Rory Stewart

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24,987 appearances 93 recordings 4 series first heard Nov 2025 last heard 5d ago

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 — 93 in all, peaking in Jun 2026 with 16.

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character, maybe it's your military background. voice-verified

One of the things that's surprising is that you are, I mean, like you, I thought so much of parliament was crazy, nonsensical, right? voice-verified

You write very well about the fact that PMQs is a total fake nonsense where nobody's really asking questions. voice-verified

In fact, you go into much more detail. voice-verified

If somebody's a student of politics and wants to really get into the detail, Johnny does it very well. voice-verified

He literally explains that voice-verified

There's a guy called Gavin Williamson trying to hand out questions and literally writing the questions for you. voice-verified

And you ask the question that he's asked you to get. voice-verified

And then you get invited to the treasury drinks and then all this kind of stuff. voice-verified

So Johnny's very, very good on the mechanics of party management media. voice-verified

What's interesting, though, is that you didn't feel as you might have done about some of the bullshit in the army, right? voice-verified

You might have felt polishing my boots or whatever. voice-verified

ironing my trousers or doing something stupid the sergeant told me to do is just part of the business. voice-verified

I'm not going to question every one of these things. voice-verified

And actually, some ex-military people in Parliament do sort of take that attitude to the whips. voice-verified

They sort of think, well, it's all nonsense, but this is the game and I'll do what I told and get on with it. voice-verified

You came in with quite a voice-verified

I mean, more than me. voice-verified

You know, I was prepared to come home and say to Shoshana, this is crazy nonsense, but sort of that seems to be the culture. voice-verified

It seems to have riled you from day one. voice-verified

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