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The Left Escape Unscathed

Shirley Robin Letwin THINKERS OF THE NEW LEFT by Roger Scruton Longman, £9.95 P rofessor Scruton's book is an un- ashamed attack on 'the Left'. Since he regards the Left as a......

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