe equation<br \/>\nUnaccountable it be<br \/>\nWe have judicial reasoning<br \/>\nAnd case law<br \/>\nsensibly<br \/>\nOurselves and our dear country<br \/>\nThe sentiment is there<br \/>\nIts  plausible and tenable<br \/>\nIts orthodox and fair<\/p>\n<p>The way that He explains this<br \/>\nWe all can understand<br \/>\nWe are not left or right of anywhere<br \/>\nWe believe  and we stand<br \/>\nTogether its the  principle<br \/>\nIts the footprint in our mind<br \/>\nIts never controlled from above<br \/>\nIts really that we find<\/p>\n<p>In Ourselves reflecting ideals<br \/>\nAcknowledging consent<br \/>\n&#8220;The long hand of the dead&#8221; His words<br \/>\nOutdated and aptly led<br \/>\nIndependent nations strive forward<br \/>\nBuilt on trust<br \/>\nWe belong together<br \/>\nHis mentorship&#8217;s a must<\/p>\n<p>A quiet and thoughtful gentleman<br \/>\nAs lucid as can be<br \/>\nRational and reasonable<br \/>\nIts what we choose to see<br \/>\nThe philosophy of principle<br \/>\nContemplates a force<br \/>\nThe argument is waiting for<br \/>\nAn ethic at its source<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The power of sight The power of thought An ethical devide In the National Interest Conviction doesnt slide He talks of trust and belonging His feature of debate It is wholly precious What Common Law does state It has always &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2019\/04\/sir-roger-scruton-an-d-brexit\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-people-i-have-observed"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40956","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40956"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40956\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40959,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40956\/revisions\/40959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}