Boris Johnson's Abuses of Power | Rory Stewart | Interview
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2019
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‘If Boris pulls off this miracle of getting a new deal out of Brussels and through parliament by the 31st of October, I’ll resign.’
In this exclusive interview Conservative party leadership candidate Rory Stewart speaks out on Boris Johnson’s ‘abuses of power’, the influence of Dominic Cummings, and whether the Prime Minister will get a new Brexit deal or be forced to resign.
Rory Stewart opens up about the psychological impact of having the whip removed, the disintegration of the traditional political environment, and the profound constitutional faults that are being uncovered through the Brexit deadlock and prorogation of parliament.
Rory Stewart: Conservative party leadership candidate Rory Stewart was one of 21 anti no-deal rebels to be purged from the party on 3rd September 2019. The former Secretary of State for International Development under Theresa May is now an independent politician and champion of the fight against a No Deal Brexit.
Emma Barnett: Rory Stewart is interviewed by the journalist Emma Barnett, who regularly presents BBC's Newsnight, Radio 5 Live, and Woman's Hour.
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He speaks very well and is probably a very capable politician. I had it heard of him before the leadership election. Ut I don't know where he can go from here. He is wasted and dits a shame.
Intelligent , widely travelled , multilingual , empathetic . Evidently unsuitable as a Tory MP let alone PM
Well he hasn’t done anything wrong, so you can’t blackmail him. No terrible sin, no blackmail, no control!!
Voted the party line so no free school meals-your kids can go hungry St Rory couldnt care less-plus landlord controls,too many mps/party donors to upset there etc etc.Why is there always a need to find a cuddly Con.?Probably because a lot of the media-Oxbridge/private schools-Eton in his case-see themselves in him.Faker basically and no we do not want him back in politics,no more Eton poshboys fxxing things up for the rest of us!
Rory is the conservative, and would make an excellent PM, it’s the Conservative party that no longer lives by conservative values.
Sad but true. 😢 Good to see his success on the podcast instead and, who knows, maybe one day of the UK gets it’s senses back he could end up as PM.
I’ve been a labour supporter my entire political life, 50 years and counting,
Born and bred red one might say. But I learned in my youth whilst my rebellious nature ,I thought would be good for the country, far left politics will never,quite rightly will never win an election,I could never imagine voting conservative ,but this man’s honesty has rocked my world, and if he were leader I would have voted for him over Corbin everyday of the week,I prayed at the last election for a hung parliament, and Johnson would slink away back to the sewer whence he came
I wish more people would appreciate the value of having sincere ,empathetic , honest ,sensible ,mature ,respectful people with integrity, represent them in the parliament of this land . Surely ,that is the least we should expect . It's what many far more " lowly" jobs would be looking for as a baseline. Rory , would get my vote but instead we have voted in a number of self serving con artists to whom empathy is a mysterious concept and honesty and respect are words which should have "dis" in front of them . We need to insist that the behaviour of each constituency MP meets these minimum standards if they wish to be elected and that they will be de-selected if they let these standards fall .
The best PM we never had.
If he had been, I suspect we wouldn't be deep in the mire as we are today.
Well, I'd likely have been his Cummings. I'd laid the foundations of his work in Afghanistan.
@@JelMain He seems a very thoughtful and sincere man.
@@nickbarton3191 I was at Rory's side shortly before this happened, he's telling the truth. I've a decent share of a Nobel Peace Prize, and may be Cummings' original "weirdo and misfit" - but there's no way I'll deal with politics now. Both sides have turned it into radical autocracy, nobody's interested in the centre ground. What's about to head our way is a massive wave of falsehoods, as the election campaign starts, buying votes.
I've set up two small parties in my time, Paul Judge's Jury Team, and the local administration in the Brussels borough of Watermael.
At 24 minutes Rory nailed it. He is an awful loss to British politics. He is testimony to how the party machine thinks. It wants a leader that it can control. Not a leader the the people need.
Mister Stewart needs to be employed as an independent advisor on political programmes. Very few elected officials could face him down politically.
Back then without admitting it, Rory has said we now live in a dictatorship. There is no way this can be considered a democracy.
I could listen to this man talk all day and be perfectly content and happy u til the end of my time . This individual man gives one hope.
One of the few politicians that I hold in respect. I have and never will vote Conservative.
Always respected Stewart
Me too Roy.
I’ve been labour all my life I think Rory Is such a great guy and possibly more labour than he knows certainly more so than Starmer I’d vote for Rory love the rest is politics podcast too
Rory's observations are even more relevant when one looks at the current state of the Conservatives and their liar-in-chief.
This man is of impeccable background to qualify him as a professional politician in the presently-accepted mode - ancient family connections, Eton, Oxford [ Balliol no less ! ] and a degree in PPE. His sincerity is clear. In my view the essential qualities required to be a successful politician - the ability to lie convincingly, to cheat when you have to, and to bully those who oppose you, are all lacking. I can see why he is having some difficulty in deciding what to do next.
Then why did he, continually, vote the way he did?
Come on, wake up and see through the charade...
He's been placed there, to seem nice and reasonable, when there is nothing reasonable about his voting record, at all.
This talk has aged like a fine wine. Everything Rory Stewart said turned out to be bang on! His sacking for not agreeing with Boris pinpoints the moment when Parliament is prepared for an autocracy. Its very name has its roots in being free to debate matters for the good of the country, not to please your donors or your political ambition
I'm Italian and totally agree with him about Berlusconi.
I like this guy. He was portrayed as the nut job by the media, but he speaks more sense than most politicians. It's a pity that he was drummed out.
I find myself fascinated by this guy. A Tory, yet so honest, so empathic, so principled ! I guess that’s what Boris threw him out !
Boris threw him out because he is a venal narcissist... Now the ultimate Mr Hindsight... Parvenu...
