Rory Stewart on love for risk, a battle with bitterness and why a political comeback is on the cards

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  • Our guest for this episode is Rory Stewart - the former diplomat and politician turned podcasting rock star. In a conversation that I hope you agree is compelling and useful, Rory talks about his greatest failures, traumas, his approach to risk and why a political comeback is on the cards. A proud Scot, Rory was born in Hong Kong and brought up in Malaysia. After Eton, he went on to Oxford and the diplomatic service but took a sabbatical to spend 20 months walking across countries including Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan. A journey of self-discovery and frequent life-threatening dangers.
    After working as the Governor of an Iraqi province, Rory entered British politics as a Conservative MP - holding ministerial positions before making a bid to become Prime Minister. When Boris Johnson won the election in 2019, Rory resigned and threw his hat into the ring to become the new London mayor. After that contest was delayed by COVID, bruised and battered by the experience, he left politics and indeed later left the country.
    Rory talks about the influence of his beloved father Brian - a remarkable man who was D-Day hero and decorated spy. Rory reveals how, in 2015, he tried in vain to resuscitate his father who collapsed and died in his arms. It is a truly moving account not only of that terrible moment but also of the incredible bond that he shared with his dad.
    Rory now teaches international relations and politics at @yale, runs a brilliant charity from his home in Jordan, all whilst co-hosting with Alastair Campbell the podcasting sensation that is The Rest is Politics.
    An episode packed with emotion, honesty and reflections on crisis that are as fascinating as they are helpful. I hope you enjoy it.
    For the full episode transcript and more visit: www.crisiswhatcrisis.com/podc...
    Rory’s Crisis Comforts:
    1. Meditation. I've done eleven-day silent retreats, which have been very important to me. And so in periods of extreme stress, I find deep meditation. An hour or two of meditation is very powerful.
    2. Childlike films or books on tape. I've been listening at the moment to the Hornblower series. When I'm a bit stressed, I put it on and it puts me back into a happy place of being a kind of 15-year-old in the 1950s.
    3. Animals. That relationship with your dog or a cat - learning from their virtues, I think is hugely important.
    Links:
    Pre-order Rory’s upcoming book - Politics On the Edge - amzn.to/3mtPbdQ
    Rory’s website - www.rorystewart.co.uk/
    Follow Rory on Twitter - / rorystewartuk
    Turquoise Mountain Foundation - www.turquoisemountain.org/
    The Places In Between - amzn.to/3UzAiDf
    Occupational Hazards - amzn.to/3KBDnhO
    The Marches - amzn.to/3ZZPkDH
    Can Intervention Work? - amzn.to/3zWhLYu
    Stream/Buy ‘Allies’ by Some Velvet Morning: ampl.ink/qp6bm
    Some Velvet Morning Website: www.somevelvetmorning.co.uk
    Your Daily Practice: Sleep by Myndstream: open.spotify.com/track/5OX9Xg...
    Host - Andy Coulson
    CWC production team: Louise Difford, Ed Isaacs and Jane Sankey
    With special thanks to Global

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  • @randolphscott3361
    @randolphscott3361 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +49

    I’d vote for him for whatever party he joined. Imagine voting for Johnson rather than this highly intelligent, decent, courageous guy. With people like this man in Parliament, there would be hope!!!

  • @davidhallowell9211
    @davidhallowell9211 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +44

    We never needed men of truth like Rory more than we do now.

  • @optimistnow7491
    @optimistnow7491 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

    I so admire Mr Stewart - his honesty and integrity - his absence from politics is our loss ,,,,,

  • @wrzlygummidge
    @wrzlygummidge ปีที่แล้ว +51

    absolutely brilliant, the kind of person (life experience, acquired wisdom) we need at a senior level of government instead of the fawning muppets we currently have

  • @catherinerice922
    @catherinerice922 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    There is hope... when there are people like Rory... the world is in dire need of good men... men like Rory.

  • @lenwilkinson672
    @lenwilkinson672 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    A really lovely man,emitting so much humility our politicians need to realise they are devoid of what Rory has, and he is a gentleman the way he debates.Good wishes Rory.

