Rory Stewart

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267 appearances 2 recordings 1 series first heard Sep 2026 last heard yesterday

Rory Stewart’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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The Rest Is Politics: Leading · 207. Gordon Brown: How to Fix a Fracturing World · 20 Sep 2026 podcast

And he seems to be suggesting that one of the reasons for this is communication. voice-verified

You know, basically the account he gives is I had all the right ideas, I was doing all the right things around the financial crisis. voice-verified

The problem is I couldn't communicate it. voice-verified

And by God, you understand why? voice-verified

Because I'm sitting there thinking voice-verified

The problem was not a liquidity problem, it was a solvency problem. voice-verified

I'm thinking, even I am uh trying to work out what the hell you're saying, right? voice-verified

So even nearly twenty years after, he still hasn't found a form of words to actually explain to the general public what he's trying to say. voice-verified

The solvency against the liquidity thing is really interesting though, because not only does it not work with the retail voter, it doesn't work with most journalists and I would guarantee ninety five percent of members of parliament would have no idea what he's talking about. voice-verified

So I think he's And and the Coronation Street Emmerdale thing was also revealing. voice-verified

I mean, those are sort of slightly limited dated references and a part of I guess a general sense that he basically doesn't think that kind of soap opera voice-verified

is yeah. voice-verified

So maybe he hasn't forgotten that. voice-verified

So voice-verified

So that's part of the history here. voice-verified

Yeah, which I've never been. voice-verified

And it's also true that I sat next to him at dinner and thought I'd got him to promise to come on the podcast and he didn't come. voice-verified

We've been doing this for four years and we finally got him, of which congratulations. voice-verified

But voice-verified

And it's true he doesn't like Tories, but my suspicion is that four years is more about the fact it's like me trying to get David Cameron on. voice-verified

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