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Scruton never seemed to be off BBC R4, (at least in the mornings), in '80s & '90s when I was driving a lot of motorway miles. His ostensibly contrarian views meant he was the go-to guy to argue against anything that criticised any aspect of Thatcherism, (and the later Major adminstration).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Scruton#Tobacco_company_funding
Destroyed any credibility he may have garnered.
mespilus
I dunno, I think Scruton is useful to listen to inasmuch as he does give a coherent view of conservatism as a philosophy. I disagree with him on almost everything mind you, but he does at least provide a coherent picture of something to disagree with. His point regarding human rights (from what I can remember by watching previous videos of him) is the fairly standard:
"Having a right to do X without being impeded is fundamentally different from having the right to Y, where Y requires the government or someone else to provide something for you."