Rory Stewart for Prime Minister

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I know he's recently left politics to teach at Yale but I heard him speak about the Russia - Ukraine conflict on BBC international news this morning and he spoke with such intelligence and integrity that it reminded me what it would be like to have an intelligent, competent, responsible, honest, realistic person in charge rather than the current shambles. I know everyone is waiting to see whether BJ will have his Churchill moment given the current crisis but surely one of the hallmarks of a good leader is trustworthiness?

Just to be clear, I have no political affiliations at all any more. Just generally disillusioned.

He's pretty much politically homeless though isn't he? The Tory party are now UKIP not even UKIP lite. I suspect there is an argument for a new moderate centre right party. For all those middle England Tory voters who don't want to be swimming in sewage, their countryside decimated and their money going to the uber rich. Truss and Kwarteng and their mad budget might help that along.

The problem with Rory Stewart is that he wasn't prepared to lie to the voters, he told uncomfortable truths and unfortunately the voters prefer comfortable lies.

And can you imagine, Tory party members preferred Boris Johnson over him!

If he’s not really Tory or Labour then it’s a tough gig

Ie the post where he’d vote according to the whip or lose his job

It’s great he’s so liked but he’s got to convert it

Tbf I wasn’t really interested in the Cons back then and didn’t pay much attention to him, although I like his speaking voice on R4. He really sounds like another presenter - maybe the ‘in our time’ one not sure

He’s not remotely interested in being a politician again - said it was v bad for his mental health

Maybe he’s along the same lines as David Miliband who could’ve been good but has hot footed it out of politics to a better deal

If only David's brother had supported the vote for proportional representation in 2011 when he was party leader.
PR would make it a lot easier to start a new center ground party as well as ensuring that the Tories wouldn't get 60% of the seats with 30% of the vote.