In this bicentenary year of the horrendous Peterloo massacre, when British troops slaughtered defenceless civilians in Manchester, and in the light of the scandalous images of the soldiers of one of Britain’s most celebrated army regiments apparently shooting at a picture of one of the country’s..…

The example is Roger Scruton's father who came from Manchester slums and escaped into school-teaching via Air Force. ... He spoke with Manchester accent, supported Manchester United, was member of Labour Party, and also secretary of his branch of National Union of Teachers. ..…