Jasmine Luxemburg oh yeah that’s why he’s stabbing Boris in the back now , he’s a scumbag little chancer. Honest my arse!🤣
Luxemburg, you need to read more.
Jasmine Luxemburg I agree 👍
@@kaycamille1544 Honest my arse to you! There is a a putrid ditch in Westminster with a sign on it: "Here lied Boris the backstabbing, scumbag, chancer. There put that right for you.
He actually is one of the very few very thoughtful, honorable now ex-conservative.
Of course he isn't.
He's a smarmy rat with an appalling voting record.
His idea about the citizens counsel to decide Brexit sounds intriguing and building rental/social housing is so obviously needed, but I didn't yet check his voting record which is always where you find the truth and get that let down 'oh well, just another tory, smart enough to put us all on but just as duplicitous as usual"..I hope, but do not expect, to be pleasantly surprised, we will see.
EDIT - so I looked at his voting record and it's shocking, he is another one that wants to cut everything for the sick and needy and fund tax cuts for businesses with the money saved. Disgusting con artist.
Thank goodness they didn't disable comments. Just wanted to say how wonderful to see how people losing power react. They don't like it do they. Unfortunately they were abusing it and so they have to sit in the shed.
Rory is clearly a normal person who favors the rightwing. But he hasn't gone mad. Unlike Boris and his friends. Who has gone completely off the rails!
What did Rory Stewart say about austerity? nothing, he voted for it.
What did Rory Stewart say about cutting womens pensions? Nothing, he voted for it.
What did Rory Stewart say about a government responsible for killing many times more of its own citizens via economic policy than General Pinochet managed in Chile? nothing, he was a part of it.
This man should be derided and ignored by any decent minded person of this nation who is capable of an ounce of critical thought and is sick to the back teeth of repeating the same mistakes while expecting a different result.
Why is it going off the rails to honour the vote to Leave the political bureaucracy of the EU? Please explain.
@@mogznwaz Because..Something ...Something...Nazi's!!
or some other swivel eyed nonsense I suspect...
martin corderoy How fucking sad is it that lunatics like you can say, with a straight face, that an obviously conservative man is a communist because he hasn’t gone completely mental.
I'd say Rory lies on the right but more towards the centre. Rory is a smart analytical indivual educated in economics, and actually knows the catastrophe of no deal. Boris has gone "off the rails" by lying and breaking the law trying to get his agenda through.
Reading many of the comments below saddens me. They reflect the very sort of rhetoric that are ripping this country apart and is at the core of what he is speaking against. You don't have to agree with him, and I certainly have some fundamental issues with some of his political views, but if you can't show some common decency then it is best for everyone you say nothing.
Philip Wells I totally agree. Our country is in the grip of a sort of some of temporary insanity. The good men who are required to prevent evil from triumph are regrettably largely silent and the country continues its sleepwalk to insignificance. Rory Stewart is the leader that the tories really needed but didn’t get.
I fink the comments is O-fuckin'-K. About wot this stinkin' Parliament is worth.
Yes just sit there and say nothing and let them walk all over you.
Get out of the sermon box idiot
I’ve literally just been typing a comment very similar. I in-fact had used words like common decency. Mr Stewart speaks in moderacy which has seemingly died in our politics.
Think for a second the difference it would make if someone like him was running the Labour Party at this moment. The whole landscape would be different.
As for Labour, what exactly is it that you don't like about the policies Corbyn via Labour is offering, one of which is explained here by an american Harvard educated economist:
ua-cam.com/video/6DNofdU4tSE/v-deo.html
@@Nine-Signs Everything....
Am reading his book about walking through Afghanistan. Fascinating. He’s a compelling, brilliant chap!
Kick the neoliberals out of all parties and institutions. The conservative party is no longer the party it used to be and it is obvious that it is now a neoliberal lead organisation. And there is absolutely nothing moderate about neoliberalism.
We are trying our best... Which is why we are able to offer things like this:
ua-cam.com/video/6DNofdU4tSE/v-deo.html
But we have a ways to go.
"Tories no longer the Party it used to be" ? You mean BEFORE Thatcher ? The party has been a slave to Neoliberalism ever since Thatcher & Reagan cosied up.
Some UK citizens, (including 'Alfred Munkenbeck', who has also posted a reply herein to 'anicetune') clearly believe that Parliamentary democracy is the be-all and end-all of UK democracy. IT IS NOT!
DIRECT DEMOCRACY, which is the purest form of the Will of the People (as, for example, was expressed in the 2016 referendum), SUPERSEDES Parliamentary democracy. It is extremely rarely applied, usually in matters of the highest importance. It should have been applied in 1973, before Ted Heath criminally and ILLEGALLY bulldozed the UK into the EU (EEC/Common Market back then).
Boris is, quite correctly, doing his utmost, in the face of disgracefully undemocratic resistance, to obey the DIRECT DEMOCRATIC Will of the People.
If she believes in Pariament then she should have faced the people in a generalelection weeks ago time she stopped crying and got on with making the whole UK great again. Roll on brexit and leaving under fair WTO terms which allow trade with the EU to flow and has been proven to work as they use it for world trade out side the EU area. Futher proof that WTO works is our world trade under these terms has been bigger than our EU trade since 2009.
Er. .... No.
Ermmm have you ever done much reading on the history of direct democracy? You seemed to have ignored the centuries of debate on this topic, which is mainly agreeing that direct democracy requires too much participation from the average citizen, and will end up as either uniformed people making decisions, or being highjacked by populist leaders, or most likely, both. Representative democracy was the solution to this problem, as although the people get the ultimate say every election (thus ensuring that those seeking re-election must reflect the public will) the people do not get the say on each decision. Direct democracy maybe 'pure' but it's by no means agreed to be the best way of making decisions.
