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Patrick Wright examines the long history of anxiety over threats to English identity.

The English Fix: Series 2

The English Fix: Series 2: Sir Roger Scruton

14/09/2017

Sir Roger Scruton

Series 2

BBC Radio 4 - The English Fix, Series 2, Sir Roger Scruton

Patrick Wright meets Roger Scruton, who argues the EU has encroached deeply on Englishness

Patrick Wright meets the philosopher Roger Scruton, who argues that the EU has encroached on the fundamentals of Englishness: the common law, and the landscape.

Patrick Wright meets the philosopher Sir Roger Scruton, who argues that the EU has encroached on the fundamentals of Englishness: the landscape, and the common law. 

And he hears from others who question the idea that the European Union has encroached in this way, including Martha Spurrier, the Director of Liberty, author Robert Winder, and Greg and Teresa Malciewicz, editor and publisher of UK-based Polish-language weekly New Time.

Producer: Phil Tinline.

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