Rory Stewart

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22,825 appearances 85 recordings 4 series first heard Nov 2025 last heard 9 Sep

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

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recordings per month · last 12 months

Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 85 in all, peaking in Jun 2026 with 16.

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The Rest Is Politics · 558. The 'Cockroach' Uprising and Should We Stop Data Centres? · 29 Jul 2026 podcast

Well, we know what that means. voice-verified

That means that President Trump can get out in the morning. voice-verified

He's actually done it. voice-verified

It's not just hypothetical. voice-verified

He's done it. voice-verified

Literally switch off our access to foundation models. voice-verified

He did it. voice-verified

And all our intelligence and security is voice-verified

and our cyber defense was switched off for weeks while we were arguing with Trump to try to get it switched on again. voice-verified

They can also have a chokehold on us on pricing. voice-verified

You know, what's to stop them suddenly saying, oh, by the way, you're going to spend 10 times as much on this stuff as you were before. voice-verified

What's going to stop them saying, oh, by the way, you can't tweak your defense and security thing because it's controlled by US export controls, or some US law is going to stop you doing this. voice-verified

It's just not an option, right? voice-verified

If AI genuinely is the foundation of everything, we must have these things. voice-verified

Now, it's not just about the data center. voice-verified

That doesn't mean naively inviting in Google or OpenAI to just build a data center. voice-verified

We also need legal control. voice-verified

We need access to chips. voice-verified

We need to be able to own the weights and the models. voice-verified

We need backup systems. voice-verified

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