Simple question, What did he expect? I have always voted since the early 80's & am reluctantly reaching the conclusion that our system is so removed from being a democracy that i've been wasting (an admittedly small amount of) my time.
He still thinks Britain is a democracy.
@@benwilson6145 For people of his status/background it may be, but the vast majority of people who don't have his power and connections the government have no input into government or Parliament actions/discussions. How many of us have MPS who never respond to communications or misrepresent they appeals for assistance - it's a sham democracy and we just get a choice of which muppet to put on stage.
Clearly one of the “good guys”. Agree or disagree with his view but this is a guy with integrity
I agree,he is the acceptable face of a Tory..
I'd be more impressed by his 'integrity' if he hadn't stood on a manifesto that directly conflicts with his position on Brexit.
@@robinhard111 well that goes for the Government too.
@@paulritchie5868
He stood for the leadership, lost and disagreed with that result.
Also went against the result of the referendum as the country voted wrong.
Guess he thinks there should always be another vote
If you'd seen his voting record you'd think differently. theyworkforyou.com/mp/24964/rory_stewart/penrith_and_the_border/votes
As somebody from outside of the UK. This one of the few UK politicans I can respect. The reason is that he is grounded and thinks before speaking. Also he takes into account all views and makes compromisses. This is how democracy works and the UK should have more of his kind.
he nothing more than a traitor ... he turned his back on the people of Britain .... just because he has animosity to Boris Johnson ...thank god that scumbag is gone
@Brexit Monger Yes it is about opposing each other and then find a compromise. We have this situation in germany often with our multi party system. It is simply not possible to ignore half of the voters (the direction doesn't matter).
And he would stand for this approche.
Without a compromise the country will be divded for a very long time, I would guess more then 10 years and less thn 50.
What currently happens is dangerous. The UK has a PM that speaks on the speach to his party about bringing the country together.
The day after, over statet, he shits 48% of the voters in the frontyard by suspending parlament. Is is legal, yes and it seems to be common. Is is nessesary and/or senisble , hell no. There was no need to deepen the divide.
@Brexit Monger First of all Brexit is not only a Britisch issue. Yes you have to vote and you have done it, accepted. But giving a hint that an approche is maybe not a good idea should be allowed and is allowed for everyone.
That there comes a reference to war when I indicate where I am from was certain. Somehow a lot of you are really obsessed with the wars.
@martin corderoy I aggree to your explaination mostly. This is how it works in germany. The AfD is a bit of a special subject since they are so hard right wing that they are quiet near to be not allowed in germany (since they not distance themself from the extreme right and even go fishing for votes over there). (for good reasons the far right is not allowed) But how they are handled by the other partys is not good as well. But I think that is a complett own and lengthy discussion.
To the orginal point is a bit different. As far as I could see from the outside, it is not so much about partys in the UK since the major partys also split internaly about the brexit question.
I think for all politics it is really importent to act sencitiv in this question. They should avoid deepening the division in the country. And it would be fine to wait for the queens speach until November. There is no need to do this and risk deeper devided country. It is simply not a good idea.
@@maddwarf7976 AfD hard right wing...check your compass m8, think for yourself for a change.
What makes a party right wing, given only a few decades ago the position the AfD currently holds was dead center and well established?
Does the definition suddenly change because:
1) special interest owned media says so over and over while robbing you blind?
2) those wanting a communist style EUSSR make sure you get fined or incarcerated if you do not support their notions?
3) they are right of Stalin/Mao/Hitler (yes he was far left by any definition, hence similar outcomes to others on this list).
The point is that calling AfD right wing is displaying a horrific lack of knowledge, both historical as well as what is going on these days.
Burn all your existing news sources, learn and become human again, for as currently you are just a wooden puppet with a vote...which makes you dangerous in the wrong hands.
When i was a young man you had local candidates who stood for local Elections and once elected they moved up to be elected as an MP . They would then if elected sit in parliament and vote in accordance with their constituencies . The debating had been carried out at grass root level their job was to help push it through Parliament . This is called democracy . That MP has had his vote the same as you or I .They do not get another bite of the Cherry .Boris is attempting to carry out the Democratic wish of the country. The abuse comes from the MPs who ignore their constituency and the democratic vote . Parliament has tied the hands of the elected government that is ABUSE OF POWER .
Movenpick - Sea Fun Divers the democratic view is still to leave . The vote still stands , we should have left 29 th March .
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Is it really a democratic country, the Union, the United Kingdom? Both Scotland and Northern Ireland have prospered by belonging to the EU and they overwhelmingly voted to Remain, as well as the wealthy and well-educated English cities.
As Scotland and NIreland find their prosperity has benefitted by belonging to the EU, perhaps it is time now to dismantle the Union, the United Kingdom. (I wonder if there are any available Stuart heirs willing to take up the Scottish crown?)
In the end, the numbers between Leave and Remain were close, the reasons dishonest, and, as has been proven, the Leave campaign was heavily influenced by mischief aimed at breaking up the EU.
Is that honestly your best definition of Democracy?
michelle stein-evers frankl That’s like saying Hampshire voted to leave ! Or Liverpool voted to leave , It is called The United Kingdom as one .
michelle stein-evers frankl What you are saying is that those states in the USA that Trump did not win should be able to have their own President , No democracy is carried out and he is the President of the USA . United Kingdom is no different, a democratic vote needs to be carried out . Scotland had a referendum and voted to stay in the U.K.
@Movenpick - Sea Fun Divers Absolutely
A pleasant public school Tory, but a Tory. He had no chance of becoming their leader. Back in the Thatcher days he would be a Wet.
Craig Walsh He look more like a wet rat. He’s a. Right plum.
What childish thing to say re Tory
That's insulting water.
Poor lad - almost seems like he didn't realise he was in the nasty party until now.
