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The History of Ideas Podcast
with David Runciman

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Rory Stewart: What Does it Mean to be a 21st-Century Tory?

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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00:00 / 01:04

18 January 2024

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