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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The Rest Is Politics: Leading · 201. How Westminster Breaks Politicians and Why Britain Isn't Ready for War · 9 Aug 2026 podcast

And does what Johnny says resonate with you? voice-verified

Johnny, defence, Ukraine, Russia. voice-verified

So putting on your Secretary of State for Defence hat, or thinking about the big issues, how would you communicate to the public about what kind of threat Russia poses, what you saw on the ground in Ukraine, and what Britain should be doing about its defence? voice-verified

Sorry to interrupt, Johnny, as for listeners though who aren't following this day to day, essentially Johnny's caught here with a voice-verified

On the one hand, what he's saying with Northern Ireland is that he thinks it's ridiculous and unjust to be pursuing 80-year-old people for allegations for what might have happened, for example, on Bloody Sunday in the early 70s. voice-verified

But he also, as minister, found himself caught up in allegations that war crimes had been committed voice-verified

by British forces in Afghanistan much, much more recently. voice-verified

And he's trying to deal with how do you, on the one hand, defend the honor of soldiers, say these are incredibly brave people who've paid the ultimate sacrifice, gone through trauma, we shouldn't be chasing them. voice-verified

which was his position on Northern Ireland and Iraq, and also saying that actually maybe something's happened in Afghanistan that is worth investigating. voice-verified

And the allegations are horrendous. voice-verified

They're essentially allegations of extrajudicial execution and torture. voice-verified

So Rory, my friend Johnny Mercer, as you used to call him. voice-verified

Look, I think Johnny is a genuinely extraordinary person. voice-verified

And I hope people listening take it seriously as a way of thinking about who members of parliament are. voice-verified

Johnny's a very particular person. voice-verified

But actually, if you were to dig into quite a lot of members of parliament, you would find some very, very interesting childhoods, very interesting experience in the world. voice-verified

He writes, for example, about Bob Stewart, who doesn't get a very good press. voice-verified

And when he writes about him, you see in the book how Bob Stewart actually had an extraordinary strange formation in his life. voice-verified

Another Tory MP, former military. voice-verified

Former military guy, yeah. voice-verified

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