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Rory Stewart

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TheSteveMilliband · 08/03/2020 10:05

Given Sadiq Khans sloganeering and repeating of the TWAW mantra what about Rory Stewart as a mayoral candidate? I've only seen a couple of comments - one question from a TW at the Tory leadership hustings in which he avoided the question instead talking about how we improve lives with "love and respect" then when he was briefly quizzed on GMB where he said pretty unequivocally that he thought TW in women's sport seemed unfair. I've been impressed by his inclusive (by which I mean listening to everyone, not demonising parts of the electorate as evil right wing fascists / lefty liberal snowflakes etc) and compassionate style. Would be nice to have someone to get behind - I find it hard to support BJ but the Tories are the only party taking any notice of women at the moment.

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8by8 · 08/03/2020 10:59

I like him.

What strikes me is he has a track record of bringing experts on board, working with them, and actually finding solutions.

Eg when he was in charge of prisons he wanted to get prison violence down - so instead of just talking about it/throwing money at it/announcing a task force to kick the issue into the long grass like most politicians seem to, he got some experts To visit prisons with him, they reviewed when the violence was happening, discovered a lot of it was in the lunch queue (prisoners were hungry, fights flared up) so put more guards on duty there. Violence went down 30 percent!

He seems really thoughtful, and good at listening to a range of people.

I’d bet he’s not a TWAW person, but is too savvy to say anything too controversial right now.

AParallelUniverse · 08/03/2020 10:57

He seems like a reasonable person to me. I like him.

ellenpartridge · 08/03/2020 10:56

I like him

FamilyOfAliens · 08/03/2020 10:55

I have long thought he was a very genuine person. I can’t believe I’m writing in praise of a Tory MP though. Strange times.

Lamahaha · 08/03/2020 10:54

^^ "don't live in the UK"

Lamahaha · 08/03/2020 10:54

I'm not British and don't in the UK and am not up to date on your politicians. But a few months ago I visited a French friend who lives in London, whose opinion I respect, and he was all for Rory (it was back when they were looking for a new Tory leader, and he had been hoping it'd be Rory. He said Rory was the only one he respected.).

He showed me a Youtube in which Rory spoke about hedgehogs. He (Rory) was so articulate, so knowledgeable, so warm, somehow, I was totally hooked. I fell in love! ;) Someone who knows so much about the lives and loves of hedgehogs surely won't be deluded about women?

Languishingfemale · 08/03/2020 10:53

I like him as well. I suspect he's desperately trying to avoid the issue (like 99.999999% of politicians) but would be surprised to find he's a TWAW believer.

Catsfriend · 08/03/2020 10:11

My family - London-based - is 100% behind Rory. They find him inclusive (he’s currently sleeping in London’s various boroughs, talking to people) and measured.

Ikeasucks · 08/03/2020 10:08

I like him.

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