Rory Stewart: The Tories destroyed themselves by backing Boris Johnson and Liz Truss

Matt Chorley: “Is there not a certain amount of arrogance about how you know best?”
Rory Stewart:“Your fundamental judgement here is Liz Truss is a better person than me because she became Prime Minister.”
Rory Stewart says he is not motivated by jealousy when he criticises Boris Johnson and Liz Truss.
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[@hugolage9842]

Kudos to Rory for calling out Matt Chorley, it's just a game for these people, it's despicable.

[@christopherbritton293]

A clinical insertion of the knife and not before time. Most journalists and the mainstream media are only too keen to focus on the fireworks and ignore the important stuff in politics.

[@TooDarnSoulful]

It is called the truth, so many cannot handle it !

[@TheUrbanmeister]

@@christopherbritton293 Well put in every respect.

[@danmayberry1185]

Politics is entertaining, but it isn't for entertainment.

[@howarddavis2281]

Excellent

[@adrianclifford2545]

I'm not a Tory voter but I have a huge amount of respect for Rory Stewart. What this country lacks at the moment is integrity! Post office, NHS blood supply, Water companies, main stream Press, House of Lords, House of Commons, probably more. No integrity! A lot of love and respect to you Rory Stewart.

[@HankHill-c4l]

I completely agree with your comments, well said!

[@WM-ln4dz]

I say this as a flaming liberal: Rory Stewart is a good man. He puts others before himself, and is the embodiment of what a public servant ought to be. I've never voted conservative in my life, but I'd vote for him. The country would be better off if Rory were PM.

[@MrAoldham]

Point proved, hes not a conservative, he should never have been a conservative mp.

[@muirhead111]

I've been listening to him alot on his daily podcast, and I've found alot of respect for him. Considerate, respectful, astute, self-aware and very very well informed.

[@SL-sd3sg]

I respect Rory very much. I’d def vote for him.

[@massonman9099]

He still voted in some very harsh measures. Tory is a tory.

[@gerryparker7699]

Not voted for the Conservatives in years despite being a well above average earner. Too often looked like "terrible human beings" (as Rory says) more at home with barefaced/borderline lies and self interests than with the welfare of the vast majority of the country. Build a party round the ethics of Rory and I'd vote for him.

[@TheGibbsy13]

This interview should be mandatory for school kids to watch . If we are going to fix our political system , then we MUST start bringing moralistic values back into our politics . Rory is a TOTAL legend . Simple

[@rishispewcack5745]

Rory Stewart, is a gentleman and an honest man, quite rare in politics these days. As a life long Socialist and member of the Labour Party for over 50 years I can say that we need more people like him as politicians.

[@GlasPthalocyanine]

I'm only hanging on to my Labour Party Membership on the off chance that we can get our party back.

[@oscarmora4602]

Impressive

[@ednorton47]

When are they going to abolish private property? Will I see that in my lifetime? I have been waiting since the election of Attlee in 1945. Corbyn seemed like a step toward that goal, but then the corporatists retook control and gave us Starmer.

[@niburu1508]

The pity is he chose to be a Tory

[@rishispewcack5745]

@@niburu1508 We need men of character and principle in all political parties for the system to work. We have seen the likes Johnson, Truss and Fartage and the damage that they inflict on ordinary people's lives.

[@mystifiedaphid9295]

Rory comes across here as an honest and principled man. A pity that politics chews up people like that whilst the less desirable remain.

[@SteveB542]

We encourage politicians to be dishonest: we vote for people who pretend they have simple solutions to complex problems rather than people who tell the truth.

[@davidmitchell4885]

Rory is a man of integrity driven by his values. As such its hard for journalists to relate to him. He doesn't play the game, he follows his moral compass.

[@Nomoreanons]

I am a lifelong Labour voter but I always appreciate Rory's take on politics and life in general. I'm really glad he pushed back in this interview.

[@jla3bc]

Rory Stewart is a good, good man. The sort of person government sorely needs today - a public SERVANT who should be in government.

[@thebamfordman]

He's far too left wing for the Conservative Party; he doesn't belong there.

[@2msvalkyrie529]

er.....did he actually mention any specific policies ? I didn't hear any..!!

[@nickbrough8335]

We dont need more lefties in power in Govt. We need a lot fewer. He belongs working for a Charity doing “good deeds” to shine his halo

[@Funbundle44]

@@2msvalkyrie529 The interviewer didn't ask any questions about policies!

[@harrybarrow6222]

Generally, I have very little respect for Tory politicians, but for Rory Stewart I have huge respect.

[@manygate10]

Agree

[@edmurth]

Rory absolutely nailed it when he talked about the attitude of political journalists like Matt. The attitude that Matt and others display contributes to the corruption of our politics and democratic decline.

[@rw4754]

Loved Rory's push back.

[@eamonanthony6767]

Are you all right in the head Ed Murth your pal Rory is one of them.

[@edmurth]

@@eamonanthony6767 three days, Eamon. Three days and that’s the best you can do. If I want an equivalent debate I’ll start a conversation with my dog about it.

[@eamonanthony6767]

What I said@@edmurth says it all, he's a Bilderberger, a Satanic mason and one of the 1% er's.

