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 I was like, this is the moment. voice-verified

Speak for England, Johnny. voice-verified

Take him down. voice-verified

Because Boris was literally on the edge. voice-verified

And Johnny instead asked the question about veterans and then was put into the cabinet as the kind of secretary of state for veterans. voice-verified

And I was so disappointed. voice-verified

And of course, a lot of what's going on here is Johnny and I re-litigating this sort of impossible question for him, which is how does he weigh up what he wanted to get done with veterans? voice-verified

Because I'd made the opposite decision, right? voice-verified

There's a reasonable case that... voice-verified

If I'd accepted Boris Johnson's offer to stay in the cabinet, remain as international development secretary, maybe I would have been able to use my position to save the 0.7%, save DFID as an independent department, and use my political capital to do that. voice-verified

And I decided I couldn't serve in his cabinet. voice-verified

So I guess we're all scratching at similar things. voice-verified

Let's just get on to the substantial point, which I think is interesting. voice-verified

He says, the system's fine. voice-verified

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater. voice-verified

You know, he makes jokes about citizens assemblies. voice-verified

I think he'd probably be the same on proportional representation and changing parties and changing parliament. voice-verified

I'm not sure I agree. voice-verified

I think that there is a link between the structures of our politics, the way the voting system works, the way the parties work, the way the incentives work, and the kind of characters that emerge. voice-verified

He's hoping that we could just get better people into parliament. voice-verified

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