"I began this race believing I should be a truth-teller on principle - ironically I have discovered that it is very popular - and the only way to avoid an election and win the next one is by being straight with people. No more unicorns, no more red lines, no more promises we can't deliver. That's how we get Brexit done, defeat Corbyn and unify the country."
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Rory Stewart
Roderick James Nugent "Rory" Stewart (born 3 January 1973) is a British academic, diplomat, author, broadcaster, former soldier and former Conservative politician. He is the president of GiveDirectly and a visiting fellow at Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs, where he teaches politics and international relations. He hosts the podcast The Rest is Politics with Alastair Campbell. He was a Member of Parliament from the 2010 to the 2019 general election. As a minister, he worked in the Foreign O
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