"Boris Johnson Was A Shambolic Clown!" Rory Stewart SLAMS Former Prime Minister 

@@Borderman47 Totally missed the point. Lurchers have a habit running off.! He walked two fields in the rain to bring my dog back . I can’t remember making any comment about politics . Outside of politics he seemed like a good person . Keep trolling.zzzzzzzzzzz

LOl, incredibly shallow way to treat politics.

@@sjewitt22It's indictive of the man, which is a useful tool for predicting behaivor. Put another way - not shallow at all.

Well he is trained to charm being ex MI6 he is hated for turning against the west when he lived in Afghanistan he went native and is not to be trusted

Totally agree - that's awesome

bollocks he has done fk all and then comes preaching to everyone. give me Boris who has actually done stuff

Calm down, mate. Jesus.

I allow you to glue your face or genitalia on Downing street......call it whatever you want

❤

I could not say it better. He is simply a good man. Trying to do the right thing

He associates with very dodgy people. He's had dodgy, even criminal activity in his background. Do your research. Stop acting like a lovestruck teenage girl.

Exactly what I’ve always thought!

I totally agree with you. I'd never vote for a Conservative candidate in any election, but Rory Stewart is the kind of politician this country needs.

Yep. I think he should run as a right of the party Labour member at the next election, and be given Foreign Secretary. He’d be so much better than David Lammy (and I’m not a Lammy hater, but he’s better suited to more local roles).

@@yosserc that's why I said Foreign secretary

Which is exactly why he should be in labour and stop pretending to be a con. Hes a Con man

Same with Chris Christie in the US Presidential race

Oh puhlease, the guy is no longer an mp and has a book to plug. He was two face lying weasel when he was in office just like the rest of them

@@Intake33 Christie is a piece of work, Stewart isn't. I suggest you have look at Christie record as Governor of New Jersey ... Talk about petty.

@@Intake33 Chris Christie only looks honest and a man of integrity because the people he's sharing the debate stage with are completely unhinged.

So true

I dislike Piers, but I agree with your statements here.

Piers has more faces than a town hall clock.

He has the ability to do serious interviews, for example his discourse with the N.R.A.

He's left wing - so you would like him. Yes, the government is not good but that's because it's not Conservative and pandered to the left, which has never brought order or prosperity to the country. Believe me, Rory Stewart would have made a worse job.

Surely "somebody like him in this truly atrocious government"

We are in this atrocious mess because our democratic opinions have been reduced to nothing. Labour will be as atrocious as the Conservative and Socialist like me will just have to accept several more decades of social democratic politics.

If you had a PR system of voting he would be in a government running your country properly.

@@davidvarley1812 I think the problem is called "Tweedism". It's worth a Google if you are not familiar with it.

Makes me sick that we got Boris Johnson over *him*…

I doubt it. He comes across as way too weak.

@@jonathanmarkham1998Yeah because Boris, Liz Truss and Rishi are so strong 😂😂

@@osric190 They’re not either but it doesn’t mean he is.

Him and Dr David Owen imo

indeed and sadly he was driven out

you are easily hoodwinked

There r many in SNP especially in westminster. We have g8 politicians there. Wish our new leader cld have come from there.

There are good politicians on both sides but they are often shouted down by the bullies and egocentrics and the people who are dishonest. It is sad and depressing. Rory Stewart has alway been incredibly honest and perceptive.

Would you vote him or BJ?? Just curious.

Voted against investigations into the Iraq war Almost always voted for increasing the rate of VAT Generally voted against a banker’s bonus tax Consistently voted against an annual tax on the value of Mansion Homes Almost always voted for more restrictive regulation of trade union activity Generally voted against spending public money to create guaranteed jobs for young people Generally voted for reducing housing benefit Always voted against paying higher benefits for the disabled Almost always voted for a reduction in spending on welfare benefits Consistently voted against a wholly elected House of Lords Generally voted against a more proportional system for electing MPs Consistently voted for selling England’s state owned forests Generally voted against measures to prevent climate change Generally voted for restricting the scope of legal aid Vted against increased gambling regulation Voted for the privatisation of Royal Mail Consistently voted against restrictions on fees charged to tenants by letting agents Consistently voted for mass surveillance & retention of information about communications Almost always voted for reducing the rate of corporation tax Voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year Consistently voted for ending financial support for some 16-19 year olds in training and further education

@@getheroutofthetruckyou can’t look at voting records as accurate depictions of MPs position. MPs rarely vote against the party whip. This is a problem across both parties but most MPs do it because if they don’t, they can be kicked out of the parliamentary party.

