RORY STEWART on why “Politics is bad for you”

What psychodrama is driving No Deal? Can the Tory Party be rescued from its embrace of nationalist unreason? And what is Boris Johnson like to work for? Former Cabinet Minister and power-walker Rory Stewart joins us Ayesha Hazarika, Arthur Snell and Andrew Harrison for this week’s panel edition.

• “Churchill desperately cared about detail… but I couldn’t get Boris to engage in the Foreign Office at all.” – Rory Stewart
• “Boris’ Brexit Deal is all about the drama, not the detail.” – Ayesha Hazarika
• “International politics is about local wisdom. On Iraq, Labour was too centralised and bureaucratic.” – Rory Stewart
• “We’ll still be negotiating with the EU by 2040” - Arthur Snell
• “Politics was deeply damaging for my mind, soul, and body… Ultimately, politics is bad for you.” – Rory Stewart

Presented and produced by Andrew Harrison. Assistant producers Jelena Sofronijevic and Jacob Archbold. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Audio production by Alex Rees. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production

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