i walked across china in a week and i didnt eat or drink or sleep

@@robertjsmith Thank you for that intellectual contribution.

Maybe he is playing the long game.

Maybe he just happens to be conservative?

Could that possibly be because you've bought in to the dehumanisation of "the other side"? (Which is done by both sides I might add)

Never trust a tory. You should know that by now.

@@FireBlade9773 because naked partisanship is always the way forward, eh?

No, but your tories can't be trusted as you'll know from their repeated target failures, ideological austerity, protection of Establishment paedophilia, hostile environments etc etc etc.

People in glass houses mate. In any case, if you're unable to separate politics fron conspiracy theories there's not much point in replying. BTW Not that it matters but Lord Jenner was Labour.

Lol What an ignorant, and heavily biased muppet you are.

Agreed

Refreshingly nauseating. He's acting and a perpetual liar for Jew Agenda to destroy.

@@tracischeelk29 you're lame

Pete Pasternak that's what illegal drugs do.... they give you humility and open synapses allowing your brain to expand....

9:00 This part really hit home for me. The right never ends!

He has the same accent as Toy Blair - and was trained for a year at the Kennedy Centre Harvard by the CIA - so should make a great PM !!

@@kayharker712 Article in the Indy today going on about spies, apparently becoming PMs.

He states the obvious.

Intelligence does not exclude you from being wrong.

Lets not forget that hes a politician, every PM we have ever had was acclaimed as charismatic, honest, intelligent etc. We cant really trust any of them.

@@wishfix I don't remember anyone saying that about Theresa May, Gordon Brown or John Major

These two facts are closely related.

Stephen Holmes - Lol! 😆 very good.

b) is extremely rare.

If JOB agrees with him , not a person to be the new PM .

@@karenclayton3582 Don't tell me, I can guess. You'd prefer Bojo the Clown.

Politicians are getting a bad rap because we're only seeing the ones who shout loudest, not the ones who think deepest.

rory is the maverick one of the few worth listening to on the remain side. i am not on his side of the argument but i do respect his opinion and i generally believe he is an honourable politician.

There used to be many politicians like this.

@@garsm2290 agreed

This the kind of politician who’s so well versed in riding the fence...(fence sitting as an art) Thankfully, they don't normally become popular with their mates so they never get to leadership. They are however recognised and employed as ’weapons grade’ emissaries and missions!!

Ironicly middle ground politics is how the european parlament works. Because of the way it is split only a compromise has any way of making it through.

@@blackphilip8936 yes he is a nice guy but we do not need nice guys at this point in our history. He appears incredibly weak. He would be worse than May or Corbyn. We need a hard negotiatior right now, like Trump. Once we have sorted out the EU we can go back to having nice reasonable politicians like him. But for now we need a hard headed thug, because the EU are acting like thugs.

@@blackphilip8936 ..."You are either going to get *your* country back"...typical of someone supporting leave YOU ARE NOT EVEN BRITISH

It’s not win-win. He made that very clear

@@blackphilip8936 If people with your ridiculous rhetoric represent the UK, then it's not "good bye UK", it's "good riddance UK". Leaving the EU isn't about stopping federalisation, it's about stopping co-operation. The UK in the EU is mutually beneficial for both parties. You *think* you'll get more of a say when we leave but you won't; your life will still be awful thanks to old-money, corruption and out-moded traditions in our government.

You’ll never find a clever leftie.

@@johnalex7078 There have been some, but they're all dead now, and been replaced by clueless social justice warriors, obsessing about gender neutral toilets and control of speech. The left has had a massive, collective nervous breakdown and doesn't know how to rebuild their ideology in a coherant way that chimes with the people. They used to represent the working person, now they are the party of the blue haired, nose pierced, fat, bi-sexual sociology student with no idea how the world works.

Martin Clements not loathsome? Take a look at his voting record

@@effinjamieTT ...wow, that was an eye opener!...always thought he was slimy, but after looking at his voting record, you're right, he is loathsome too!