That's odd, I didn't think he was in the labour - antisemetic - party......
@@jimgoodwin6294 poor argument
@@jimgoodwin6294 Did you smoke that Daily Mail again mate?
@@ray-wm7yd OK -
The party that turned a blind eye to industrialised child abuse in Rotherham, The party that stood back and watched 1200 die in Stafford hospital.
The party that thinks it OK to cosy up to terrorists.
The party who has stood by and watch London disappear down the plughole.
The party who's chancellor suggests lynching an opposition MP.
The Party that lies about old Tory Mp's involvement with pedo rings.
The party that hates Jewish folk...
The party that hates everything to do with Britain.
In Fact the party that hates everything and everybody.....!
@@WestfaliaStuff No, the evidence is for all to see and hear on the internet..
Live footage doesn't lie....!
He speaks common sense unlike that Clown BoJo who has wrecked the ‘Great’ in Great Britain 🇬🇧 Rorys father would be extremely proud greetings from Scotland
What a wonderfully fair, articulate, caring, self-aware and perceptive man. If only he had won the Tory leadership campaign...
@martin corderoy We'll have to politely agree to disagree on that one. I personally feel that very few people would vote for the Brexit Party now; the initial buzz has died down and from multiple recent polls it appears that the majority of people appear to be more centrist having become aware of how much the Leave campaign misled people. Regardless, certainly most people do not appear to want to leave the EU without a deal (nothing to do with leaving or remaining, simpy that the majority do not like the idea of leaving without a deal). Personally, I don't see Rory Stewart or any of the rebel MPs as "left wing"... I see the present leadership being as far right as Corbyn is far left and should there be an election in your country in the reasonably near future I predict the Liberal Democrats will do very well but there will almost certainly be a hung parliament ultimately. Back to Rory Stewart... it truly wouldn't shock me if in times to come he returns to the Tory party and does in fact ultimately lead it one day. I think he's a very astute man and is playing for time. Jmo.
@@BackontheBayou Rory and the others all don't grasp what peple voted for. Boris is the only one with a pair of balls.
Rory personally lied about me in his book from where I met him in Iraq.
If he is willing to lie in that type of scenario goodness knows what else someone like him would do.
Don't allow the accent and tone cloud your judgement. Rory like most other MP's will see what they get at next election.
Labour finished...lib dems finished...
I hope Anne Marie Waters and others similar allow us get get back to look after number 1
If he were self- aware ..he wouldn't have entered the Tory Leader Derby.
He obviously doesn't learn from his previous mortifications ....he's having a go at the London Mayor job now.
He obviously likes dressing up... cf. his Lawrence of Arabia parody ..... Rory of Afghanistan.
Maybe that's the attraction.... a feathery cocked hat and bling.
@@garyteeley8351 Firstly, I am sorry that this happened to you, genuinely. Clearly you don't like people who lie about and to people and so you will also understand the distate a vast number of people have for Boris, who has lied from the start of the Leave Campaign and continues to do so. I have to respectfully disagree with you about Boris having "a pair of balls"... a man who runs away in Luxembourg from 50 OAPs holding pro-Remain signs doesn't strike me as someone with "balls"! I feel the next election will, in a great sense be a "leave"/"remain" situation again and this is why I think the Lib Dems will do well. You may find this an odd comment coming from me,but I actually like Anne Marie Waters very much and many of her ideas are very sensible. I don't agree with everything she says, but she isn't part of the "Westminster Bubble" and to me that is refreshing.
@@philmcdonald4778 I think the attraction is that in the opinion of many people he is one of the most charismatic politicians that the UK country has produced in a long time and by some means or other, I reckon he will be Prime Minister one day, and he will serve several terms. I know you will disagree with me here and that's fine... I especially appreciate you simply voicing your opinion without personally attacking me for my own opinions as some have done, so thank you for that, Phil. :)
We need a written constitution stat an unwritten constitution is too easy to abuse.
No he’s honouring a democratic vote by the British people.
The will of the people must be upheld, the voice of the people is supreme in any so-called democracy
When did the UK people vote for mass third world immigration?
Articulate, empathetic, insightful and intelligent. No wonder the vitriol being spouted by the commentators below. He’s just not their type.
And too qualified to boot. Makes the unemployables feel insecure.
@martin corderoy except mogg gives the deeply distinct impression that he's playing a game , created an image and is sinister
Rory is another silver tongued centrist making you think he is a reasonable person due to a calm demeanor and a decent vocabulary.
What did Rory Stewart say about austerity? nothing, he voted for it.
What did Rory Stewart say about cutting womens pensions? Nothing, he voted for it.
What did Rory Stewart say about a government responsible for killing many times more of its own citizens via economic policy than General Pinochet managed in Chile? nothing, he was a part of it.
This man should be derided and ignored by any decent minded person of this nation who is capable of an ounce of critical thought and is sick to the back teeth of repeating the same mistakes while expecting a different result, instead, you naively applaud him and wonder why the nation is as screwed as it is.
Thank you for offering a glimmer of hope in an otherwise miserable and disheartening comment section.
@@tomd9819 If that was at me I thank you, if at another I am sure they are appreciative.
You mean his abuse of the term " democracy."
Well the politicians let us believe we had one while it suited them. Then they told us we had a "parliamentary democracy" - as in they have democracy at our expense and Amber Rudd explained that meant superior beings like her should be able to "interpret" democracy for us - as in "out" means "in".
@Phil Weatherley People were invited to vote in a referendum.
They were told their vote would be recognised and acted upon.
They were reassured the result would not just be treated as advisory.
Then, when the outcome was not as the establishment wanted, or expected, all that changed.
They were duped, in other words.
Of course they will be angry, especially after 40 years of being stuck with a political system with no real economic choice and endless wars etc..