[@Farweasel]

@@edmurth Ruff ?

[@minui8758]

I’m sorry but they absolutely shot themselves in the foot by not voting this guy in… his character and record are just extraordinary, the most extraordinary figure in contemporary conservative politics and they let him go… madness!

[@vivienclogger]

Honest enough to know that he might not have been a great PM. We need more of that in politics. No wonder he didn't survive in politics when he survived Afghanistan and Iraq.

[@niallmartin4098]

Absolutely! I've come to the conclusion that certainty is a good indicator of ignorance. Charisma tempered by morals is fine. Charisma without morals gives you Boris. A man who knows what to say and will say anything to further himself. Liz was less charismatic, but she only had to convince the Tory party not the country, and that just required playing to their worst natures, and she will say anything.

[@johnl7710]

No disrespect to Matt but Rory wiped the floor with him and used the truth and the value of values to do it. Bravo Rory and I am a labour voter.

[@robwhythe793]

l was a constituent of Rory Stewart's. I disliked the Tories, I would never have voted for them, or for Rory, at the time, and I hated Brexit. I emailed Rory on a number of occasions to try to persuade him him that he and Theresa May were wasting their time trying to negotiate their "soft" Brexit solution: It would annoy Remainers because it would lose us our place at the table deciding EU laws but leave us having to follow them. We would change from rule-makers to rule-takers and gain nothing. At the same time it would annoy Leavers for the same reason, but especially because it would prevent them from gaining any possible advantage from Brexit by still keeping them within the EU's orbit. Rory's response was always that he respected the referendum decision and saw it as his responsibility now to achieve the best outcome he could for the country. We batted it to and fro for a year or two. Then May's government collapsed, the leadership race followed, and Rory took the principled decision that he could not serve under Johnson's leadership - which led to him being deselected and forced to resign. I deeply respected that decision and made a point of meeting him before he stepped down, to shake his hand and to thank him for engaging with me. I called him friend, and saw the surprise on his face. I now detest the Tories, but if Rory were to stand again I'd vote for him in a heartbeat. We desperately need his principles, his sense of right and wrong, in our country's leadership, now more than ever.

[@greghill7759]

Mr Stewart has a morally justifiable perspective on his approach to working in politics which Mr Chorley seems to have difficulty understanding. Faced with a man with deeply held principles that outweigh burning ambition, his only observation appears to be: Staying in the government in order to have a chance at being P.M. may involve selling out or lying to support an incumbent P.M. but it's a price worth paying if it gets you the job. I find it ironic how I'm often ridiculed for expressing a preference for politicians to be ethical, possessed of both empathy and humility, and with a genuine sense curiosity about the World.

[@robwhythe793]

Well said, @@greghill7759. The aim of being a politician should be to do everything you can to improve the lot of the country and its citizens. So to lie, cheat, and support those who lie and cheat even better than you do in order to get to the position of power is self-defeating: Because you will do more damage getting there than you will ever be able to fix once you are.

[@philipmulville8218]

That’s a very interesting and heartening post. Thank you.

[@Cincinnatus-q4i]

"We would change from rule-makers to rule-takers" We only ever were rule-takers. The EU was - and still is - a Franco-German racket, THEY made the rules and everyone else had to follow

[@jonathanwetherell3609]

It was obvious to any one who thought about it that May was asking for that impossible compromise, well said Sir. Also there was a hidden agenda, the take over of the Conservative Party by the far right.

[@jimjam3877]

He really nailed it when he called out the media for enjoying the horse race and he did it with genuine honesty. Rory's a decent bloke, which is why he had to leave the party.

[@boreilly82]

I bloody love Rory Stewart. Such a smart guy.

[@selinanisbett5236]

I have a lot of time for Rory Stewart, so I'm going to hear him talk in Oxford later in the month. I really admire his integrity, his steadiness and his considered judgement. Far, far too good for the Conservative party.

[@westaussiejeff1547]

Matt, I don't think you recognise what Rory has achieved outside of politcs... He is no lightweight as a human being.. I think he is right to say you are too cynical.

[@jamonit7169]

So true, not many of us could "take leave from the Foreign Office" to spend two years walking across Asia. In reality he hasn't done anything tangible, he's a typical intellectual elitist with an outdoor hobby. His resume is crammed with academic qualifications and yet he's currently sharing a podcast with Alistair Campbell, (who had the gall to say his worst day in politics was hearing of the death of Prof. David Kelly) of all people. His greatest achievement was probably getting the hapless Conservative Central Office to think he was one of them and pick him, against the wishes of the local party for an ultra safe Tory seat where he treated his voters with total disdain. He's not missed!

[@Liamella23]

​@@jamonit7169even Wikipedia can show you he has tangible achievements "In late 2005, Stewart set up the Turquoise Mountain Foundation, in Afghanistan, a human development NGO established by King Charles III, and Hamid Karzai. For this role he relocated to Kabul for the next three years, working to restore historic buildings in its old city, managing its finances, installing water supply, electricity, and establishing a clinic, a school and an institute for traditional crafts. In 2021 Stewart and his family moved to Jordan for two years to work for the Turquoise Mountain Foundation, setting up a project to restore a Roman site near the Golan Heights to create employment in the area. During this time, Stewart would also be travelling to Yale University for lecture commitments."