That's what drugs do to ya.

That's cracked me up

Brilliant

Like Ole Solskjaer......

@I'm Super Fat by the looks of his face, he has done it more than once.

I think there’s a chance the country is being played. I think that we’re being manipulated so that when Rory becomes Prime Minister we’re all delighted. And who’d have thought most people would be delighted by a new Tory PM?

Second that buddy

It's because he is honest, humble and thoughtful. It's rare to see these days in politics, I know.

Everyone said that about Cameron.

@@andrewbaumann2661 Yet his voting record is no different from any other Tory.

Anyway, doesn't matter. He's going to get eliminated from the race pretty soon I guess. Tories are tacking further right by the day.

He's always civil

Yes, he is civil when he identifies that a guest might be smart enough to call out his bullshit tactics.

O'Brien is always polite and manages to keep his mouth shut for more than 5 seconds when he talking to someone who he agrees with.

Well he's speaking to a rational, sensible and intelligent person. That's the difference. It's a different story when the guy on the other side of mic is an ideological idiot, like most of the callers O'Brien has to listen to.

The same man that voted against the Nurses bursary, Against his and mates paying more tax, And a lot more. He’s a typical Torai, just a different face

He is undoubtedly ignorant, and he may be getting muddled because for some time (not sure how long) it's not been necessary for people travelling to Eire from the UK, and vice versa, to have a passport, but that's not the same as qualifying for citizenship.

Pelirroja my Grandfather was a Irish orphan in London. You forget that millions of Irish moved to the UK The English are a mix of English , Scots and Irish.

@@heather725 With respect, I feel it's a tiny bit disingenuous of you to assume I forget anything, and something so obvious at that. And just what does the genetic and social makeup of the British have to do with my original point anyway?

Yes I subsequently listened Andrew Brigden's actual statement about this and it didn't seem to depend on him thinking that he had any Irish ancestry. He just assumed that because he could travel to Ireland without a passport, he was entitled to Irish citizenship if he applied for it. Lol. Under the Good Friday agreement, I understand people in the North of Ireland can hold both British and Irish passports if they wish. Perhaps that also muddled Andrew Brigden's thinking. It's amazing how dim some of these politicians are though. Dominic Raab, currently standing for Conservative Party leader and therefore de facto P.M admitted he didn't realise the importance of the port of Dover for UK/EU trade, until he was appointed Brexit Secretary, a post he soon resigned from, but a subject he now feels qualified to deal with as P.M. Heaven help us! A person with Irish ancestry (parent or grandparent) can apply for Irish citizenship and I have my application ready, because I can see us heading for a hard Brexit now which would be disastrous.

@@heliotropezzz333 What's most astonishing to us in Ireland is that this fella Bridgen, who is wholly symbolic of the almost institutionalised dismissal and ignorance by many English people of Ireland, is one of those who pushed for Brexit. Ireland and the British-created border are the ONLY reasons for Brexit being at a standstill. It's like these people - these eejits - refuse to, or have massively failed to, recognise that Ireland is another country, not British, not part of the UK, and somehow still think that Irish people will just roll over into submission when required. And all this on the heels of another Tory m.p. Patel stating that perhaps it might be an idea to starve the Irish into submission through a food embargo (!) or David Davis appearing to not be aware that Sterling was not legal tender in Republic of Ireland. A certain anachronistic colonial mindset appears to still be at work. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/la50eciY1b6Zl30.html

Because Rory was a Remainer just like Kier, & Mrs May. Boris on the Brexit question was a lot more relatable.

Harry Lagom. I hear you.

It's always nice to see a reasonable person willing to compromise. Those sort of creatures are critically endangered.

Do you trust him? kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nKhxdtGkutnVpIk.html

realy ?

He's a Lib Dem in the wrong party.

Farage speaks from the stomach, these guys speaks from the brain

Wise? He's going to try to push through a deal that was rejected FOUR times. You think that is wise? Mate, get your head checked.

