Rory Stewart I have always favoured the danish model of army recruiting. All persons aged over 18 register for the draft, but they only take the 16,000 most motivated.

Rory Stewart I have worked with the Swedish civil defence and it would be a fantastic model to copy.

Rory Stewart I think there are alot of potential benefits for society , for young people and for the capability of the country . I suspect that many would rage against without understanding what it could do . Having spoken those in the swedish and finnish models they rate it highly

New The Rest Is Politics LEADING - with all the wars abroad, and crazy stuff at home we have not focused on climate for a while. Here we talk to leading energy economist Prof Dieter Helm. A lot of food for thought alastaircampbell.org/2024/04/69-the…

Rory Stewart Sensible hikers, knowing how to react when encountering a curious (probably young) black bear. I've experienced this (below) and I have to say, they seem a lot calmer than I was.
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Rory Stewart My lived in Churchill growing up and were taught to stand still, then start backing away dropping hats, mittens etc for the bear to sniff. My sister ran for our porch instead. She got in, but imagine my parent’s terror when they heard the screen door being torn off the house.

You will be really missed - very sorry to see you go - a great loss for British broadcasting Mark Urban

It has been one of the greatest privileges of my working life to count you as a colleague Mark. I admired your work before I joined BBC Newsnight and now admire you as a caring colleague. When I want to understand the world in this defining era you are always my guiding star

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Great to see UK think-tanks beginning to take seriously the Scandinavian Model of Competitive National Service - well done! (Bracing again for a massive thread of x-abuse against the idea of national service 🌝) rusi.org/explore-our-re…

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James Bagge is running against Liz Truss in SW Norfolk.

He says he’s a ‘Rory Stewart Tory’. Is he? What does that mean?

Fascinating discussion on first The Rest Is Politics Poll in General Election year
Spoiler Alert: ‘most popular policy with public… 92% ! #PlantMoreTrees ’ 🌳
Woodland Trust🌳 will deliver at least 50m+ by end of next Parliament

Letter in Sunday The Telegraph today urging ministers to exempt Afghans who supported British Army 🇬🇧 & UK mission from deportation to #Rwanda , co-signed by us, Rory Stewart Ash Alexander-Cooper OBE #LordDannatt #LordSedwill & other military heavyweights

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NHS and economy def doing a lot of good for Labour

Migration (somehow) remains a narrow net asset for the Conservatives and will be important if want to win Reform voters back

Here’s the standing of the main 🇬🇧 parties on a range of issues from our first J.L. Partners The Rest Is Politics poll tracker

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🔴 Toughening criminal justice system (+5)
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2) 'The gods were not satisfied with seeing Cato die once. His courage was kept in action and recalled to the stage, so that it might be displayed even more powerfully – for it needs a greater mind to return a second time to death...

1) Cato the Younger took his own life, rather than submit to Julius Caesar, on this day in 46 BC. Seneca writes:

'Cato drove the sword into his sacred breast, but the wound was not well aimed or mortal. I am inclined to think there was good reason for this...

This is how Jupiter protects Earth. It acts as a gatekeeper for our planet, preventing most asteroids from entering the inner orbits of the solar system.

History matters alot, perhaps too much; but it has to be right. Fake history is useless. Here I talk about the basic history of Israel, the Palestinians & Middle East Rory Stewart
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