[@danielmcleanfisher]

@@jamonit7169 you forget the time he took a photo with a black music group and tagged them as gangsters, the guy is complete freak, the foreign office spent lots of effort trying to get rid of him because he was a disaster, walking around Asia by himself is more befitting of his talents.

[@jonzu217]

@@jamonit7169 and your PM became wealthy on backing a Financial collapse, marrying into one of the world's wealthiest families and securing a safe Tory seat.

[@simac3880]

You are right. But he is more than that, I'm sure! At least, his attention to ethics. He is an annoyingly intellectual elitist - quite painfully... and I have to swallow that bit about him - but surely he's got more to him than other Tories? If all the Tories had his mindset, we'd be doing well!

[@PeterJohnsonWales]

Finally, Rory points out exactly the problem with our dysfunctional media. We'll said sir.

[@niburu1508]

It’s a great pity he chose to be a Tory,

[@Flowerwork7Seraphine]

​@@niburu1508 Many are moving to Reform

[@niburu1508]

@@Flowerwork7Seraphine can’t vote for them either then. No one to vote for.

[@Farweasel]

Which came first : 🐔or the 🍆? Dysfunctional Media or Dysfunctional Politics & *Is there a self-excitatory feedback loop between the two* ?

[@b00ts4ndc4ts]

He is a rare breed, a Tory with a conscious.

[@johnmboon]

I'm a retired exec in NZ, left leaning in the modern Overton window. Love Rory's work. I just appreciate an educated, experienced and honest political commentator of any stripe in today's wòrld of populism and fraud.

[@Tuelis97]

Agreed. The ointment to the poison of modern day populism.

[@arefsum]

Rory gives me a massive sense of deep personal integrity, which is lacking in today's politics.

[@Gillibrand65]

I’m not a Tory and never will be but I’d vote for Rory!

[@danielmcleanfisher]

It’s because he is not a Tory

[@benwilson6145]

@@danielmcleanfisher Once a Tory always a Tory, unless he's in Reform

[@kevin9sc]

Nah! Check his voting record! A 'one-nation' Tory is still a Tory! Not for me!

[@alan_davis]

​@kevin9sc you clearly don't understand how party voting works... "voting records" are meaningless because if you don't vote with your party in a whipped vote you are out.

[@alan_davis]

​@@danielmcleanfisherhe is, a tory like we used to have rather than the current right wing, verging-on-racist, culture war mob.

[@glyn6170]

A coalition of Rory Stewart's from all parties is what this country needs.

[@grahamaskham]

Never voted Tory but admire Rory Stewart. Being Prime Minister doesn't mean you are a good politician and we have had ample proof of that of late. A 'good politician' serves the country, NOT themselves and their cronies!

[@drummingtildeath]

Rory's temperament, moral compass and honesty always impresses me.

[@leighmurphy7805]

This man is a genuine legend. Crystal clear, principled and a true loss to politics. Hopefully the UK will start to value these values over empty promises, lies and downright power hungry politicians.

[@JohnScutter-s5j]

I listened to Rory Stewart when he tried to become leader of the Conservative Party, I did not understand why he was in the Conservative Party.

[@John-se3fm]

I thought the exact same thing and I was only a teenager watching it. Hoped he'd win but knew he wouldn't

[@JohnScutter-s5j]

@@John-se3fm no need to be dismissive of being a teenager.

[@John-se3fm]

@@JohnScutter-s5j Course, but it was my first time really getting into politics and didn't have much background knowledge

[@PassiveAgressive319]

Don’t rule yourself out Rory. A lot of centrist Labour voters like myself would definitely consider voting for you 🗳️🗳️

[@2401visuals]

That's kind of the problem; the current system isn't geared for someone like a Moderate Tory / doer. He would be a perfect Mayor though.

[@katrinabillings7011]

Yes! I would never vote Tory but I would vote for Rory :) There's a slogan in there somewhere!

[@TheWebstaff]

Rory as lib dem leader for me!

[@PassiveAgressive319]

@@katrinabillings7011 definately agree👏👏

[@MrAoldham]

Exactly, he is a lib dem.... should never have been conservative.

[@stuarnott]

Anyone else start tearing up at the thought of Rory losing sleep at night worrying about the country? I’m as woolly and progressive as you can get but Rory is clearly a man of integrity, and my goodness do we need people of integrity in politics. I’d vote for him in a heartbeat.

[@hisdadjames4876]

I’m tearing up now reading tribute after tribute about this man, thinking how much better things would be if he could somehow run the country for a few years. He himself is a traditionalist, but at the same time he represents the radical reset that our political system requires.

[@ScratchcardsWithScotty]

I’d Vote 🗳️ for Rory and I’m a Labour supporter ☝️

[@PassiveAgressive319]

Me too

[@scots_knight4706]

I'm a former moderate Conservative but I vowed I'd never vote for a party controlled by BoJo. I've never voted Labour but would have voted for Starmer over BoJo.

[@Myndir]

@@scots_knight4706 Same.