  • @suejones4013
    @suejones4013 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Rory is one of those rare people, these days, a reasonable, rational tory. I love listening to him.

  • @user-pf7cw5vj2z
    @user-pf7cw5vj2z 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    A man with great integrity. It is a great shame that Mr Stewart is not active in politics. I admire him immensely for talking complete sense.

  • @WIllz2GOTA
    @WIllz2GOTA ปีที่แล้ว +59

    Listening to Rory really does ignite something in me, he really does question my own life and how much I am actually living.

    • @ajfc2006
      @ajfc2006 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I don't think his extraordinary life (combined with extraordinary opportunity and intelligence to exploit the opportunities) should be thought of as a mean or template for others!

    • @mhargz
      @mhargz ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@ajfc2006 to be inspired by other human beings doesn’t mean you want to mimic them…

    • @sararichardson737
      @sararichardson737 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@mhargz i don’t think Will meant to mimic rather (perhaps) to fill his life,possibly physically and intellectually combined with a considerable civic contribution. Am I close Will?

    • @midnightwolfee2128
      @midnightwolfee2128 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      ​​​@@sararichardson737well I'm not Will but I'll agree for him because I was feeling the same way listening to Rory. It is not a case of trying to emulate Rory's extraordinary life but realising how much more we could do to live our own. I have spent too much time just existing/surviving and not enough time "doing".

    • @costeris35
      @costeris35 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I also admire how honest he is about failure and how willing to try again. I have too often not tried at all because I didn’t want to fail.

  • @TheBillaro
    @TheBillaro 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    We'd love to have you as PM Rory. Please stand up for what is great about our country. ❤

  • @waynewal971
    @waynewal971 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Hey! I will never Certainly never vote tory anymore, but this genuine man in a different party I could relate to. Respect and admiration for his morality, compassion and honesty!

  • @GolfDeltaHoliday
    @GolfDeltaHoliday ปีที่แล้ว +34

    As an avid listener of both ‘Crisis What Crisis’ and ‘The Rest Is Politics’ podcasts, this was an fascinating interview and I loved every min. Thanks to both Rory and Andy.

  • @islandhopperstuart
    @islandhopperstuart 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Rory's re-entry into politics, nay government, cannot come soon enough. Please, for the love of our nation, make it happen. Rory we need you.

    • @rowancrew2934
      @rowancrew2934 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Like we need a hole in the head.

  • @ahairyhaggis1449
    @ahairyhaggis1449 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Rory is a guy that politics needs

  • @islaystevensoncurrie1016
    @islaystevensoncurrie1016 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Great Mr Stewart, really hope we see you back into politics, our country need quality individuals.

  • @alanfaith2986
    @alanfaith2986 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I am a former Labour voter. He was my MP in Penrith and the Border. If he stood again as an independent, I would vote for him.

  • @melisayoung9200
    @melisayoung9200 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    The best prime minister we never had…. Absolutely extraordinary man. Brilliant, thoughtful and measured interview by Coulson.

  • @jackf220
    @jackf220 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    A lot to respect about Roy's life and achievements, above all I think his modesty is most admirable. A rare thing in the modern world.

  • @Gunnercoops
    @Gunnercoops 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Whilst I don’t always agree with his political viewpoints, I always admire his integrity, honesty and intellect.

  • @TerriObrien-mi5rx
    @TerriObrien-mi5rx 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Love listening to Rory and looking forward to reading his new book 📖 total opposite to Johnson should have been PM.😊

  • @JohnSalmon
    @JohnSalmon ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Thanks for this. What a brilliant man Rory is. Although I'd like to see him come back and sort our politics out, I wouldn't want him to have to swim in the mess made by Johnson and his cohorts. Rory is too good and too nice for that.

    • @clivet3252
      @clivet3252 ปีที่แล้ว

      Oh give me a break.