What on earth would you expect otherwise?
You couldn't imagine Rory telephoning donors for wallpaper and a refurbishment while hundreds were dying from pandemic. If Boris hadn't promised brexit, not many would have voted fof him, but he obviously promised lots of jobs to lots of people, and had the largest amount of ministers and advisors.
Go Rory Rory Rory!!! Not a Tory.
He left the Conservatives when they became the Clownservatives.
Can you please specify when this very interesting interview was recorded? It is relevant to some of the answers in this fast moving environment...
I’m halfway through and still haven’t heard abuses of power just whining about not being employed anymore
Being an MP in Government in the UK is like being a player in a very badly managed football team. If you are a team player it must be very frustrating indeed
This is one of the moments in which I wish for a more fare political system than the partisan, i.e. "proportional representation".
Conservatism is an appealing idea for safeguarding stability should the wealth being conserved is used for promoting the country's growth.
I have never vote for a conservatory party though both when I was in Greece, where I was born, and while living in UK as a British Citizen via Naturalisation since 1983. I've seen in both countries the abuse of the idea to conserve in a way that what wealth is getting stored in the government's coffers in order to benefit the public, in fact gets abused and channeled to the ones in power and those who are already wealthy.
This is my reason for disliking the idealistic partisan politics
Rory Stuart is a very charismatic open minded deeply knowledgeable and truly democratic politician. I would without hesitation put my vote for Rory should we had a proportional representation political system.
In my opinion every country needs people like Rory Stuart democratically appointed to run their civil service in a way that safeguards and benefits its citizens.
18:40 Poor old Rory. If only he'd won he woulda done all the things that Tories despise, and he would never have voted for all those spiteful Gideonomic policies. Yeah, time after time.
Nope, still a Tory. Pretty good at lying.
If he had of won he would have done squat compared to what is actually needed. There is not a Tory alive that will change the systems around us to favour the working majority over the wealthy minority.
Ask yourself, over the years what did Rory Stewart say about austerity? nothing, he voted for it.
What did Rory Stewart say about cutting womens pensions? Nothing, he voted for it.
What did Rory Stewart say about a government responsible for killing many times more of its own citizens via economic policy than General Pinochet managed in Chile? nothing, he was a part of it.
This man should be derided and ignored by any decent minded person of this nation who is capable of an ounce of critical thought and is sick to the back teeth of repeating the same mistakes while expecting a different result.
He's never denied being a Tory. Never known him to lie either. Lying is actually very rare in politicians. Evade yes, lie no. Anyone who says all politicians are liars usually say that to justify voting for one they know to be a liar.
@@Nine-Signs Certainly seems that way to me. And the oil money just seems to flow that way, for some reason.
Is this the best we can do as a country, what absolute tosh he spouts, who the hell put him up as an MP, hang your heads in shame and he hasnt a snowflakes hope in hell of becoming the Mayor of London,
The problem in this country is a lot of the centre ground doesn't vote.
Britain needs to outsource it's politicians and especially the PM!
Parliament is doing its job . It is struggling thou but it's all that stands between us and fascism
These goofy kids should work in construction first, before being able to decide what is best for the plebs' .
But does Bo Jo understands this than?
@@m.a.b.devos-elsenaar7964 Bo-jo is one of those who could have benefited from some hard labor for little money . Tory leaders seem to stumble right into one well paid job after another, without having time to remove their school tie.
More workers into parliament and government, with term limits and rotation! Out with the financial elite which wants to divide and conquer the working class by pushing Brexit and diaunity!
@@elitav5491 - look at the labour party then? They must be grafters surely?
@@spiritualanarchist8162 i dont remember corbyn putting in shirts down the pit
So now , in 2024 , we can all see what a huge mistake no-deal Brexit was .
A gardener needs to come in, burn down the shed, knock down the house and start tending to the neglected garden!
About one minute in he says that he is "not an MP anymore".
Does he mean "not a Conservative MP anymore"?
Is he still drawing an MP's salary, expenses etc.?
Is there an imminent bye-election for Penrith and the Border?
Of course he's still an MP. These bustards never stand down. Boris's abuse of power? I would call it an abuse of power if someone like Rory Stewart remains an MP while repudiating the party and the manifesto which got him elected.
Yes, but what the little rat doesn't say, is that he's standing for Mayor of London.
A pain in the arse if that helps.
David Lee that’s what Rory Stuart is Aswell or were you on about him the first time around
Why should Boris resign because of the court decision? The decision was wrong.
Long time ago, i said to myself, once we leave the EU i sit listen to Rory talk. And it came true now and it is not bad. Eddie Redmayne will play you in a film.
HE IS MY LOCAL MP. ANOTHER SNAKE IN THE GRASS. WE VOTED LEAVE , TRAITOR?
Brian Adam no “We” did not, you did.
Lets hope someone gives him a garden shed somewhere along way away!
If we put it on an allottment nowadays someone will burn it down. Thanks for the Britain you left behind Rory but don't bother coming back.
Around 24:05 :: Political conversation is definitely something "not serious" in Britain.
The English style blending politics and comedy is unbeatable.
I love to watch "BBC Parlament" when I seek some fun.
I totally agree with him on the Lib Dem Brexit manifesto/pledge. It isn't a democratic policy. At this point a second referendum is the only truly democratic course of action. If Brexit hadn't been strung out and proven to be an absolute disaster, that would absolutely not be the case and we would already have left.
But that is not the case now. We face a different reality and there ought to be another vote.
Regime advisers 😆. Yeah this guy has it spot on, and what you do when you allow deniability is you dilute the process and deprive everyone of a more accurate and precise outcome. In this case the deniability gives rise to poor behaviour and rash less calculated outcomes.
Rory did an excellent documentary on the Afghanistan War. I think he is one of the most learned person you will come across in politics in the UK. Ideal as PM.