[@ScratchcardsWithScotty]

@@scots_knight4706 It’s a terrible shame that we have the toddlers running the country instead of the big hitters. Once a party moves away from the centre ground like Labour did under Corbyn or the conservatives have done to the right .. those parties are doomed. Rory is a big hitter and moderate conservative that should have been running the party and the country.

[@hilaryjohnson2386]

One of the few Tories that I may vote for.But none of the current rabble.

[@simjom02]

I have a lot of respect for Rory Stewart, he is a thoughtful and decent man. Never really understood why he chose to be a member of the Conservative party.

[@stevec6232]

Refreshing honesty from Rory. Thanks for having some principals

[@Frenchcrop]

Sincerity and minimal ego, what a breath of fresh air.

[@p4uli016]

Rory is the only Tory I've ever enjoyed, and still enjoy, listening to.

[@johnscott-kw3bf]

That's because he is not a Tory.

[@degaulle30]

Rorys main mistake was becoming an MP for the Tories when he did. His intellect, drive, compassion and courage were utterly wasted by an organisation I'd honestly consider to be more a criminal gang than an engine for social change, supported and steered by a membership I wouldn't offer a job in retail to never mind the opportunity to select Prime Ministers. Utter mediocrities rose to the top whilst decent people like him were purged and ignored.

[@davecap2641]

So Matt sees some one with integrity as arrogant, thats how we ended up with the horror story aka tory party. Well said Rory.

[@FireflyOnTheMoon]

And Matt is essentially saying to the rest of us - we should shut and be quiet, not run projects or podcasts, or write, because "who do we think we are"? Rory has spent much of his adult life as public figure, has been at the heart of govt, has been in the cabinet, is a foreign affairs expert, has written many best selling books, has set up his own charities and he is only 51. It says so much that the Times would say to him "you are arrogant to speak out about the ethics of political cutlure". Dismissal of his views. What does that say to young people and marginalised people who had not had the benefit of Eton and Oxbridge, English as a first language and a'traditional English, stable family'? It says "you have no right to speak, no matter how informed, caring or smart you are. We are not interested in your upstart position". Fill an O2 area with a cohort interested in in depth political discussion; Run a successful podcast on balanced poltiical and historical anaylsis and you are lambasted. I'm afraid all this says much more about Matt than it does about Rory Stewart.

[@MisterstereoOso]

Rory is incredibly intelligent/ well read & importantly, one of the most openly self aware people in public life, a true British gentleman 🇬🇧🥃🙏

[@carrington2158]

Rory Stewart is absolutely right, we need more politicians like him.

[@dorsetbigcats6292]

Wet One Nation Yellow Tories like Rory Stewart and those that supported them ARE the problem.

[@stompstomp8033]

Rory is no angel, Boris may have been his red line but he's been happy to go along with the country destroying austerity his party brought on us

[@Noel-ji8nm]

​@@stompstomp8033Remainers holding up Brexit led the Tories to appoint Johnson as leader.

[@piccalillipit9211]

the system weeds out people like him

[@serinadelmar6012]

@@Noel-ji8nm😂 such nonsense.

[@andrewjenkins7333]

Rory Stewart says he was not a very good DFID Minister but I met him professionally in Bangladesh and in 50 years in rural development in S/SE Asia he had by far the best insight and approach of any British Minister I came across.

[@andymoody8363]

When Rory was talking about not sleeping and worrying, you got a perfect insight into why people are so impressed with him. Painfully honest, intelligent, self-aware, unashamedly principled and driven by an almost nineteenth century idea of honour and public service. I like him a lot.

[@mikaham681]

If Rory was driven by the concept of public service he would have helped Boris implement Brexit rather that rally against Brexit. Boris was given a mandate by the Public when he was voted in with the biggest majority in ages, but that was not good enough for Rory, he didn't care what the public wanted. If Rory was honest, intelligent, self-aware, unashamedly principled, he would have resigned as soon as Boris was appointed PM (like Cameron) but no, he stayed around primarily in order to wreck the Brexit implementation. Rory presents as an angel but in reality is full of treachery which is the primary reason none of his associates wanted him as leader.

[@andymoody8363]

@@mikaham681 That's an interesting view, given that Stewart is vehemently against brexit and thre massive act of self-harm it represents. Johnson's 'mandate' as you call it melted away when it became apparent to everyone it was based on lies and the man himself was an utter charlatan, unfit to hold public office. Read Politics on the Edge, no one is perfect and I certainly don't agree with him on everything, I'm not a tory myself, but Rory is, I believe, driven by principle, honesty and public service.

[@mikaham681]

@@andymoody8363 Most people have an opinion on Brexit, thats fine, and thats not the point. The Point is Rory was a key person in the Conservative Party and enjoyed the support of the party during the election, resulting in him winning his seat and becoming a part the cabinet. When Boris became PM, Rory had a choice, get on board and help the PM, or resign if he could not suppert the core policy to get Brexit done. Rory chose to stay, betray Boris, ignore the Public's wishes and argue against the mandate provided to Boris and the Conservatives. He basically did his best to undermine Boris and disrupt the implementation of Brexit. Why, because he is not a team player, and he always thinks he is right. He has his own beliefs and views, which is fine, but those views are irrelevant, when you are in a team. If Rory behaved in the Army, like he did with Boris, he would have been shot! (maybe not) or at least court martialled.

