Rory Stewart

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23,188 appearances 87 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 over the last 12 months — 87 in all, peaking in Jun 2026 with 16.

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The Rest Is Politics: Leading · 200. Count Binface: Nigel Farage's Biggest Threat? · 2 Aug 2026 podcast

He's obviously a bright guy. voice-verified

He could have really got out into those villages. voice-verified

I think he's slightly missing a trick here. voice-verified

He's too much still in the mindset of I'm a comedy critic. voice-verified

candidate he could have actually gone a little bit more martin bell on this i kept the head but mobilize that vote get those leaflets out there and and say look i may be an alien space lord but i do know something about this constituency and actually i wouldn't be too bad a member of parliament yeah and also if you think about it so that labor and the tories and the lib dems and restore and the greens none of them are standing voice-verified

The final reason I was hopeful about him becoming an MP is that actually there's a lot of precedent, as you mentioned when we were covering this a couple of weeks ago, of comedy candidates actually becoming MPs. voice-verified

quite serious people. voice-verified

I mean, actually they end up as mayors and they end up doing quite a good job. voice-verified

I mean, Zelensky famously was a comedian who'd done a show on pretending to be president and actually is a really good president. voice-verified

At another extreme, Beppe Grillo in Italy was a comedian. voice-verified

And so what's interesting is, is he willing to make the transition voice-verified

The pirate parties, I think, started a slightly comic fancy dress things that ended up in government. voice-verified

Is he prepared to make the transition? voice-verified

And it wouldn't be very difficult to do. voice-verified

He ought to be able to say, listen, along with the jokes, as an aside, here are two or three things that I think could make people's lives better in Claxton and I will campaign for if you'll let me. voice-verified

Well, thank you, Alistair. voice-verified

Have a great day. voice-verified

See you soon. voice-verified

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

Is Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister of India, finally in trouble? voice-verified

In India, for the first time in 12 years, street protests have forced the resignation of a government minister. voice-verified

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