@martin corderoy A person who thinks that WTO rules are superb for British trade is either not learning from anything or a liar. Based on that, he'd be a terrible PM.
Maybe these honourable and sensible shunned Tories should start a new centrist party. I do like the idea of a people's assembly to hold politicians to account for policy delivery, bad decisions or lying to the public. Where are the grammar school Tories. These Etonians are just not fit to rule and neither are all these career politicians like Corbin. We need leaders that have life and REAL work experience.
Rory Rory Tell us a Story.
I personally don't agree with his take on Brexit at all, but I have no doubt he really believes in what he is saying and comes across as a likeable, reasonable and decent man.
He sounds like a good, decent, level-headed man... no wonder he can’t stomach the system anymore!
No, he is a traitor to the people...he comes off very easy as all elitist high-flyers do, but how he sounds is irrelevant.
He is dishonest and his actions wend against the explicit outspoken will of the people on the one single issue that matters most.
Him framing the whole thing as he can vote however he likes and against party lines is irrelevant on this issue!
And statistically its telling that so many parlement voting did not line up with the will of their respective constituents.
This is actually a coup by the remainders with foreign aid from the EU to keep the elitist raping party going.
Don't forget that GB did not became part of the EU democratically, it was forced upon the people and they do not seem to like it very much.
In short he is a thug, pretending to be a saint.
He misrepresents constantly, talking about procedures one-sided and out of context, and due to the manner in which he speaks and using the socialist elites favorite words, such idiots will be taken in by them without any critical thinking whatsoever. As to them that is what makes it feel like a warm bath and lines up what they constantly hear in their own social circles and the legacy media (which is full of one sided globalist propaganda). Its social engineering, used by every decent con-artist on the planet and in this case its organized by a group of people.
and vice versa.
yes..
politics by its very nature corrupts - but when someone gets so obviously fecked over by it - it gives them a chance to go through the dark night of the soul and hopefully come to some more profound insight into both themselves and what might be a more positive role in the whole thing..
i thus keep hoping that after a couple of spells in prison Tommy Robinson might finally realize that it is the state that is the ultimately the enemy and not "islam".. i sometimes suspect that he might actually be on the verge of converting and regularly going to the mosque to embrace a more cosmic view on life..
@Brexit Monger What is then a weak liar like Johnson doing in politics? Johnson lies to appeal to people as he dares not to tell them about the reality.
Then you've been duped. He is another silver tongued centrist making you think he is a reasonable person due to a calm demeanor and a decent vocabulary.
What did Rory Stewart say about austerity? nothing, he voted for it.
What did Rory Stewart say about cutting womens pensions? Nothing, he voted for it.
What did Rory Stewart say about a government responsible for killing many times more of its own citizens via economic policy than General Pinochet managed in Chile? nothing, he was a part of it.
This man should be derided and ignored by any decent minded person of this nation who is capable of an ounce of critical thought.
Would be great to have him as Mayor of London
AN emotionally intelligent person apparently
He's very pleasant, intelligent well read etc. But his voting record is horrid
More integrity than in his little finger than Johnson could ever deream of
Rory Stewart has the qualifications of a bygone era. The shit status the UK, US, EU has been in for decades isn't a grand enough platform.
Watched and appreciated Rory for years but not convinced by his answer to the "why not join the Liberals question". The policy horrors of the Tory party outweigh anything the Liberals are proposing. He cannot influence the current Tories but might be able to influence the Liberals from within especially were they to acquire such a "big beast".
He voted against his party and supported another party he knew the concequences he was warned, it was not just voting against a bill he voted to defeat his own party they are all traitors, now stop crying about it.
Boris and Reece Mogg voted against the party when Theresa May was PM. Hypocrit much
@@danielperry9757 couldn't say it more
@@danielperry9757 Because Theresa May wanted to pass her vassal state agreement drawn up with Angela Merkel.
save the NHS #ProtectOurNHS
I like Rory Stewart and agree with everything he says apart from brexit. Cameron made it very clear that brexit meant we are out of Europe completely, no half in half out, yet Rory says about hard and soft brexit, out meant totally out.
Love the tiny mic
This guy is a most formidable man. More a political philosopher than a politician.
absolute bollocks.
I'm sure Rory is writing most these positive comments
@@Jamie_Johnson @ArmyOfAll
You both are - in a way - making my point. I am following your politics from outside. Now you may think: So it's none of your business, right?
I think you might get it, if you do a step backwards and try to reflect your situation before making a comment. But I'am quite sure that this is not your habit. Don't get me wrong. In some way I like this straightforward attitude of yours in most of the cases. But as an experienced teacher I (must) know both ways.
@@x4ms Hi Xavier, don't worry I think very carefully about every comment before posting, and am fully aware of the situation, but thanks for your concern!
@@x4ms "an experienced teacher" what is your opinion on the UK leaving the EU? Genuinely interested.
Brilliant interview
curious - what venue?
I've never been a Tory supporter, but he's the one politician I think is worth listening to.
Then you are a pillock.
What did Rory Stewart say about austerity? nothing, he voted for it.
What did Rory Stewart say about cutting womens pensions? Nothing, he voted for it.
What did Rory Stewart say about a government responsible for killing many times more of its own citizens via economic policy than General Pinochet managed in Chile? nothing, he was a part of it.
This man should be derided and ignored by any decent minded person of this nation.
@@Nine-Signs Who should we be listening to then?
@@Nine-Signs Who should we be listening to then?
@@waynejones1054 I would suggest listening to the person that the rich hate, the media hate, the corporations hate, the banks hate, I would have thought that would be obvious to most people but instead many are happy to have their consent manufactured against themselves via media and the likes of Rory aiding in that.
