Rory Stewart On 'How Not To Be A Politician'
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🗓️ 21 September 2023
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
He now enjoys a degree of popularity in the U.K. His high profile has raised talk that 10 Downing Street could still be a future address for this nomadic rising star.
Stewart has walked across Asia, taught at Harvard, served as a diplomat in Iraq, and served as a Conservative MP. He is also a Global Ambassador for the charity Give Directly and a co-host of the podcast "The Rest is Politics."
His background and trajectory put him on a path to reach high office. But then came Brexit, Boris Johnson, and a level of carelessness that he writes about in his new memoir, called "How Not to Be A Politician."
We sit down with Stewart and discuss his memoir and podcast.
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| 0:30.4 | As Washington barrels headlong into another government shutdown, |
| 0:33.9 | the crisis over democracy is also being felt in a place that used to be synonymous with stable and sensible politics, the United Kingdom. |
| 0:41.9 | The country has had five prime ministers since it voted to leave the European Union in 2016. |
| 0:47.9 | Worry Stewart came close to being one of them. |
| 0:50.9 | He gave Boris Johnson a run for his money and the race to become British Prime Minister, |
| 0:54.9 | but he decided to quit party politics in 2019. |
| 0:58.9 | Worry Stewart now hosts a hugely popular podcast, The Rest Is Politics. |
| 1:03.9 | He's a global ambassador for charity he set up called Give Directly |
| 1:07.9 | and has just released his memoir, How Not to Be a Politician. |
| 1:11.9 | After the break, Worry joins us from New York to talk about his memoir. |
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