  • @DavidTothill
    @DavidTothill ปีที่แล้ว +28

    I find Rory Stewart a compelling man and have watched a reasonable amount of his TH-cam presence, however this interview had me racing over to Amazon to buy a first book and maybe more. Thank you both for this hour of quality

    • @KingCharles3
      @KingCharles3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The Marches is a fantastic book as is the Places In Between

    • @DavidTothill
      @DavidTothill ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@KingCharles3 Downloaded TPinB a gift at 6€ and note your recommendation, thank you Charlie

    • @crisiswhatcrisis
      @crisiswhatcrisis  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Excited for his upcoming book 'Politics On the Edge' too! amzn.to/3mtPbdQ

    • @mags6452
      @mags6452 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Can’t put Politics on the Edge down. An honest
      Politician is exactly what we need right now

  • @davidduggan3438
    @davidduggan3438 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Christ its sad that we got Boris over this guy

  • @thortessem271
    @thortessem271 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Love your story. I lived in Oman and Saudi Arabia.

  • @G.V.A.K
    @G.V.A.K 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Rory, our country needs your contribution more than ever before.

  • @emmabovary9374
    @emmabovary9374 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    He is a pilgrim in the name of humanity. A man of utmost integrity, authenticity and sincerity.
    Rory, if you ever need another volunteer for the campaign in your next venture, I’m up for it.
    Nietzsche often warned about the danger of ressentiment. His other saying ‘what does not kill me makes me stronger’ is more encouraging.

  • @lorihenderson673
    @lorihenderson673 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Don't forget his amazing book about Afghanistan

  • @jackieharper5520
    @jackieharper5520 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Always respected Rory Stewart....even more so after this podcast ...

  • @erikatrueman4507
    @erikatrueman4507 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I really wish you would return to politics. I have voted Labour for a long time, but I would vote for you as PM. I really want someone with integrity and I do believe you have that in abundance.

  • @rigilchrist
    @rigilchrist 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Rory's book was a revelation to read. I do hope that he puts himself forward for Mayor of London.

  • @maryearll3359
    @maryearll3359 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    How safe and loved Rory's father must have felt in his arms.

    • @jessicaschimmel7398
      @jessicaschimmel7398 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      What a kind comment!

    • @maryearll3359
      @maryearll3359 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@jessicaschimmel7398 Thank you ❤

  • @timshaw8187
    @timshaw8187 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    A great man with so much insight

  • @terrybrownbill2175
    @terrybrownbill2175 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Please, please please stand for MP and as PM. You are a voice of sanity in a world of chancers.

  • @DavidMorris1984
    @DavidMorris1984 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    First time I've watched one of these videos. Had completely forgotten about Andy Coulson until now!
    I'm on a different part of the political spectrum to Rory Stewart, but I've always thought he's incredibly intelligent and possesses such a wide range of experience that few others will have.
    He is someone that I'd always listen to.

  • @TheWeightOutdoors
    @TheWeightOutdoors 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I’m a fan of Rory, and not because of his podcast or his (fantastic) book “The Places in between” but because of his hedgehog speech in Parliament, his speech as prisons minister where he offered to resign if he came up short and because he CHOSE to walk away from politics. Our current political setup (all parties) does not support cross party pragmatism, it does not support hard truths, it does not support long termism.
    It is easy, I believe, to romanticise his walking away from politics but the real truth is that a man of Rory’s position (former private tutor to the royals) would have had a host of opportunities that others would not have had. That being said, regardless of those opportunities, to not be sucked into the vacuum of fear which politics has become still deserves respect. Politicians are, in my opinion, mirrors of ourselves and a representation of what we stand for and at this moment in time our political setup (internships, first past the post, serious media outlet coverage and networks of nepotism) is not in a state to accommodate the style of politician I believe Mr Stewart would be, modern day.
    I also think it is naive to judge a potential politician on the premise of leadership when said individual sits outside of serious politics as they are afforded such larger liberty to voice truly individual opinion and objectivity. Once inside the “party” vehicle you have so many “stakeholders” and “players” in an environment which changes so rapidly, with a media (and social media) so quick to misrepresent ANY statement that you lose that liberty.

  • @trevorwilliams7754
    @trevorwilliams7754 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Great interview well done

  • @martinlawrence8427
    @martinlawrence8427 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Super interesting and talented guy…a great loss to British Politics!

  • @24567442
    @24567442 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    He lived his life rory and was a fabulous age. He was proud to have had a son like you with all your moral qualities!

  • @jackdeniston59
    @jackdeniston59 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    An example of how our Fathers shape us. When permitted.