I would listen to the only person and party who actually has policies to change things for the better via democracy, in 100% of life as opposed to the 30% we currently get when we leave work which we find is bent to the will of the wealthy before society.
Here is a policy explained by an American Harvard Stanford and Yale educated economics professor.
ua-cam.com/video/6DNofdU4tSE/v-deo.html
Here is the proof it works
www.uk.coop/sites/default/files/uploads/attachments/worker_co-op_report.pdf
And here is a snapshot of what will continue to worsen, brexit or not, if we continue to vote in centrists vs right wingers as we have done now for 40 years.
www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/employment-and-growth/poorer-than-their-parents-a-new-perspective-on-income-inequality
So he's ok if you agree with him. But of course all other Tories are irredeemably evil. 🙄
Stop talking and leave! Sign and leave!
It is indicative of just how far to the right the Conservatives have moved when we use cuddly Ken Clarke as example of this swing. I remember when Ken was a minister in Thatcher's government and right behind everything she did, including the indecently quick closure of our remaining coal industry in the north. I actually rather like KC, but that says more about how conflicted I am than anything else. I think leaving politics was clearly tough for RS, but he and people like him looked more and more out of place as Tory MPs. The political party he left is not the one he joined, and won't reorient itself for a long time, if ever.
Excellent interview btw
Brexit without a deal. That's what the people voted for!
No they didnt
Don't remember that option on the referendum
Daniel Perry. Yes they did.
Leave first then we will. Get a good deal!
ain't this guy a dingle in emmerdale?
He sure has been hit with the 'Ugly Stick' more than a few times .
Wasn't his faced used as the model for Wallace in Wallace and gromit
Wonder if he declared his royalties when he was an mp
Yes but a heavily shrunk version!
The Dingles wont have him.
@@philreedliverpool as we say up north
He fell from the ugly tree and hit every goddam branch on the way down
What does he mean, he's not an MP? Surely he's an MP till the next GM.
He should stand down but then he knows hes out at next election as the people cant stand him.
His final comment about love is true one has to try and keep some faith in humanity.
He really is very good. The Tories missed a trick - posterity will treat Rory Stewart far better than Boris Johnson.
I think it quite clear. He didn’t want to be PM and he doesn’t want to be mayor; he wants a lucrative media job and some sort of book deal.
He doesn't need the money.
@@deejarvisful yeah he does. He has a smack habit to pay for
He's a natural Liberal who regards the currently trivial ceding of sovereignty in law, politics and immigration as a worthwhile trade-off for big-bloc economic security in which Macron and Junker's calls for 'ever closer union' are mere background noise. Real Conservatives and real Socialists do not share that opinion. Real Socialists see the four 'freedoms' as freedom for the banks to undermine working conditions and destroy free collective bargaining (correct), and real Conservatives have never been able to accept the legislative powers of European Commission, not because they're powerful unelected and unaccountable technocrats, but because it's supranational body and it's laws (regulations really) cannot be challenged or repealed either by the British Parliament or the powerless European Parliament.
He’d make a fine leader of a centre right party.
I certainly hope we will see more of Rory in politics in one way or another. Check out 24:00 - that describes the current problem.
i dont get Rory Stewart at all... he's like a tory... but like also comes off as an actual human being
I don't get Corbyn at all.... he's like a Labour politician.. but comes off as an actual terrorist loving, Jew hating Marxist.
@@Man_v_Cars Best comment in a while
Most conservatives say lots of nice things and do lots of bad things.
Rory says lots of nice things and does lots of bad things.
Here are some of the abhorrent highlights of Rory's voting record in the commons taken directly from their record which all are more than capable of looking up, with some explanations of impacts added. I refuse to compromise with anyone who holds the beliefs he does that are apparent in his voting record and no decent principled human being ever would nor should. If some want to have their vote bought by his silver tongue then god help us all as nothing will ever change.
Generally voted against measures to prevent climate change
Almost always voted for use of UK military forces in combat operations overseas
Voted against investigations into the Iraq war
Generally voted for reducing housing benefit for social tenants deemed to have “excess bedrooms”
Consistently voted against raising welfare benefits at least in line with prices.
Almost always voted against paying higher benefits over longer periods for those unable to work due to illness or disability
Almost always voted for making local councils responsible for helping those in financial need afford their council tax and reducing the amount spent on such support (while also voting for measures that cut funding to councils)
Almost always voted for a reduction in spending on welfare benefits (despite the fact that most of those in receipt of such benefits are in work but just unable to earn enough due to decades of stagnant wages)
Generally voted against spending public money to create guaranteed jobs for young people who have spent a long time unemployed
Consistently voted for raising the threshold at which people start to pay income tax while at the same time almost always voting for increasing the rate of VAT
Almost always voted for higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
Almost always voted for higher taxes on plane tickets
Almost always voted against increasing the tax rate applied to income over £150,000
Generally voted against a banker’s bonus tax
Voted a mixture of for and against higher taxes on banks
Consistently voted against an annual tax on the value of high value residential property.
Almost always voted for allowing employees to give up some employment rights for shares in the company they work for
Almost always voted for more restrictive regulation of trade union activity limiting the ability of workers to get better pay and conditions despite the bottom half of the country having barely more than stagnant wages for decades.
Almost always voted for reducing capital gains tax which is a tax on dividend payment for shares owned in a company, defined as “unearned income” by the economics profession, lowering this tax makes the rich richer given they own most of the shares. Unearned income, i.e. money for no work, is already taxed at a lower rate than money earned through working.
Almost always voted for reducing the rate of corporation tax which increases the profits retained for corporations who are already making record profits as they have done most years for the last 5 decades, which in turn results in higher dividend payments.
Consistently voted against restricting the provision of services to private patients by the NHS
forcing the NHS to foot the bill for recuperation of private patients.
