Truly an international treasure Rory's honesty is truly inspiring and liberating

@Dusty2feathers

8 күн бұрын

Is he honest?

I think Rory should join the LibDems and become their Leader. That would be a very credible centrist, even centre-right party alternative to Labour. Just imagine for a second the PMQ arguments Sir Keir could have with Rory, and how much more intellectual and capable they would be. How blessed this country would be to have genuine options and 2 people who care about actions not just words.

Integrity & intelligence, personified.

Rory’s book is really worth reading

One of the most impressive Britons of our time and a person of integrity, intelligence and compassion. Too good for party politics.

@WH-hi5ew

5 күн бұрын

I like him too but seems to be very Marmite - not least of all with KZread Reform types.

Rory always talks a lot of sense, pity the Tory party hadn’t the same values ,and sensible outlook on the issues in Britain and the world .🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Porridge. I love it. Has to be with salt not sugar. Put in some milk when it's in the bowl. Simple and wonderful. Don't mess it around. Traditional Scottish way I was raised with.

@heycidskyja4668

8 күн бұрын

No milk, that is an aberration. Just salt and water.

@Simpaulme

8 күн бұрын

Cream even better?

@qlnbd

8 күн бұрын

@@Simpaulme just milk. The less fancy porridge is the better. The ultimate comfort food. Cream is too rich. Semi skimmed does the job - although it was full fat when I was a kid. 😁

@tallowturq

7 күн бұрын

A bit of ground cinnamon on top is jolly nice.

I would have voted him if he had stood for PM

In discussions about the political system of Britain the civil service seems to me to be a special extra political party. This extra had been brought brilliantly to display by the comedy series "Yes, Minister" and "Yes, Prime Minister". The series had been broadcasted in Germany as well but we do not have this special relationship to our civil service despites its many privileges it enjoys in Germany.

Scottish independence is still a live concern in Scotland. It's just went from issue #1 for a lot of people to further down the list for more people. It still splits the country (48 against, 46 for, 6 unsure, in recent polls) and is likely to raise its head again. For now, the independence vote is split amongst parties again. That said, I think Northern Ireland is the place that is likely to leave the UK first in the coming years. I'd expect that within a decade or two, to be honest. The way to looks at these issues isn't whether they are populist in nature or not (that depends on the individual whether they are - as Rory said - trying to stick it to some elites or other, or whether they have valid concerns over the UK constitutional structure and think it unsuitable) or to howl at the Scots, Welsh and Irish who might argue for it. It's to ask whether, if support for leaving the UK has increased on three separate fronts over the last few decades, this suggests that the current constitutional structure is unfit for purpose and might be improved if changed in some manner. Until unionists can do this then the union will continue to be under threat in the coming years.

@octaviamcdougall7170

8 күн бұрын

we all want it we just have 0 hope

@aleph8888

8 күн бұрын

No UN member state is playing Russian roulette with its territorial integrity. Can Saxony have a vote to leave Germany whenever they want? The SNP’s fantasy constitutional model doesn’t exist anywhere in the world; otherwise instead of having 192 UN member states we would have 500+ UN members and spend the next 100 years dealing with civil wars all over the world. Scotland has self determination within the UK.

@terencequinn2682

7 күн бұрын

I agree with much of what you say. As a Scot of Irish heritage ( and I’m not a Catholic btw) I think a re-United Ireland is a thing that makes sense to everyone in the world except the English and thoughtless Scot’s. When it happens there will be a sea change in British politics. I hope to see it happen sooner rather than later. R Stewart is simply a Tory who is born into and benefits from the class system and establishment and will always support that system.

@Owl54321

6 күн бұрын

@@terencequinn2682I think most in England know and care little about Northern Ireland and would shrug at the prospect of a reunited Ireland. Rather than a sea change the English would be reinforced in our insularity. Scottish independence would be more of an emotional shock and have practical impacts on fishing, Navigation rights and create, rather than solve, the issue of a land border.

We need a porridge recipient book. How to make rory's porridge just right

When was this recorded? It would be nice to have that in the info! From part 1 - it seems it was on the publishing of his "Politics on the edge"

When was this recorded?

Oh, Simone Weil is also my idol.

it's one of the things that always struck me as odd (/amateurish) in British politics - that you could be a minister for farming and next year in charge of defense. In many other countries, your ministry is your *specialty* - it's that one thing you are best at. A minister for foreign affairs is a diplomat, educated and trained in diplomacy, not hospitality management (looking at you, Cleverly!).

Scottish independence is a risk for England? So was brexit a risk for EU?

He has a massive problem. If he stood for election again think of the weight of expectation on his shoulders.. Could he deliver, the world being what it is?

Open and honest, the opposite to BJ but we all see how that turned out.

Apparently his classics tutor at Eton referred to him and Boris Johnson as Brutus and Anthony. You start getting people saying pretentious things about you at Eton and then you believe in your destiny. He was always a very privileged insider much as he likes to appear a man of the people.

@carelgoodheir692

8 күн бұрын

Does he put on a "man opf the people" act? I don't see it. I see Farage acting that part. RS just comes across as himself to me. A "man of the people" walking up Monroes? It doesn't fit, does it.

@erongi233

7 күн бұрын

@@carelgoodheir692 that is a definition of the man of the people. Giving it to you as it is . I am very suspicious of these emails of support saying he would make a great PM . How do they know this ? He hardly stays in anything for 18 months. The charity in Afghanistan seems to be run by his wife. I was in the Far East for 25 years but I had to work for a living . He was playing or posing at being Lawrence of Arabia.

