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Rory Stewart: What Does it Mean to be a 21st-Century Tory?
Episode 37
Published 1 year, 11 months ago
Description
This week David talks to Rory Stewart about his life in politics and the history of the ideas behind his political philosophy. What does it mean to be a Tory in the twenty-first century? When and how did the Conservative party get taken over by Whigs? Where – if anywhere – can independents find a home in contemporary British democracy? A conversation about the many different forces that shape our politics, from Gulliver’s Travels to Liz Truss.
Politics on the Edge by Rory Stewart is published by Penguin Books
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