[@andymoody8363]

@@mikaham681 The hilarious thing with Johnson fanboys and fangirls is that they always call him Boris, like he's a mate or something. He was a lying, narcissistic and purely self interested chancer who used brexit as a route to power, he would just as happily have used a different one had it offered an easier way to gain the tory leadership. It's clear that Stewart toed the party line for as long as he could stomach it until it became too repellent to him. Anyway, it looks like the scales have fallen from peoples eyes and in the next 10 years or so we should see the worst effects of this utterly disasterous policy reversed. You should read The Plot by Nadine Dorries, you'll love it!

[@flat6croc]

@@mikaham681 Pretty much every word of that is a feeble partisan rant. It's totally made up and doesn't remotely reflect reality. Stewart did not try to wreck Brexit. He just had a different idea of what Brexit should look like and the objective fact of the matter is that the referendum did not define exactly what sort of Brexit the nation favoured. You're entitled to disagree with the kind of Brexit Stewart favoured. But that's it. There was no 'mandate' for any particular Brexit, be it hard or soft or anything else. The only treachery here is your fuckwitted attempt to malign someone with infinitely more moral character than you possess or can remotely comprehend.

[@urasam2]

Rory Stewart - the only politician who I would trust. Honestly, it was a tragedy that he didn’t stick around, though I understand his reasons for quitting

[@Casseopia777]

Good for Rory, biting back. This man talks a lot of sense.

[@fergusmurphy8310]

Well done Rory Stewart. I think you're a man of conscience.

[@raceace]

I might not agree with all his politics but he’s a decent bloke with a genuine selflessness. He’s the antithesis of the likes of Johnson. Why is it the case that there is no place in Tory politics for someone with principles and ethics?

[@carrickrichards2457]

I listen to Stewart and I hear a principled and productive way of thinking. I cannot be the only one who is hungry for more of this.

[@achimhanne221]

13:18 To frame it another way, Rory is winning. Yes he never made PM, but compared to most of his former colleagues he's coming up smelling of roses.

[@owentill]

He was right about them and I’m proud to have been right about him before it was popular in 2019.

[@serinadelmar6012]

@@owentill personally I think it’s awful to be right about such horrific things as this and Brexit and all else. I would have preferred to be wrong.

[@TooDarnSoulful]

In your opinion, millions of other's out there.

[@SMlFFY85]

Rory is the politician we need, though not the one we deserve.

[@AnnieDehaney-Steven]

I've never backed the Tories, never will, but I've always liked Rory Stewart as the human being he appears to be. Very few modern Tories appear to have an ounce of humanity.

[@haybrain]

Same here , Rory is a thoughtful guy.

[@katrinabillings7011]

Yes! And I wanted him to be PM not Bojo!

[@a8283371]

Too much integrity for the current conservative party.

[@eileencorcoran3057]

And me x

[@AnnieDehaney-Steven]

@@a8283371 ANY integrity is too much for the current party. I never thought I'd think back fondly on Tories of the past. Still, at least the current US Republican party is worse!

[@susanpettitt713]

Boris getting rid of such people for personal gain destroyed so much .....

[@hugolage9842]

I'm from Portugal, been here 9 years kids don't even talk back in Portuguese anymore... typical centrist but really I do remember good honest Tories being trampled and kicked out. So many of them.

[@rodneyfungus8249]

Rory Stewart is not a true Tory. He should have stood for Libdems or Labour.

[@chrimbus71]

@@hugolage9842 sorry, that makes no sense

[@mez8384]

What personal gain?? They were refusing to comply with the referendum result.

[@grdfhrghrggrtwqqu]

Boris is the greatest PM the UK ever had, LOL? You believe too much labour propaganda.

[@markd1516]

The interview style here is fascinating to me. There is a quiet, thoughtful decency about Rory Stewart here (although I don't share his politics). By comparison, there is a casual-ness, a kind of sloppy, jocular character to the questioning that suggests to me that the interviewer is a shallow person. And that makes me agree with Rory Stewart (around 10 minutes in) that the media - and people like Matt Chorley - are also what has gone wrong with UK politics.

[@andrewmastrandonas5123]

I'm glad Rory Stewart hammered Matt Chorley (whoever the F he is).

[@wolfeflambe]

Yeah Matt didn’t expect him to push back on his jibes.

[@VesiustheBoneCruncher]

Old journalistic mistake, that one - they have to be driven people, and are often pushy and cynical as a result. People like Rory who can push back as well as anyone but prefer by far not to are very difficult for them to understand.

[@jonathancrawford7106]

Yep. MC really wound his neck in after that exchange! He looked like scolded child for the remainder of the interview. But he embarked on an extraordinarliy juvenile line of questioning which was insulting and designed to humiliate his guest.