  • @michaelcassidy1864
    @michaelcassidy1864 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Words are useless when trying to describe this astonishing spirit. But Im grateful to have had exposure to his belief system.

  • @kashopejarrett8040
    @kashopejarrett8040 12 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Well spoken and knowledgeable man

  • @dharmacharinipasadanandi7110
    @dharmacharinipasadanandi7110 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I'd vote for him in a heartbeat

  • @andrewmakin8151
    @andrewmakin8151 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    i like him a lot
    a human alive and living
    no cloud of BS pretending to be him

  • @chrissie1001
    @chrissie1001 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    What an incredibly impressive guy. I listen to his podcast with Alistair Campbell which is excellent and always find him measured and thoughtful.
    I don’t think he should beat himself up about the Iraq incident. He acted in a way he thought was right at the time - was it a cliché? Perhaps, but staying and fighting it out could also be seen as a cliché. I think he did the right thing. He didn’t know what was going to happen so he took the safer route.

    • @clivet3252
      @clivet3252 ปีที่แล้ว

      Alistair Campbell is one of the most vile creatures ever to exist on planet earth.

  • @Harrypops
    @Harrypops ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Wow Brilliant Rory🎉❤

  • @johnpearson-phillips7464
    @johnpearson-phillips7464 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Refreshing to hear an ex politician looking sagely at assorted issues: avoiding the populist easily digestible narratives of current political discourse and seeking to dig deep. Seems clear to me his perspective is needed in UK politics. and I think he will come back.

  • @3bebles
    @3bebles ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You have to make it more than 50/50! So many are waiting...

  • @philipmulville8218
    @philipmulville8218 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Rory is an enormously eloquent man.

  • @photovincent
    @photovincent 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This talk made me think many things, most of them uninteresting to anyone but me, but I really sat up when he described the poor decision (with a good outcome) as being ‘thinking in cliches”… yes, that’s what people often do. The “what am I supposed to do” instead of “what shall I do”… the level of this man’s scrutiny of his own thinking is amazing

  • @MrUniman609
    @MrUniman609 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I find it fascinating that he has taken up a position at Yale and has moved to Jordan, just like that! I like him, he seems genuine, he is somehow in the position where he can afford to be honest and just do anything he wants to do in life. I wish he would champion a major change in our two party, first past the post political system.

  • @douglasdunbar2298
    @douglasdunbar2298 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is a man whom you can trust on hearing him for only a few moments by leaving politics he left a sorry group of politicians who were unable to differentiates fact from fiction

  • @Bailiol
    @Bailiol 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    😂 love how he just drops in - oh, and I delivered my own baby! Unbelievably impressive man. Would be so utterly proud for him to be leader of the United Kingdom.

  • @demoisellelenina
    @demoisellelenina 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    British people need someone love them more than love others. i hope he keeps this in mind if he comesback.

  • @Iguazu65
    @Iguazu65 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Please run to politics. We need brains and values more than ever now.

  • @CloudhoundCoUk
    @CloudhoundCoUk ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Rory a return to UK politics. What a good idea.

  • @onecupof_tea
    @onecupof_tea 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    We were so naive about boris, thinking that someone so jolly couldn't be a mendacious, cynical fool. He was like a pickpocket, once you realise you'd been had, he had disappeared.

  • @philipkershaw7918
    @philipkershaw7918 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Rory, your reticence regarding a re-entry into the bear pit of politics is entirely understandable. Once bitten and all that...
    You, perhaps more than most, will know how much the system [and those who work within it] are biased against a man of your qualities.
    So, whatever the course of action you decide to take, your light will diminish not one jot.
    However, I cannot but lick my lips at the prospect.
    Whatever, the very best of luck.