@@shipwreckjs673 leaving with a deal is better than leaving without one. We can always change the deal over time, we will have nothing to build upon without a deal.

Agreed Nigel. As a remainer myself I agree with his brexit approach. I'm not anti brexit just anti no deal and he's nailed why remaining now is a somewhat toxic move for many Europeans.

@The505Guys in a trading relationship of course the deal is open for updating over time. The EU will evolve and so should the UK. What can't be changed is leaving without a deal and starting from scratch with zero trade agreements. We should leave with something to build upon, not nothing at all. Forward, not backwards.

You mean a homosexual spy ?

An elite and ruthless.

AND O BIREN THE loony left ,know nothing .loves the ,,eu hates britain ,,and in the morning he will forget them ,pihhhhf.

I look like if the UK is following those failed state with bad regime going backwards as some extremists politicians are pushing it that way. As they are only looking at their own interests instead of the interest of the all country. They turned democracy to tricksmocracy and crying out loud we want Brexit are democracy..Full of lies.

You lot keep saying you want the NHS, why not google and see the 200 MP's in companies draining the service you love. You people are less than hopeless. Google "Selling off NHS for profit" and see which MP's are in companies which hike prices in the NHS - of course they will always give it more money as it goes to themselves. Thanks for the help in selling it all off, idiots.

It isn't a dash of the cliff. The Tories have had 3 years and not one deal ready to go! Not one! The world is bigger than the EU and yet people like yourselves will happily insult, hurl milkshakes and bang on about race and everything else but the problems we have in the country. You can use all the fancy puffy words you like, in the end the truth will bury the deceiver. If we add up both referendum results, Nigel's party wins again :-) If you think you get a fiar exchange rate when you travel, ok. But I lived in Spain, France, Germany, Belgium and Portugal and can tell you it is all going to crash. Being tied to this will detroy all people's wealth apart from those who have hidden it. But, keep on thinking it is a win and we know nothing about our country. Let us see where you deals gets us, but you can kiss goodbye to pension and NHS and your rights. Elite? If you mean have I worked and saved all me and my partner could and bought a house and had a family and missed on lots of things but finish with house paid then yes, I am Above you! How do you feel if work made me an elite? You tools, lol. You don't care about the loss of lives through murder, or those raped, sorry if that is cliche.

have you seen the NHS in Spain and Portugal? and their roads? public services? I say you then look at Britain again, and tell me who is about to crash. The NHS is just the beginning, schools are going next, and then the police. EU countries, are all veeeeery different as to be all place in one bag and say "look at what the EU has done". But the thing they had in common is they bet on social democracy on the whole, while the UK has always followed a more liberal approach. That is, i bet you, part of the reason why you have to work so hard to get a home in this country@@stum2730

Adam Smethurst...haha, so true...perhaps a series with Barry Gardiner and Alan Johnson lol

they are both talking about leaving the EU, so they are both leavers

It's a matter of principle really. We voted Leave, by 4% Majority (1.2 million votes). That's not "marginal" or insignificant, it's a clear majority. The government are already in illegal territory due to breaking the EU (Withdrawl) Act 2018 back on 29th March (of which is now facing a legal challenge from ex-barristers and judges). It's clear that "remaining" meant staying as is. "Leaving" was made clear it would involve leaving the EU and it's institutions. Many on the Pro-leave side said "we'll happily work with Europe though, and if we can get a half decent trade deal in mutual benefit we can walk away much better off". Even Leaving and using WTO rules or a "no tariff in kind" approach to imports (which will reflect poorly ont he EU if they slap us with Tariffs) is, presently, the best option for the UK. Not being bound by EU Anti-Market rules to stife small business and innovation will lead to increased investment. It'll also mean our government can support industries like British Steel and the Car production industry without the EU Commission having to allow it or not (the EU Commission allowed France, Germany and Belgium to intervene in it's steel industries but denied us Brits doing so...twice). Not to mention we can cut VAT back to 15% & reform our economic system too. None of this I've just mentioned, we can do remaining in the EU.