[@geoffreynhill2833]

👍🤔

[@kfoley2334]

H❤❤ nh❤bhhbhhbh h❤bbh❤❤bhh❤h❤hbb❤😊❤❤​@@VesiustheBoneCruncher

[@SteveDavis-gc2pp]

Rory the best Prime Minister we're likely to never have - An outstanding man with actual integrity and intelligence

[@Marjorelle123]

Totally agree Rory.. GOP done the same aligning with 🍊

[@irefi64]

It is so refreshing to come across a person in this day and age with a smidgeon of integrity. I grieve the fact that decency has become unfashionable. The world would be a better place if we had more politicians like Rory Stewart.

[@ThePat1962]

There is no doubt he is a man of integrity and morals. What a reply, and with gusto, to the attempt to call him out as another failed politician. Nothing but respect for Rory from Ireland.

[@profdrrameshkumarbiswas1337]

Rory is that rare animal - a thinking and caring tory!

[@marvellis6762]

Austerity was the genesis. Can't gut a country and expect it to be forgotten. Johnson is a con man and Truss is an unhinged amateur

[@oitoitoi1]

farage may be next, the full on move into fascism, very worrying for the country.

[@TesterAnimal1]

@@oitoitoi1the BBC are promoting him hard now. He’s really pushing his fascism.

[@oitoitoi1]

​@@TesterAnimal1Robbie Gibb and Kuenssberg are huge fans of his, he's been on their front page every day since the election was called. His rhetoric is pure hate speech, if he wasn't white and right wing he would be under police investigation.

[@daydays12]

Cameron was responsible for austerity and Brexit - both wrong headed. An appalling Prime Minister.

[@GlasPthalocyanine]

​@@oitoitoi1 Have to disagree. I'm not sure what you think Nigel Farage represents but he's not authoritarian. Personally, I voted Remain, but the referendum highlighted the concerns that many people (across the political spectrum) have about Electoral Reform. In particular, Proportional Representation. Both Tories and Labour tell us what our key issues are (put your political priorities in order from a list of 5 key issues that we're willing to talk about ). That's not politics. It's mind control.

[@ollieisaninja]

Rory is someone I may not always agree with, but I would trust what he believes is right for the majority of us. He has profound experience of difficult situations people can face, a distinct conscience and considerate approach to politics. These are the qualities I want to vote for. Not the selfish, say anything for power types that are currently at the top of most parties in parliament today.

[@OllixTV]

I agree with Rory, here. Journalists love pulling the, "Someone could argue *blank*." And then when the interviewee challenges them on it, they shrink and say, "Well, I'm not the one saying it." Well, yes you are.

[@adam-yk6yd]

Well said.

[@denniskrust2137]

Mr Stewart will clearly never be PM because he has integrity and a conscience.

[@Fiascopia]

I wouldn't vote Tory but I'd consider him if he was my local MP for sure. Seems to have integrity.

[@tonysimons988]

Rory has real integrity and is head and shoulders above all his colleagues. It is a great pity he did not become PM.

[@MikeAG333]

Integrity? Righto. This is the guy who would have ignored a referendum result. That's integrity, is it?

[@UTubeSL]

​@MikeAG333 which referendum?

[@MikeAG333]

@@UTubeSL Are you internet point-scoring, or genuinely unaware of UK referenda over the last 10 years?

[@UTubeSL]

@MikeAG333 Hi Mike, it did seem like an obvious question but I'm not a points scorer 🙂 the reason I ask is that he was committed to leaving the EU, even if he didn't think it was a good idea. There was a GMB interview where he talked about this, for which I'll dig out the link.

[@UTubeSL]

@MikeAG333 ok it won't let me post a link, but if you search 'Rory Stewart GMB', it's the 15:06 video saying he will quit if Boris becomes PM.

[@kiriakoz]

I can't believe Rory Stewart had to explain to this journalist what he should've been able to see for himself.

[@katrinabillings7011]

Then he wouldn;t feel like a "journalist". . it's always a horse race for them.

[@greghill7759]

It was refreshing to see how Rory Stewart put Mr Chorley back in his box.

[@kiriakoz]

@@greghill7759 I honestly think most of the British media live in a bubble. It’s the main reason you have the politicians that you do… not that other countries are that far behind.

[@patriciahiggins9188]

He's not a journalist

[@kiriakoz]

@@patriciahiggins9188 there’s about 4 actual journalists in uk and there’s about 15,000 people that call themselves journalists so the odd are on your side.

[@suedaniels3389]

If only Rory had been PM our country would be in safe hands. UK has been denied a moral and honest man. First time I saw him as Prisons Minister I believed in his integrity

[@MikeAG333]

What? This chap would have ignored a referendum. How do you think that might have worked out for him? Sheesh......

[@stephfoxwell4620]

Brexit was always going to destroy the Tories. Now it has.

[@SlowhandGreg]

@@FreedomStrike76 1.25 million visas in 2023 of which 50% are dependants, if you get dependants down to 100k because your recruiting from 20 miles away you get down to 250k net migration which is what we had with FOM. Explosion in net migration another brexit benefit

[@perfectstorm7379]

Yes they allowed traitor May to destroy Brexit with the help of Bercow and others who did not want to leave. We have not got Brexit in full yet, and probably never will. How can anyone say it was a failure when it never happened the way it was supposed too.

[@spd28237]

Good

[@dorsetbigcats6292]

Indeed , but not for the reasons I suspect you mean.

