Michael Oakeshott

Type: Person

Name: Michael Oakeshott

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

European Economic Community

Europe's vision will be it's end

In an interview with The Observer, the MP for Billericay and leading rebel Eurosceptic John Baron stated that “The British people are not into this vision thing”. By “thing”, Baron meant closer political union and the dream of many European politicians ... [Published The Yorker - May 20 2013]

Entities: Michael Oakeshott, European Economic Community, John Baron

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Margaret Thatcher

Reviewed: Edmund Burke: Philosopher, Politician, Prophet by Jesse Norman

History has no author.Edmund Burke: Philosopher, Politician, ProphetJesse NormanWilliam Collins, 320pp, £20Citing Edmund Burke’s view according to which “The temper of the people amongst whom he presides ought to be the first study of a statesman,” Jesse ... [Published New Statesman - May 16 2013]

Entities: Edmund Burke, Jesse Norman, Michael Oakeshott, Margaret Thatcher

First reported May 12 2013 - Updated May 12 2013 - 1 reports

No complexity to this simple act of decency

Cyril Cusack was drinking in a London pub during the Blitz when he was approached by a young soldier. Having awkwardly told him how much he admired his stage work, the soldier wondered just how Cusack 'did' his characters.Cusack said there was no mandarin ... [Published Irish Independent - May 12 2013]

Entities: Cyril Cusack, Michael Oakeshott, Alan Shatter, Diarmaid Ferriter, Irish Army

First reported Apr 25 2013 - Updated Apr 25 2013 - 1 reports

All Souls College, Oxford

At Home with the Letwins' Salon

They created something tremendous: Bill and Shirley Letwin with Margot Walmsley and Peter VansittartKingsley Amis, A.J. Ayer, Keith Joseph, Friedrich von Hayek, Sybille Bedford, Peregrine Worsthorne, Elie Kedourie, John Gross, V.S. Pritchett, ... [Published Standpoint Magazine - Apr 25 2013]

Entities: Sybille Bedford, Elie Kedourie, Peregrine Worsthorne, All Souls College, Oxford

First reported Apr 21 2013 - Updated Apr 21 2013 - 1 reports

WikiLeaks

Struggle in the ether. [National, The (United Arab Emirates). . .

In her celebrated January 2010 statement on internet freedom, Hillary Clinton chided countries such as China, Tunisia, Uzbekistan and Egypt for placing restrictions on internet access. The then-US secretary of state affirmed her governments conviction ... [Published Equities.com - Apr 21 2013]

Entities: Evgeny Morozov, Ether, WikiLeaks, United Arab Emirates, Peter Thiel

First reported Apr 12 2013 - Updated Apr 12 2013 - 1 reports

Barry Sheerman: We will need somebody with her originality to wake us up

I WAS elected to the House of Commons on the same day as Margaret Thatcher became Prime Minister. You can imagine my astonishment when I came No. 1 in the list for the first Prime Minister’s questions, which meant I was going to ask her first questio ... [Published Yorkshire Post - Apr 12 2013]

Entities: Margaret Thatcher, Barry Sheerman, Michael Oakeshott, Mining, Democracy

First reported Mar 25 2013 - Updated Mar 25 2013 - 1 reports

“Conservatism Simply Is.”

Sean Lowe, the most recent star of The Bachelor, is an outspoken “born-again virgin.” Scott Galupo scoffs at the idea and makes a broader philosophical point: In a 1974 appendix to his study Conservatism Revisited: The Revolt Against Ideology ... [Published The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan - Mar 25 2013]

Entities: Taoism, Peter Viereck, Wheelwright

First reported Jan 02 2013 - Updated Jan 02 2013 - 1 reports

Politicians' existential crisis

"Kicking the can down the road" quickly became a cliche to describe European policy-makers' inadequate response to the debt crisis. I suspect it will just as quickly become the cliched description of US fiscal policy. As Ed Dolan says, the deal to avert ... [Published Stumbling and Mumbling - Jan 02 2013]

Entities: Crisis, Michael Oakeshott, Fiscal Cliff, Ed Balls

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Europe's vision will be it's end [Published The Yorker - May 20 2013]
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Paul Gottfried’s ‘Leo Strauss and the Conservat... [Published Frontpagemag.com - May 06 2013]
At Home with the Letwins' Salon [Published Standpoint Magazine - Apr 25 2013]
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Barry Sheerman: We will need somebody with her ... [Published Yorkshire Post - Apr 12 2013]
The philistines have taken over the classroom [Published Spiked Online - Apr 03 2013]
“Conservatism Simply Is.” [Published The Daily Dish \| By Andrew Sullivan - Mar 25 2013]
William Letwin, R.I.P. [Published Cato @ Liberty - Mar 11 2013]
The optimistic agonist: an interview with Bonni... [Published open Democracy News Analysis - - Mar 07 2013]
Politicians' existential crisis [Published Stumbling and Mumbling - Jan 02 2013]

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“Conservatism Simply Is.” [Published The Daily Dish \| By Andrew Sullivan - Mar 25 2013] Sean Lowe, the most recent star of The Bachelor, is an outspoken “born-again virgin.” Scott Galupo scoffs at the idea and makes a broader philosophical point: In a 1974 appendix to his study Conservatism Revisited: The Revolt Against Ideology ...
William Letwin, R.I.P. [Published Cato @ Liberty - Mar 11 2013] Alberto Mingardi Economic historian William Letwin passed away, age 90, a few days ago. Professor Letwin belonged to a prominent family: his wife, Shirley Robin Letwin, was a philosopher and social critic, author of, among other things, of “The Pursuit ...
Politicians' existential crisis [Published Stumbling and Mumbling - Jan 02 2013] "Kicking the can down the road" quickly became a cliche to describe European policy-makers' inadequate response to the debt crisis. I suspect it will just as quickly become the cliched description of US fiscal policy. As Ed Dolan says, the deal to avert ...