If the UK wanted to follow the Switzerland way - it should have said that when the referendum was first announced..... they didn't - Cameron said it would be a, " once in a lifetime vote " he also advised the country, that the people should vote to stay in a, "reformed European Union " something he personally could not achieve with countless meetings with EU leaders before the 2016 vote.... you are probably one of those people who had the " remain in the EU " had won, would not be now arguing for another referendum... the whole point of democracy is to respect the leave decision.... and no matter how difficult it could be... because the EU along with a certain ex-Prime Minister of the UK are hell bent in stopping Brexit at any cost which makes more people angry and determined to not give in by alarmist warnings of the country coming to a stand-still... and it you feel you need another referendum.... have one in ten years time ... you must respect the vote from June 2016.... end of.

@@jontymason1056 It was a 50% threshold advisory referendum unlike the one in 1975 which required 65% and got 67%. Politicians have lied and are now cornered and all exits are terrible for them and for the British people. What was an internal Tory Party psychodrama on the EU had now become a nationwide split. No, I will never accept that the whole affair was properly conducted - it wasn't - and will continue to back a second referendum. We will just have to disagree. End of.

Put it to another vote to see how strong it really is....comments boards are not how we decide matters in a parliamentary democracy. I still haven’t changed my mind and will not :)

@@davidlondon2810 What they should do is for the MPs to vote on legislation that puts the question to leave or stay to the public.... that would be the correct way for Parliamentary democracy to proceed - do you still not see how your comment sounds ? as long as you come up with stuff like that - it pretty much destroys any rational argument towards another vote.... nice one.

A second referendum wouldn't be like that. It would be for overturning the result of the first referendum.

*Scottish*

And yet the polling carried out suggested that Rory Stewart would've almost eradicated the Tory party and put Farage as the leader of the largest party (comfortably). I quite like what I've seen of Rory as a person, but he's not a leader and he's certainly not the man for this particular juncture (if nothing else, as a result of the above).

Well said, it was an interesting interview. Shame about the standard of some of the comments.

Yes finally a genuine and nice comment. Too many people keep calling each other names although they forget the point of an argument, well said.

MrArchie800 Stewart doesn’t come any where close to Reece Mogg

Did we vote remain by any chance, Mr Archie??

Mr Archies800 Yeah,the comments are so childish.I think you're right .he should have a more prominent role in Parliament.Perhaps he could be put where he's most suited? Maybe head janitor?

They're intimidated by people who can present an actual argument. This is made entirely clear by their constant need to attack rather than defend their own position. It's the same with the leave voters who call in, their arguments are ripped to shreds by facts within moments. They quickly give up trying to sound like they know what they're talking about and start to claim truth is a conspiracy against them.

Truth Teller, yes yes yes but oak or pine?

If you start a sentence with "I believe..." on JOB's show you're toast unless you can back up your 'belief' with hard facts. That's what the Brexshitters seem to struggle with. Reality and facts.

Just had a nice cuppa he's still an absolute idiot.

spill Mikiigan Loose tea or bag?

Both public school rich families . The right sort ! I don't trust either of them . Obrien is quite obsessed .He fears democracy because it will remove him and his kind from prominence .

Graham Johnson you sound like an idiot. The majority are not wannabe fascists like you.

Rare as hens teeth😂😂

@Alt Fit Would have to be mad to vote for the socialists. Nationalise everything, screw up public finances and make future generations pay for it after Corbyn crashes the economy... God forbid that man gets into power.

Corbyn was brought up in a seven bedroom house in Shropshire and cannot connect with British working class peoples concerns on immigration and love of country

@James Thompson not the point, I am not a Tory he's out performed the other candidates

intellectual and non-confrontational: hence he wont be elected, sadly!

Can you imagine him against Xi Jinping, Putin, Kim Jong Un etc hahaha

Hes too weak

Tony Blair mark 2. No thanks.