Consistently voted for reforming the NHS so GPs buy services on behalf of their patients (which has been a disaster and taken the NHS from a £1 billion surplus in 2010 to a £4.3 billion deficit in 2018.)
Almost always voted against smoking bans
Voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year
Consistently voted for academy schools enabling the further privatisation of the comprehensive education system.
Consistently voted for ending financial support for some 16-19 year olds in training and further education
Consistently voted for university tuition fees
Almost always voted for reducing central government funding of local government
Consistently voted for fewer MPs in the House of Commons despite having a growing population.
Generally voted against a more proportional system for electing MPs as god forbid the people actually choose their local MP.
Consistently voted against a wholly elected House of Lords as god forbid we actually have democracy in the upper chamber.
Almost always voted for local councils keeping money raised from taxes on business premises in their areas, the result of this policy has been that as central government have cut funding to councils, local governments have been forced to edge up business rates squeezing small and medium sized businesses for the shortfalls while the large corporations operate under minimal taxation in comparison and are often given business rate relief by local councils in order to attract them. Recently Amazon began opening stores in the UK, it was calculates that an independent book store is paying 91 pence in tax for ever 9 pence amazon pays. Buy hey, more profits = higher dividend payments = more money to the rich.
Consistently voted for greater restrictions on campaigning by third parties, such as charities, during elections as their poverty, inequality, and homeless statistics embarrass the conservatives.
Consistently voted against removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords
Almost always voted against transferring more powers to the Welsh Assembly
Generally voted against transferring more powers to the Scottish Parliament
Generally voted against more powers for local councils
Consistently voted for a veto for MPs from England, Wales and Northern Ireland over laws specifically impacting their part of the UK, i.e. English MP’s can overrule laws made in other parts of the union. And we all wonder why half of Scotland wants to leave…
Generally voted against a lower voting age, presumably because the majority of voters under 40 go to Labour.
Consistently voted for a stricter asylum system despite the fact that the UK generally only takes 20 to 40 thousand a year which is one of the lowest amounts taken by any advanced nation.
Consistently voted for requiring the mass retention of information about communications (yes that’s right, he voted for every man woman and child’s net and general communications in the UK to be spied on 24/7 365)
Consistently voted for stronger enforcement of immigration rules while ignoring the fact that economic migrants are incentivised to come here by British capitalists many of whom own temp agency's in many nations that advertise British jobs and also he has said nothing about the windrush scandal.
Consistently voted for selling England’s state owned forests
Almost always voted for higher taxes on plane tickets
Generally voted against financial incentives for low carbon emission electricity generation methods
Generally voted for culling badgers to tackle bovine tuberculosis
Generally voted against greater regulation of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) to extract shale gas
Almost always voted against greater public control of bus services
Almost always voted against slowing the rise in rail fares
Generally voted against a publicly owned railway system
Consistently voted for phasing out secure tenancies for life
Consistently voted against greater regulation of gambling
Consistently voted for capping civil service redundancy payments (while at the same time the government was cutting civil servants thus reducing the cost to government for getting rid of working people who needed that income and were due redundancy for time served)
Generally voted for the privatisation of Royal Mail
Generally voted against requiring pub companies to offer pub landlords rent-only leases which would have aided in bringing our pubs back to life.
Generally voted for restricting the scope of legal aid which has removed the ability for the majority of the working classes to seek legal aid in order to have access to the judicial system.
Consistently voted for allowing national security sensitive evidence to be put before courts in secret sessions only.
Consistently voted against restrictions on fees charged to tenants by letting agents
@@Nine-Signs higher taxes on plane tickets....lol....the horror!!!
We need centrist party that will have sensible policies on Drug reform in the way Portugal and Uruguay did
Cheaper Gas and Electricity
Devolution
Saving public pathways and the rights to roam
And Union reform to save UK 🇬🇧 😢
Oh and end the first past the post system
Oh dear, poor little darling! Pathetic.
This man should be one of the first to be deselected by Boris, he is an insult to the people his purports to represent.
Did not know this man, but he sounds realistic. A shame they kicked him out
Makes sense to me
Too decent a person, had to be kicked out.
Epicenter of the two World Wars has been Europe. Subsequently ‘Cool Heads’ and ‘Reasonableness’ prevailed and European Economic Community (EEC) came into being in 1957 and eventually it integrates/joins with European Union (EU) in 1993. Britain/ UK joins the EEC in 1973.To cut the story short, it wasn't until 1992 that the European Union was officially formed, with Britain's membership coming into force in November 1993.
In our opinion Brexit Or No-Brexit:-
A. UK has had a pretty good time (almost a monopoly) particularly in Trade/Commerce since the days of its colonization. It had to its credit its markets nearly the world over. Britain/UK was doing well. Post 2nd World War Britain’s monopoly in Trade/Manufacturing/Commerce gradually curtailed/dwindled due to
DE-Colonization, enhanced international competition, so gradually its effects on UK’s economy were clearly visible as its Trade/manufacturing also took a severe hit.
B. At this juncture we are living in a completely changed World as compared to 1960’s and before. British and the rest of the world is aware of the drastic change in Britain’s standing in the World as compared to refer (A) above.
C. Not only UK but the entire Europe also suffered severely, fighting/feuding of the kind the World witnessed in the shape of two Great Wars at a mammoth cost of lives/resources etc. And this is one of the reason for the formation of EEC/EU. All of us in EUROPE ought to comprehend and appreciate it.
CONCLUSION: United Europe it STANDS but Divided! It is at a Big Loss. BUT The Europe en-bloc, ought to thrash out all sorts of their differences of whatever kind/nature it is, at/from the platform of Europe or EU (European Union) and listen to one another coolly/calmly and be accommodating. Be Together and stay as ‘Close as Possible’ & be better-off overall, rather than Brexit and be relatively in a worse-off position/situation.