  • @tomthumb2361
    @tomthumb2361 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    A very attractive figure. But his blind spot sometimes seems to be the relatively parlous condition of people in a lot of our less well-off regions and localities in this country and the connection between their limited trajectories through life and his own richness of opportunity. Credit to him for his initiative and altruism. But I wish I could have afforded to take journeys like his at the ages he did. I spent most of my spare time in the summers of my late teens working to earn my living costs at Cambridge. I remember the college's Master's wife being totally unable to understand why my then-white-collar parents (who started out as factory workers) didn't fully subsidise my education: middle-class American married to privileged southerner meets boy from working family - though not 'working-class exactly by that stage - and thinking he had the same cultural outlook, values, priorities, breadth of choice as her. And I was at the privileged pinnacle of youngsters of my age in the town I was brought up in. I spent my Saturdays in the libraries, book shops and concert halls, theatres and arts cinema of Manchester. I did manage a month each year of training it round Europe - sleeping on a train every other night to cut down costs. But I was unable to stop over in Benelux, Switzerland, Austria, Germany or the Nordic countries as they were unbelievably expensive for me to buy even a lunch in, so was limited to France and Italy and the odd day trip anywhere else. Yet thousands of my peers in my region faced a life of debilitating paucity of experience compared to mine. I was pretty strongly aware that the breadth and depth of personal experience of privileged people is enabled by their social placement, the strength, cultural capital and material resources (my piano was in the same room as the family TV and I shared a room with my brother) of their family and personal connections, as well as their personal qualities. I was also aware how divisive the gap in experience was. Many other other people - nearly everyone else, really - have less chance of developing the kind of growth I experienced and almost no chance of developing the kind of wealth of personal experience of a Rory. In fact, they are pumped along seriously-underfunded pathways that inhibit this kind of growth. Tories like Rory seem more interested in 'abroad' and global issues than they do in the erosion of bargaining power of UK working people, for instance, and their return to near Victorian levels of wage-slavery and insecurity and restricted horizons owing to lack of cash. It's increasingly difficult for ordinary people to accumulate wealth through work as corporations and government alike have set things up to divert so called surplus wealth to share-holders and the already-asset-rich. Rory was, like Mr Campbell, deeply involved with governments that let inequality and house-price inflation, to name but two attacks on the prospects of young working people, get totally out of control. And the blinkers he wears contributed to this, and still do. No one on the right is siding with people who actually work. Neo-liberalism is simply a reversal of many of the advances made in the security and quality of life of working people. It's reached the point where this is only to obvious to everyone except those who benefit from it, each year an increasingly smaller percentage of the population.

    • @MeiinUK
      @MeiinUK 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I think it is very unfair to judge his experience, with 2023's eyes... on 1980s. Cos around the time that he was born. He was born in very wild or rural areas. HK wasn't developed, and I think Malaya at that time was quite the jungle as well. Deforestation is what then happened, and high rises and concrete jungle is what happened too. Everything that we see today that is modern, happened within the past 40 or so years. Which is crazy if you think about it. I think his argument about remaining in the centrist point, was because, he doesn't want the UK to lose both, when the entire world is raising in standard of living and are competeing with each other. Hence, why he doesn't want us to lose our position in the world... But what's happened has happened now. So...

  • @55north17
    @55north17 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    WOW!

  • @TG-hr2kv
    @TG-hr2kv 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    He gets my vote

  • @davidkelly7272
    @davidkelly7272 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Talked about this very interesting conversation on radio phone in 12/8/23. My positive view not shared by host Alan Beswick.

    • @crisiswhatcrisis
      @crisiswhatcrisis  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you so much for listening!

  • @user-fv3ns8kt1s
    @user-fv3ns8kt1s ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Once again a great pod cast, however, I found it amusing that Iran was described as a dangerous country to travel in, when it is not dangerous at all considering hospitality of Iranian people.

    • @ThosUK
      @ThosUK ปีที่แล้ว

      *doubt*

    • @jezlawrence720
      @jezlawrence720 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The Iranian people are amazing. The govt, secret police, laws... Yeah not so much. It's a dangerous place even if you know it well - anyone can come a cropper and it's people often do

  • @anthonykelly5
    @anthonykelly5 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    hes a great human probably to great to sort out the problems of britan.

  • @stevenhoward3358
    @stevenhoward3358 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Very interesting. I think Rory would have done a great job as PM throughout C19 and established a better relationship with the EU, I just wonder how long it would have taken for the rest of the tory mob to oust him. I think the Conservative party will rue the day it booted Rory and Dominic Grieve. I still wouldn't vote for them, but at least they have a sense of credibility, reliability and honesty and would generate far less animosity.