@@CardinalHijack He's as weak as you are lazy.. read up on the man ...

Leavers and their friends in the media would still have taken all the complicated facts and reduced them to anti-EU slogans, headlines and to further their version of "Project Fear" about migrants.

@@davidlondon2810 Brexit means Brexit.

meaningless Orwellian slogan. @@danieljohnson8240

Nothing found to be illegal though

@@tom4590 more elite attempts to stop brexit. No different to lies by remain

Harry Burrows anybody that has gone out of their way to learn in 11 languages gets my vote. Certainly not a career politician and Shames most of them

I get the impression that O'Brien interrupts politicians who avoid answering questions, then shout that they're being interrupted. That didn't happen here...just my 2p.

Really?

Yep most of the Labour mps failed their 11 plus

HA!! HA!!! You nailed the content sumary of this video. The picture tells the rest.

O'Briens tone is all telling compared to the suppressed venom accorded to JRM

Sshh! The adults are speaking now.

But how is he a remainer? Have you watched the video? He is arguing for Brexit, ffs.

@Ma Boi Scotty Thanks mate! You're not wrong; there's too much vitriol between people with opposing views nowadays, much to our detriment. But this respect, unlike the other leadership candidates, is a quality that Rory brings out in people and has in himself; to be measured, to have a conversation rather than a slanging match, to listen and work out a viable compromise. It's a trait that's all too uncommon in politics, and it's a trait I think we could really do with now in a leader, to calm us down a bit as a nation.

I mean, he's intelligent, he knows he'll get eaten alive if he goes against the party in that manner.

Put him in a dress and you've got another Theresa the appeaser.

@@davidbarlow350 well i think he is different in his approach, he recognises that tax cuts for the already wealthy is not the way to protect britains economy. and he recognises that a no deal brexit may be what suits some who think that nothing bad is going to happen , or at least not to them but will effect the economic stability others for decades sensible negotiation that allows the uk economy to work for everyone is the way forward

@@jtk1ify And yet another project fear believer. I repeat my original description.put him in a dress and you simply have another Theresa May,willing to sell this Country out to the EU globalists and appease George Soros and the Bilderbergs. Leaving the EU is about more than your wallet.

@@davidbarlow350 not project fear David but reality. i have no doubt that britain can go alone but it will take decades to get back to where we are now economically, its not about me and my wallet its about the youth and their future. Andit is about the money for the elite David, its about the 39B that johnson wants with his no deal walk away to buy the uk voters with tax cuts the working class always pay the cost we lost this batttle when we joined the EU decades ago stay in europe and fight for a europe that benefits Britain

@@jtk1ify Isn't it odd how you criticise the globalist's policies yet are straining at the leash to be subjugated by them? Don't believe me,then take a look at what Trump is doing to change this NWO that you are so willing to be enslaved to.

He's thoughtful and genuine and has a good track record. Unfortunately most of his party are rank amateurs at best, hell bent on self interest at worst. He is a gifted anomaly within the Conservative party.

He makes false equivalences and in the end doesn't really say much - he doesn't appear to have many strong opinions on anything.

What's your solution then?

@@LukeofSmeg We had a referendum and we voted to Leave, the solution has already been decided by a democratic vote. If the undemocratic remoaners in the hoc continue to block no deal they must be sent packing at the next GE.