@EnglishRezident

7 күн бұрын

Thank you for being a voice of reason in all these comments. I find him very hard to take. I listened to his podcast for quite a while and started to find him unbearable. Answering a question he would often go "What people don't realise is ...bla-bla ... and the reason don't appreciate this is because ... bla-bla ... That really became evident to me while I was walking through the Afghan hinterland on my gap year and I wrote about this in my book ..." I could go on. He would appoint Stephen Fry as his culture minister.

@erongi233

6 күн бұрын

@@EnglishRezident bloody Afghanistan

Rory you must run for leader of the tories... and I am not a tory voter

@WH-hi5ew

5 күн бұрын

He's probably better out of it now... they have become very divided and his branch of Conservatism is out of favour in the Tory party of today... so he would only have the support of a small minority.

The global echo chamber.

I could possibly vote for Rory given his immense humanity, a very different tory proposition from the majority of and certainly Scott Benton, our last such MP.

I love Rory but I totally disagree with his financial sympathy of the elderly as NO ONE made them retire so early when they should have carried on working and saved for their future. Following generations will have to work on, most probably until they drop whilst boomer Grandma retired at 60 after having an EASY working life occasionally during 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's the lazy entitled freeloader

The guy who accepted four ministerial roles for which he knew he was totally unqualified, but accepted them and the salary anyway. Lacks all credibility. What an ego!

@WH-hi5ew

5 күн бұрын

It's a systemic problem though not really one of personality. In other countries specialists become ministers... not in the UK.

A liberal in the conservative party. People like this destroyed the Tories!

@adampeckham8541

8 күн бұрын

They all got kicked out in 2019 and were only left with the ideologues. So you can't really blame Rory and Co for the destruction of the Tory party

Rory Stewart can come out with all the thoughtful and clever answers he likes - but in the end he’s a Tory who was born into the class system which benefits him and his like and in the end he always comes down on that side. He wants capitalism, the royals, the class system and an imperialist view of British history.

Rory is incorrect about manufacturing. The UK, which ranked 7th in 2021, leapt up to become the world's 4th largest exporter in 2022 while outside the customs union and single market.

@chubbychecker5192

8 күн бұрын

source?

@belbrighton6479

6 күн бұрын

I would recommend the BBC sounds more or less podcast to give you a better understanding on this point.

This sounds like the British Law is inept, because they're doing a solipsism on every word.

@dexstewart2450

8 күн бұрын

No such thing as British Law

@willjennings7191

8 күн бұрын

@@dexstewart2450 Merlin lives.

I like him but he’s a bit of a unicorn. He’s trying to reconcile too many beliefs at adds which one another.

Rory is like Albert Speer trying to be the good German and Rory tries to be the good Tory

@WH-hi5ew

5 күн бұрын

Only if you are daft enough to draw a moral equivalence between the Tory mismanagement and lack of vision since 2010 with the Nazi 3rd Reich and the horrors of WW2 & the Holocaust. (BTW just the Russian casualties alone in WW2 were 27m... 19m of which were civilians, including millions directly as a result of Nazi starvation policies). You went further still though to draw an equivalence to the Holocaust itself.

no Rory we won't split the EU just because you want that Cherry

No, Nnorthern Ireland is not a real part of Great Britain. Its separation from Ireland is a consequence of British colonialism and mistreatment of your neighbouring country Ireland for centuries.

@aleph8888

8 күн бұрын

Northern Ireland can vote to leave the UK whenever they want. It’s not a colony.

@LarsPW

8 күн бұрын

@@aleph8888 ... and London would approve? Boris Johnson denied it to Scotland.

@garageliddiard8420

8 күн бұрын

Article 1 of the Good Friday Agreement states that the people of Northern Ireland have the right to decide their own constitutional status. But the first minister and deputy first minister have to jointly declare a referendum, meaning consensus amongst unionists and nationalists to hold it. Westminster has no power to block them if they choose to do it.

@LarsPW

8 күн бұрын

@@garageliddiard8420 ... but does "constitutional status" mean that they could leave Britain?

Nothing more than a failed politician.

This guy needs to get a real job.

@alan_davis

8 күн бұрын

@@ednorton47 Author, Journalist, Professor, Charity Director.... Sounds like you're a little jealous.

@allancrotch2953

8 күн бұрын

@@alan_davis Respect you use your real name ,But I do not think ed is jealous.Rory just has not a clue.There s no poverty in the UK.In 2012 at 56yrs old after a divorce and losing my house and business (A sole trader floor layer )and any savings.Living on job seekers and in lodgings getting the lowest benefit available ,for a single man being £10 a day to cover food heating transport to interviews phone calls stamps and with what was left luxuries .So on £70 pw with no pot to to piss in over 18 months I not only lived but saved £1000 for a deposit on a rented house .If there is poverty in the UK its because of tossers who cant budget and think benefits are to pay for phones tv and takeaways Rory is in another world.

@galoisdirac6802

8 күн бұрын

@ednorton47 Your comment shows you have never read any of his books and have zero knowledge about the man.

@carelgoodheir692

8 күн бұрын

Politics is real work. Most politicians put in longer hours than other people.

My goodness this little chap is woefully out of touch.

His voice grates 👎mr know all

@heycidskyja4668

8 күн бұрын

He does know, and has experienced, quite a lot.

@alan_davis

8 күн бұрын

Your comment grates. Mr. Know nothing.

@Roosterz443

8 күн бұрын

Mr know all? Literally his first answer is ‘I don’t know’ 😂

@erongi233

8 күн бұрын

​@@Roosterz443what use is that?

@Roosterz443

8 күн бұрын

@@erongi233 you'd rather him pretend he knows the solution to a complex issue on which he's not an expert? Moron