  • @cavendish009
    @cavendish009 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I WISH YOU WOULD !! There is NOBODY with any brains in government now - WE NEED YOU !!!

  • @jezlawrence720
    @jezlawrence720 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I would love to hear from someone else from yhat compund and *their* assessment of rory "thinking in cliches". I bet they have a far more positive view of him.

  • @chrisfurniss3073
    @chrisfurniss3073 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Plez come back Rory in labour party

  • @handcrafted30
    @handcrafted30 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Doooooo it!

  • @diannebradley4458
    @diannebradley4458 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Oh Rory,just get on with it.England needs you.

  • @jezlawrence720
    @jezlawrence720 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I had no idea about his fathers death. *Mate*.

  • @R08Tam
    @R08Tam 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Riveting stuff. We badly need people like him in government

  • @christianliechtenstein4879
    @christianliechtenstein4879 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    THE" PROBLEM" WITH PEOPLE LIKE ROEY IS ; THAT THEY DON´T FIT IN A POLITICAL PARTY.

  • @krisle90
    @krisle90 ปีที่แล้ว

    💜

  • @walterstevens8676
    @walterstevens8676 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Why does RS grimace regularly? Is it a neurological condition?

    • @andrewstorm8240
      @andrewstorm8240 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Dealing with stress

    • @sookibeulah9331
      @sookibeulah9331 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      He’s remembering traumatic/ frightening/ upsetting/ angering/ frustrating events and his face is expressing how he feels about them.

    • @beachcomber1able
      @beachcomber1able ปีที่แล้ว

      ​​@@sookibeulah9331 Getting bummed when he was a fag at Eton could do that to you. 🤔😆

  • @mags6452
    @mags6452 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I absolutely love Rory but what’s all the gurning about?

  • @fancyfree8599
    @fancyfree8599 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Rory wears lots of layers to stay warm in the Scottish house.

  • @pjzz2000
    @pjzz2000 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The antithesis of your modern tory - at least those at the top. Set up your own party Rory! At best you may one day the influence you richly deserve and at worst you will pilfer some votes from the current muppet party.

  • @gwynsea8162
    @gwynsea8162 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I suspect it's easier to be a risk taker when you have an Eton background which already suggests that there is money in the background. Being comfortable surely make it much easier to take risk with jobs etc. And I say this as someone who thinks Rory is terrific.

    • @chrissie1001
      @chrissie1001 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I actually don’t think that’s true. I think there are brave, intelligent and thoughtful people from all walks of life. Risk-taking isn’t confined to those with rich parents. If anything the opposite is true

    • @gwynsea8162
      @gwynsea8162 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@chrissie1001 I do agree with you, it's just easier to take risks when the worst case isn't that bad.

    • @sararichardson737
      @sararichardson737 ปีที่แล้ว

      He was on scholarship

    • @jackdeniston59
      @jackdeniston59 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yeah, quite reassuring in fact. This is where someone needs to start to have this kind of life. Mere mortals achieving any success is just as amazing.

    • @emmabovary9374
      @emmabovary9374 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Eton and money didn’t work for Boris, a total space waster.

  • @katelewis5864
    @katelewis5864 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Is that your mum’s knitting in the background Rory? What’s she knitting? Or is it yours?

  • @lenwilkinson672
    @lenwilkinson672 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    @Willz2GOTA*. I feel the same as yourself regarding Rory.Such a likeable personality.with humility.It’s only my opinion,but I’d like him to stand as an independent in one of the reform party’s or am I being too optimistic..? The BBC should give him a wider audience.Isn’t it in their charter to have an unbiased attitude when broadcasting their programmes,but.unfortunately now white people are gradually being replaced by ethnicity of a culture different to our own, at 93 I shall not be around when they finally lose the licence fee,and they will of necessity have to compete with market forces.They will need to have a rethink on employment and pay to useless gary Lineker types.😊

  • @zulu3621
    @zulu3621 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Please don’t come back as a conservative.

  • @JupiterThunder
    @JupiterThunder 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Still craves being PM. Forget it.

