The Critic Profile Rory Stewart

The cerebral Old Etonian podcaster might be a deep thinker and was possibly even a spy but he lacks the substance to be a great political leader

IN DARK TIMES, MAN NATURALLY seeks a saviour. We need guidance from the murky waters we have wandered into. In dark times for Britain, many of our fellow citizens have sought such guidance from the podcast The Rest is Politics — and, more specifically, from its cerebral host Rory Stewart. Rory Stewart is a very serious man. Reading his memoir about his time in Parliament, Politics on the Edge, you almost find yourself worrying for him. How does he make it through the day? Deciding whether to boil or fry his morning eggs alone must reduce him to agonised introspection — and that is before he starts to think about Afghanistan, populism and whether his co-host Alastair Campbell is going to tweet something heinous and get their podcast summarily cancelled.…

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The Critic (Digital) - 1 Issue, November 2023

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