Rory Stewart

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145 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Sep 2026 last heard 13 Sep

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The Rest Is Politics: Leading · 206. How Putin's War Changed Finland Forever (Sanna Marin) · 13 Sep 2026 podcast

Presumably even when you were born, Finland was less liberal, less socially liberal than it is now. voice-verified

And it's changed. voice-verified

What what has that transition been? voice-verified

I mean we sometimes in Britain we imagine Nordic countries have always been unbelievably progressive and liberal, but actually there were conservative pockets and it there's been a lot of change. voice-verified

Tell us a little bit about that. voice-verified

Thirty four. voice-verified

Thirty-four. voice-verified

So very, very young. voice-verified

Very comparatively compared to other world leaders, yeah. voice-verified

And you approached it, I think, in some ways with a very different style. voice-verified

You also became something of a very, very famous global figure. voice-verified

Right. voice-verified

So for people from the progressive left, you and Jacinta Arden were great, sort of uh if everybody was getting depressed about world leaders, they would say, Oh, San Amar and Jacinta Arden, the least voice-verified

wonderful hope for the world. voice-verified

How did that feel? voice-verified

I mean, did you feel this was putting you too much on a pedestal and this was a kind of pressure you didn't need, or I mean, how d how did you experience this strange moment where suddenly people from other countries that know nothing about Finland have confused you with the Prime Minister of New Zealand and think you're all leading a global movement? voice-verified

Can I interrupt you th could you give us an example maybe of something that you felt that as a younger woman you could sense or feel that maybe a more conventional politician might not have felt or sensed? voice-verified

One of the things that struck me when you were talking about the achievements of your government COVID, parental leave, climate change, uh workers' rights, being a young woman, it's amazing how much has changed in the kind of age of Trump. voice-verified

That if we had been doing this interview four or five years ago, these issues were the great voice-verified

exciting issues of the time. voice-verified

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