@@hfbk858 It's a question of morals and ethics over self interest then.

@@getheroutofthetruck you could frame it in that way but I don’t think that’s fair. In order to get the power to do anything, you need to be a minister or prime minister. Being a backbench MP who votes against party lines doesn’t effect any change because they will kick you out and replace you with someone who will vote the party line. The current political reality is that you have to vote the party line to get a chance to be a minister and have actual influence. I wish it wasn’t that way but it is.

@@hfbk858 Oh please, that's absolute BS. It's like saying the Nazi officers who massacred Poles and Czechs are not to blame because they were merely following orders from their superiors. The guy is a fraud and is only interested in his self-promotion.

Her response to Rory seems like the act of a vindictive woman showing a decent man the exit.

Ask a conservative if they like him though...

He's an old fashioned one nation patrician Tory. Never liked them or voted for them but compared with the current shysters he's a dream! Personally decent and likeable though!

@@redemptivepete didn’t Theresa May claim that of herself? The problem now for the Tory’s is that even the really good and honourable ones are tarred with the Boris brush. Labour had a similar problem with Blair after Iraq, but thankfully now things are moving to the centre and a real possible chance for a labour government. I really hope so.

@@ThePad549 Ah dream on! they're all the same, we're the plebs

@@redemptivepete what a closed mind you have. 11:58

Bollocks.

A great shame. I'd vote for him We may hVe a chance with him leading the country.

​@@molster66boris, tut tut, don't be jealous 😉

@@molster66 great comment, well reasoned, really adds to the discussion…Perhaps you would be more comfortable on X…

​@@molster66Nothing like a well structured argument with citations and evidence, and your comment was just that, nothing like a well structured argument with citations and evidence. Perhaps you could try travelling.

I've just downloaded it on your recommendation and look forward to starting it in a couple of days. :)

@Midnight... I'm now halfway through Rory's book and I agree with you that it's an excellent read but boy is it making me angry about the shenanigans going on.... and not from Rory, I hasten to add. Thanks for the recommendation. Penny from Christchurch. 🇬🇧

Actually, politics is not sincere enough to deserve Rory.

I agree. He is. Conversely, he's weak which is a tremendous pity for all of us. He was in a position to affect change and opted out...

​@@johnglynhughes4239 Yes he was in a position of change & voted for Scrutiny of the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement... ie the checking out properly of the agreement & any small print which would've been done by a parliamentary committee. After all it's something you're supposed to do before agreeing to any kind of contract BUT PM Boris Johnson didn't want scrutiny & threw out Rory along with 20 other Conservative MPs who had decades of experience in parliament between them. This made Rory an Independent MP. Rory put country before party & lost. No previous PM has ever thrown out an MP over a vote. Only Johnson did. Johnson also made sure that Rory had absolutely no support from the Penrith and the Borders Conservative Association by writing to them warning them not to back Rory in anything inc in any future General Election. The President of the Association & others resigned over this. In a very safe Conservative Seat Rory would not have had much hope in winning in any general election as an Independent MP...not unless other opposition parties gave way to Rory which didn't happen. I mean the Lib Dems gave way for Dominic Grieve when he ran as an Independent candidate but he still only got half of what votes Tories got. But 3 times more than Labour. Rory still wanted to do some sort of public service so thought he might have a better chance running for Mayor of London. But Covid stopped all that. No chance of that now as conservative gov't has changed the way those mayoral votes would be counted...

….and knowledge !

You get what you deserve and it is clear why the people of the UK got what they did…

Unfortunately the right wing press would portray him as weak, a traitor and boring. They generally choose the candidates these days

He isn't either he's one of the Cameron intake of Torys which basically means a Lib Dem.

Ironic as he wasn't a Tory

The Tories are so far-right now that he probably can't be considered one anymore.

He was never a Conservative either? That was his problem, but then you don't get to become PM if you stand as a Liberal Democrat?

I think that response can be heard pretty much throughout the country.

💯 % agree, he maybe the best man for the job 💯%

He's better than the current Tories but has some pretty terrible views and speeches in parliament as well as a crappy voting record.

@mrdaveythebaby really? What things has he voted on that stand out as the worst?