[@31Blaize]

@@FreedomStrike76 Tories saved the EU from the failing UK. I'm sure they're thanking them now.

[@leo1961berlin]

I have never voted Conservative in my life but I have enormous respect for Rory Stewart. He is the voice of sanity amidst the irrationality we have been experiencing since 2016. Anybody who believes in democracy knows that a strong opposition is as essential as a strong government. The way in which the Tory Party has been driven ever farther to the extreme Right and is now already tearing itself apart is a tragedy in itself. The values that Stewart espouses and which used to be at the core of the Conservative message have disappeared into a black hole. We are all the poorer for it.

[@Msax50]

An intelligent man. Had he been valued by his party they might not be facing oblivion. I have never voted Tory and never would but once in a very blue moon someone of his caliber gives me pause for thought.

[@jkbullitt8986]

Well said, and the same goes for me! I could never that party, but for someone of integrity and love of country like this guy, I would happily spoil my ballot.

[@annacatlin]

Rory Thank you For being you at this time in our HUMAN EVOLUTION 🙏🪷🫶⚖️🕊️🪷🪷🫶⚖️🙏🪷🫶⚖️⚖️🌸

[@elennapointer701]

If I recall correctly, Rory was one of the Tories from whom Johnson took the whip, because they were the ones who still had principles and were thus more likely to argue with him. So he purged them from the party, promoted cranks and demagogues in their place and now it's time for the Conservative Party to pay the piper while Johnson enjoys his millions.

[@IggyGoesPop666]

Mad Lizzy and the clown Bojo dragged our politics down to a all time low

[@ArtyFactual_Intelligence]

And Cameron gave us austerity while May took the policemen off the streets.

[@shonagiffen4913]

Wish Rory Stewart had become the PM our country would be in a better condition !

[@mandarinandthetenrings2201]

No you would had a rough time of it. You see the UK has really sunk very low. It per capital income of it's people is now lower than that of the US States of Mississippi and that's poorest state of United State of America. To make matters worse your going have sign a humiliating trade deal with the United States.

[@clfm20]

@@mandarinandthetenrings2201Just for the record, Mississipi per capita income is approx. $46k. Uk per capita inc. is approx. $55k.

[@gerryparker7699]

@@mandarinandthetenrings2201 Indeed. Pity the Tory politicians were filled with too many con men like Borris rather than Rory Stewarts.

[@mandarinandthetenrings2201]

@@clfm20 Income of the United Kingdoms is $45K per year. But you forget you have supper high taxes so that cuts down to almost $42K per year in UK.

[@mandarinandthetenrings2201]

@@clfm20 The average house hold income in the US State of Mississippi is $46K per year and that almost with no taxes. Sorry but it not even close. Some Red States have no State income tax like Texas and Florida. Still one poorest nations G7.

[@karennewman5621]

Rory is the representative of everything that is sadly missing in modern politicians - experience, wisdom, integrity, humility, honesty, compassion....the list goes on. I agree with everything he said in this interview. How refreshing compared to the usual self serving drivel we normally get from those in power. Standards in public life have fallen to an all time low leaving our country where it now is - sinking. We need a few more like Rory.

[@dandy193]

Lets face it, it's not just the dire state of the Tories, its the dire state of Politics in Britain that needs addressing whatever the party colour.

[@equaliser2265]

Mr Stuart do not feel guilt with regard to anything, you are a diamond amid a scuttle full of coal, if every politician were like you had morals and self-esteem like you the country would be in good order, Gob bless you.

[@smoozerish]

He's right....Boris wasn't just a terrible human being but actually a bit evil as well. He fooled the British people so easily. Very sad the damage he has done.

[@daydays12]

The British people want merry prankster buffoons

[@patriciahiggins9188]

Dumb Britain

[@tomricketts7821]

Narcissists like Boris lack empathy and are mostly amoral This man would not fit in with sociopaths

[@altechuk]

@@tomricketts7821 that is the literal definition of a sociopath

[@martinlord5969]

Rory is spot on about journalism in the UK.

[@Claymore5]

Well done Rory for standing up to Matt over some rather embarrassingly amateurish and churlish questioning - what many people in the media forget is that some people really do have principles and it's not a game - this affects peoples lives.

[@EmperorsNewWardrobe]

9:59 This part was like a speech written in a movie. So well said and so illuminating.

[@StringaBell17]

One of the only honourable tories or politicians at all. What a guy.

[@oitoitoi1]

one of the only honourable politicians on the right, plenty still in the centre and on the left.

[@Noel-ji8nm]

​@@oitoitoi1That thinking led to the Tories winning a huge majority.

[@oitoitoi1]

​@@Noel-ji8nmexcept it didn't. many in the country didn't recognise the conmen for what they were, and look at the disaster that turned into, for the country and for them.

[@Noel-ji8nm]

@@oitoitoi1 You mean the con men that led the Remain campaign.

[@galacticambitions1277]

One of the few politicians I genuinely believe in.

[@MIke-m1c8k]

Rory Stewart is correct in all he says, In my opinion. We all see these thing every day on TV, the internet and in the press. Both Truss and Johnson were already known as dishonest, completely without morals and incompetents. They both reached the highest office. Our own perceptions are completely skewed by propaganda and misreporting. The information we receive is controlled and manipulative. I pays to be very sceptical and to think critically.

