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Rory Stewart for P.M.

106 replies

HappydaysArehere · 01/06/2019 09:43

We would actually vote Tory if he was elected. We first noticed him when he made a fascinating programme on Laurence of Arabia but his experience and recognition abroad seems to be little recognised in this country. There is an interesting article in the Guardian today which I would love to have linked but stupidly I don’t know how to do it.
However, am interested in how many of you have noticed him and would support him if given the chance.

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Gone2far · 14/06/2019 15:50

Any alternatives then?

peteneras · 14/06/2019 12:32

Rory Stewart for P.M.?

Are you for real? Frankly, I've not met anyone as deluded as this wannabe for a long, long time. He's got to be insane to think that he can unite the country and the Tory party and deliver Brexit - following EXACTLY the policies that Teresa May had tried for 3 flinking years to do only to go out in tears!

Get real Rory!

Gone2far · 14/06/2019 07:10

Excellent. I agree with you snowy

Snowy111 · 13/06/2019 22:37

Yayyyy he’s throughSmile

Just saw an interview with Andrew Neil where he spoke about having a lot more support with the public and the party members than MPs

I hope we see more of him. Makes you proud to be British unlike BorisHmm

TheAngryLlama · 13/06/2019 16:12

My concern is after Boris has had a good go there’ll not be a Conservative party left for him to be leader of ...

snowballer · 13/06/2019 13:33

My instinct is he'd be the ideal opposition leader if/when Boris screws it all up and the Tories lose the next GE. Next time round will - I hope - be Rory's time

InglouriousBasterd · 13/06/2019 13:31

If he can scrape through to members he’s got a good chance - but probably not at this time, in this climate.

snowballer · 13/06/2019 13:27

Hurray, he's through!

Snowy111 · 13/06/2019 12:25

Sounds like he’s not going to get through today though Sad

Results at 1

I can’t stand any of the others Sad

MarieG10 · 13/06/2019 10:15

Rory Stewart does have one quality that I like but is in short supply with our politicians....honesty

Gone2far · 13/06/2019 07:48

Tbf, faced with the moronic inferno of the Labour Party, and having read Rory Stewart's books (where he comes across as intelligent and a decent man) I think it's no contest

TheAngryLlama · 12/06/2019 21:42

One of the things about Eton - one of the reasons why it is so well thought of - is it produces such a diverse range of personalities. I defy you to find two more different people than Johnson and Stewart. But you stereotype away. Etonians are the only class of people it’s acceptable to condemn on sight these days. So enjoy.

StrumpersPlunkett · 12/06/2019 21:33

Totally agree with you snowball.
He is the best of the bunch but probably won’t win.

Snowy111 · 12/06/2019 21:27

I really like him, and thought his launch was very good indeed. I hope he stays in the running long enough to get noticed as I think a lot will never have heard of him

AmeriAnn · 06/06/2019 15:54

I read your title as Rod Stewart. Totally disappointed

I did as well. Rod the Mod would make the trains run on time.

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HappydaysArehere · 04/06/2019 09:55

Thehogfatherstolemycurry your post made me laugh. On second thought why not? Rod would do just as good a job as most in Parliament at the moment. Smile

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Gone2far · 03/06/2019 22:13

I'm just reading it snowballer, and agree with you.

snowballer · 03/06/2019 19:21

His book The Places in Between is absolutely extraordinary and well worth a read. He's not military in the sense of a long career, just a short spell in the Black Watch. But he walked, mainly alone, right across Afghanistan in 2002 (the book is about this) in an attempt to really understand the country. He was also deputy governor of two provinces in southern Iraq in around 2003-ish (his other book Occupational Hazards is about this time).

He's extremely bright and insightful and his books are an absolute joy to read. His life has been extraordinarily full so far and he's still young. I think he's got so much more to offer than the rest of the self serving unprincipled bunch. He's the only person who would tempt me back to the conservatives. I find him fascinating.

NasiGoreng · 03/06/2019 08:40

Born in HK, brought up in Malaysia, went to school in Oxford (probably boarding as parents diplomats overseas), then Eton and Oxford University.

Yep, sure he knows a lot about the common person living in the UK and their daily struggles to get their DC a good education, juggling childcare and jobs to make ends meet and trying to access NHS services for themselves and elderly relatives. But hey, he loves hedgehogs.

Seriously people, come the chuff on. We have had a run of Eton educated, out of touch toff after toff and here we are looking to vote another one in. Its like turkeys voting for Christmas.

Verily1 · 03/06/2019 08:23

Not another Eton/Oxford one! No no no!

jenthelibrarian · 03/06/2019 08:19

www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/jun/01/opposite-career-politician-rory-stewart-pm-tory-leadership

Florence of Belgravia Hmm

I'd sooner drop dead than vote Tory myself.

Anyone else see a resemblance to Eddy Redmayne, btw?

Gone2far · 03/06/2019 08:01

I'm not a Tory voter (politically homeless at present) but I'd vote for them if he was leader. He appears intelligent and straightforward. I'm reading the book he wrote on walking across Afghanistan at the moment.

NicoAndTheNiners · 02/06/2019 18:41

He was talking about the decline in hedgehog numbers.

HollowTalk · 02/06/2019 18:20

Why was he talking about hedgehogs?!

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HappydaysArehere · 01/06/2019 19:50

While looking at the info on the net about him I came across his now famous “hedgehog” speech. All I can say is that if Johnson thinks he is clever well view that speech and decide whether Stewart leaves
him standing. It has been described by some as one of the most brilliant speeches ever heard in Parliament. It is certainly eccentrically brilliant.

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