  • @black8art
    @black8art ปีที่แล้ว +2

    As far as I'm concerned, Rory Stewart and Jeremy Corbyn would be a dream ticket if they started a new party to represent the British people, in the manner to which they deserve. Jeremy could make the UK a place we want to live, and Rory would make a good military and foreign office wallah!
    I'd love to get them together for a long lunch to duscuss "the state of the nation"!

    • @eightiesmusic1984
      @eightiesmusic1984 ปีที่แล้ว

      Silly comment. Corbyn is a socialist. Stewart is not. Incompatible outlook on the world on many issues.

    • @sararichardson737
      @sararichardson737 ปีที่แล้ว

      I think A Campbell is on it for TRIP.

    • @siobhansmith9575
      @siobhansmith9575 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I absolutely agree they could at least meet and engage in as civilised aconversation as this one! Both men of integrity, honesty and self-awareness.

  • @christopherdew2355
    @christopherdew2355 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Rory: PLEASE do NOT go back into politics. You are not suited to being boxed into a political stance - certainly not in the two useless parties we have at present. You are a real intellectual, and need freedom of thought and speech (if it's still allowed).

  • @BebsDotter
    @BebsDotter ปีที่แล้ว

    Please don’t!

  • @robertallen591
    @robertallen591 ปีที่แล้ว

    he has no party the nat cs have stole it

  • @beachcomber1able
    @beachcomber1able ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I think Rory should stand for a Scottish Independence party next time around. Fat chance of that! 😄

    • @sararichardson737
      @sararichardson737 ปีที่แล้ว

      He’s against it.

    • @beachcomber1able
      @beachcomber1able ปีที่แล้ว

      @@sararichardson737 I know that. He's just another establishment yoontard.

    • @tamhunter5025
      @tamhunter5025 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Would make a great choice for Englands independent movement

    • @emmabovary9374
      @emmabovary9374 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      And have regular tête s tête with certain Nicola, in between her police appointments.

  • @derrick021
    @derrick021 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I'm afraid I can't formulate my question in a manner polite enough so please bear with me, but Mr. Stewart is a public person and politician, and he knows he's in front of a camera, so how would we explain the way he keeps his upper lip so violently up at times ?

    • @jezlawrence720
      @jezlawrence720 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That's just his "think about a memory and find the right words" face. I suspect it's also linked to unpleasant or very emotional memories.

    • @derrick021
      @derrick021 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@jezlawrence720 you've stated the obvious, does it make an excuse ?

    • @jezlawrence720
      @jezlawrence720 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@derrick021 I wasn't aware it was a problem! You asked how we would explain it, I explained it?

    • @alan_davis
      @alan_davis 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      This is the problem with people. The way people look seems to be more important than their intelligence and manner.

    • @derrick021
      @derrick021 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@alan_davis or a problem of trust ?

  • @saskiamoni1417
    @saskiamoni1417 ปีที่แล้ว

    Everybody go and check his voting history why is that poor people give power well educated wealthy people who they have nothing in common I'm so tired of working class people working against their own interests every time try to spoil your voting paper in masses next

    • @alan_davis
      @alan_davis 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You go back and read it... then understand it.

  • @jamesmccann355
    @jamesmccann355 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Please don't return to politics. There's enough clown's around already...

  • @madashell268
    @madashell268 ปีที่แล้ว

    Don’t bother Rory. Anyone who gets on well with the utterly thuggish, brutal, undemocratic Alaistair Campbell is someone we don’t need back in British politics…

    • @clivet3252
      @clivet3252 ปีที่แล้ว

      Exactly. He reminds me of Blair a bit.

    • @CodeCancerLab
      @CodeCancerLab ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I think it's refreshing, instead of the nonsensical social media politics we see in this country nowadays

  • @mychannel5019
    @mychannel5019 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    He needs to be the prime minister, for the sake of the union.

  • @kerryflote1283
    @kerryflote1283 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Still at his plan to be leader of the Tories at the next election but 3. Seems like a decent bloke until you remember he's a Tory (whether he's left the party or not.)

  • @bluesteel5688
    @bluesteel5688 ปีที่แล้ว

    Sounds great but a look at his previous voting record highlights RS as a right wing lackey