Rory is leading by example. Could he ever become a PM and lead the country, now eaten by the cancer of dishonesty and self-serving politics?

His honesty? Trying to overturn/disregard the result of a democratic referendum? You think that is honesty?

He is an astonishing man, you should look at what he has done in his life, its truly astounding.

It's a bigger shame that his colleagues were prepared to see him leave after showing they didn't have the guts or the insight to vote for him as leader.

He can easily come back if you show support for him.

Rory would’ve made a fabulous foreign secretary

​@@hfbk858and the prime minister,he would have brought back stability, credibility, honestly and respectability back to the UK government because right now there a disgrace,not fit for purpose,sadly, laughing stock of Europe and the world 😢😢😢

Politics?? It is a swamp for liars, racists, sexists, bigots and criminals...

He's a rabid remaoner. No thanks.

​@@NapoleonicWargamingyou mean he's intelligent. People who voted to leave had no understanding of the implications of what they were doing I didn't vote either way in the referendum. The people who voted to leave were morons

He looks like a robot

@@Giggedy. More like ET actually. Quite the most irritating little gnome.

Me too!

Meanwhile a lot of actual clowns, shambolic or otherwise, are angry to be associated with, and their good names tarnished by Boris.

Yes what else could you call him. The people who say he was charismatic need help.

No it’s not it’s a very polite non committal chat between a empty nasty fraudulent pig and naive or clever bloke that doesn’t really understand that politics is about making decisions which ultimately half the country will hate you for

Substance indeed. A real mensch.

Yes intelligence very rare in the Tory party.

Write to him tell him that Read his book and you can refer to it and why he's so suited for the job.

He’s coming back; if he was not at all interested then we wouldn’t be hearing and seeing him talk politics. He’s biding his time and maybe he’s waiting till Labour mop up and the Tories are obliterated. I always thought he was brilliant and he’ll get my vote

But he will have Douglas Murray on tomorrow spouting drivel from his wonky face and it's back to Trumpsville. Yeeeee-haaaaa Piers!!!

I thought the same. It's a measure of the man that he brings out the best in Piers Morgan

indeed. almost as if they had colluded

Utter rubbish!

Well he is one of you so…

@@bazzatheblue sorry do you need help finishing your sentence?

Well, the Labour government is now choosing to place people who are experts in their field to work alongside government ministers. Perhaps Rory Stewart's immense knowledge and experience of overseas issues - which is surely unrivalled - would make him another valuable asset to the team.

Not to mention a ******

She may be autistic

@@keithgriffiths9864 I think you meant C***

Well he/they arent going to write something that makes him look not genuine....

Humour and genuine compass on how the world works.

The real tragedy is that is was abundantly obvious before he became PM yet his party couldn’t see it. I’m reminded of the Savile Syndrome. Everyone knew he was sick, but no one did anything. Who was sicker, Savile, or the ones allowing him to continue, simply because he was a cash cow?

Who Larry?

We've had two far worse ones than Boris since he left and two before him were also poor.

@@marc7983Larry the cat

Write to him and encourage him back. Our country needs his caliber in power

It is sad that Rory has no sympathy for the new right-wing. Immigration will continue to reduce the salaries of working class Brits. Whoever respond will do well, but I don't think Rory is able. His interests are too internationalist.

He is a neo liberal and one of the problems with current politics , Particularly the tories , soft on immigration, wokeness , hard on tax , not pro British

Unfortunately other countries are led by narcissistic psychopaths and a leader needs to be able to stand up to them. This man was a Remainer for heaven's sake.

*THIS IS WHAT IS WRONG WITH POLITICS* the decent and capable people are not psychotically obsessed with power enough to beat those who are - like Johnson...!!!

Because he is a charlatan.

@@foppo100 Good point. They are all full of shit. But credit where it's due he is quite good at it 😁

because he looks weird

​@@tylerooney790😂boris hair had its own identity 😅

because the Brexit lying MPs did not like him

Precisely what I thought.. he exudes credibility. The graceful refusal to talk about tutoring in detail did it for me!

& narcissism 😱

​@@joycegibbs5267 not. Maybe you do.

He's a rabid remaoner. No thanks.

@@NapoleonicWargaming Brexit going well, is it?! Been good for Britain?

@@RichieC135 yes

@@NapoleonicWargaming Ah that’s great to hear! What are the main advantages of it?

He is a left wing neo liberal , relaxed on immigration and soft on the woke left , also a remainer