[@stevelondonse23]

Never voted tory. Would unquestionably vote for Rory Stewart, an intelligent, responsible and humble man.

[@JP-lz3vk]

Rory is too self-aware to be a Tory PM.

[@TooDarnSoulful]

Too left wing too. A born Lib Dem, like Cameron they hijacked the tory party and have destroyed from within, their job is done.

[@michaelwallden7261]

Dont belive so politics need PM like that U need people around him giving him the sides he have problem with That is the key in leadarship

[@davidk7262]

I am an avid listener of TRIP and I spend half of my time when listening saying to myself....how was he ever a Tory?

[@michaelwallden7261]

@@davidk7262 elected I belive

[@seanoconnor8843]

@@davidk7262 they have a seductive, self confident, intelligent manner but they frame things in their own ways just like everyone. Keep them at arms length is my thought

[@robynnnthegreat2185]

Absolutely respect Rory Stewart. I am not a tory and never would be.

[@TheAegisClaw]

Rory seems a good man. I don't agree with his principles, but I can understand them. Unsurprising that a principles man feels he can't work with the current Tory party.

[@JP-lz3vk]

I think his principles are fine. His policies and his big ideas are different from what I'd like. He was and is spot on about Cameron, May, Johnson, Truss and Sunak. The Tory party has become a party of personalities not principles since Thatcher.

[@tom5216]

Point is that he couldn’t work with them so he left. A loss to all of us.

[@carnivaltym]

As an outsider, a left leaning Kiwi, this interview was my first look at Rory Stewart. I must say, and I mean this as a compliment, Mr Stewart is a very dangerous man.

[@Peter-ov6xh]

That's interesting. I agree. Why do you think he's dangerous?

[@carnivaltym]

@Peter-ov6xh Because his self depreciating demeanour and obvious sincerity will prove very popular in a post Trump/Johnson era....which makes him a Trojan horse for the purpetuation of "conserative" policies.

[@joinjeremy]

Imagine if we had a PM up in the middle of the night questioning whether their decisions were the correct and moral ones? Imagine.

[@bc5295]

Well done Rory for calling out the the hypocrisy of the likes of Chorley.

[@stevegrim]

I think a great many Tory MPs sleep VERY well at night because they've made a LOT of money and don't care one little bit how many people were hurt by them doing so.

[@margaretmcnamee6411]

These comments by Matt Chorley shows his cynicism.

[@lisakelman6501]

And his jealousy. Weird line of questioning.

[@jkbullitt8986]

But to be fair, it was Chorley's questioning that teased out the deeper nature of Stewart, his values, and motivations. And Chorley also held a mirror up to the cynicism and 'entertainment value' that is par for the course for nearly all political journalists. Kudos to Chorley in this respect!

[@billybungle1757]

Matt's like a cheap tabloid hack, could imagine him hanging around outside public toilets waiting to snap a photo of George Micheal back in the day ... got himself shredded by Rory.

[@stevekershaw3893]

Rory Stewart, a great example of honesty, integrity and intellect, all that is missing in politics today.

[@Aussiemarco]

Rory describing Ministers vs the Civil Service sounded exactly like “Yes, Minister”. That show was definitely more reality show than sitcom, and years ahead of its time.

[@oitoitoi1]

Stewart is completely correct about journalists. Far too many are completely reliant on cosy relationships with politicians, to the point that they make preserving those everything, and scrutinising them is long forgotten. The Times and Telegraph are particularly bad at this, and Kuenssberg at the BBC is possibly worst of all. They lose all sense of values or moral reality in the pursuit of furthering their careers. We end up with the likes of farage and johnson as a result.

[@GlasPthalocyanine]

Wait. What? I get what you're saying about Johnson but at what point did Nigel Farage ever have journalists on his side?

[@christinewannell9667]

Finally an I review worth watching. Rory our country desperately needs you. You are honest and inspirational and you can change things for the better!

[@Martin36544]

Rory Stewart is 100% right. The media need to start taking their responsibility to the public more seriously. Kuensberg is a great example, tickled Johnson’s and Truss’s tummy’s whilst they were in power. Then had the cheek to make a 4 part documentary about how terrible they all were! Kept her mouth shut when it mattered

[@allip4226]

Exactly. And The Times now bemoans the state of the country after cheering the Tories on for decades.

[@friedaelizabethchorlton8654]

Rory you are a good man. You have integrity , honesty and compassion and I am glad people like you still exist.

[@TheDaveCalaz]

I'm far from a Tory but I'd vote for Rory 100 times over Boris or Liz or Rishi. This interview is crazy. The interviewer treated Rory with so much disrespect.

[@carelgoodheir692]

I thought the interviewer did quite a good job of prodding Rory. Would he have given that good account of the problems that come from journalists having too much interest in who wins the leadership without that?

[@brianpickrell2477]

He needled him quite a bit, but he was much more courteous than I expected when Stewart began to push back.

[@gburns671]

Well a rare Tory with values, still wouldn't have voted for him, but respect what seems to be genuine honesty.