​@@ev4612 No you clearly voted to leave. I didn't. It's because of democracy that I will continue to be a remainer. I dissagree with Jacob Rees-Moggs views on gay marriage, but I wouldn't say he's undemocratic or not allowed to hold his beliefs because the vote didn't go his way. The "solution" was not decided by democratic vote, if it was, we would have left by now. Nigel Farage chucked us in the deep end and hoped the Tories (of all people) would tell us how to leave without even knowing how themselves. I gave Brexiteers the benefit of the doubt. I didn't think it would work, but I'd liked to have seen them do something, and I gave Brexit a chance, but nearly 3 years later, after David Davis, Boris Johnson, and Dominic Raab (all Brexiteers) proved they didn't have a clue, and completely failed to achieve the things that were promised, I gave up on any idea of Brexit. Now Nigel Farage has come back claiming he could have done a deal that no one else has, yet fails to explain what that is. He's a mainstream career politician who's convinced his voters he isn't, yet he has no policy, and no idea about how the EU should be reformed or left, even though he avidly campaigns for it. At a general election his only hopes are relying on brainwashed populists who'll genuinely vote for a party with no policy, and call people that dissagree with them "remoaners" even though moaning about the EU is still, in every sense of the word, moaning.

@@LukeofSmeg we could always pay Barnier or Verhofstdat to do our negotiating for us. After all, our cowardly useless Liberal minded MPs are no longer up to the job. Alternatively get Donald Trump to deal for us.

​@@davytornado9772 Yeah Donald could make the EU pay for it too. x'D I can almost hear him now... "Blockade the Eurotunnel", "Drain the Norfolk broads", "When Brussels sends its people, they're not sending their best. They're bringing bureaucracy. They're bringing tariff free trade. They're bureaucrats. And some, I assume, are good people."

This is the most impressive voice I’ve heard from the political world and I’m not even a conservative voter.

The only treaty that matters is the good Friday agreement.

@Stephen Bermingham : one of many treaties the U.K. has internationally. I see no reason for the U.K. to be forced into a political trade deal by way of threatening a hard boarder, If anyone will impose one it will be the EU. Let us stick to free trade, everything else will follow on from there. The problem is that at the moment what is on the table does not detail what we are transitioning to, therefore in my view it is an invalid agreement as it is just a replacement agreement which puts the U.K. into a straight jacket. As one MP said in the House of Commons last year “It is a trap then”.

stewart already said he'd not work for boris in any form, sadly

Then the intelligent question would be: Was it ever realistic in the first place?

Good point I agree but it’s worse to pedal anymore cynicism. Years of cynicism has cost us dearly and could cost us a lot more. We sorely need a strong, intelligent and passionate leader and have done for many years. This man may well be the first example of one FINALLY! Stand up man! Be hopeful and passionate about what you WANT. Pointing out what we deserve or don’t deserve paints the UK as a weak country which will make us weaker still. People need to stop cleverly pointing out issues cynicaly as if it’s a virtue and start supporting the pursuit of solutions or we, are all going to slide into a disaster

Why should we honour a result that was won in a dishonourable fashion?

Is there any interview you would listen to that would make you change your mind?

British people should listen to their own conscience and stop believing in propaganda from journalists and politicians and for once start believing in themselves!

@@Peter-uj8ye Or do their own research maybe.

I find it unbelievable that you did listen to this interview and still support him. He's essentially advocating for the UK to become a colony of the EU. At least the remainers want us to maintain our power within the EU. This idiot wants us to leave an have no say either. He's nothing but Tmay 2.0 trying to please everyone and ending up pleasing no one.

@@matthewnevin9156 Err its a withdrawal agreement not a permanent agreement

Small problem. Parliament wont pass it. Remember parliament the people you voted for in 2017 ( after the referendum) .Plus a no deal exit will trash several inernational treaties .Nobody will ever take Britain seriously ever again.

That’s just plain silly. Your threatening the EU that you will punch yourself in the face and they might get blood on them, genius.

Read the good Friday agreement and you will then know why brexit doesn't happen in any meaningful sense.

It was Never negotiating it was a technical legal process that has been controlled by the UKs obligations under the good Friday agreement. It's that simple, no emotions just facts.

He makes false equivalences and in the end doesn't really say much - he doesn't appear to have many strong opinions on anything.

Have you proposed to the snowflake yet? Fawning isn't a pretty characteristic in a man.

Ross Hempsall funny you should say that. Please explain supporting May to hilt ?

To be honest I don't think Humpty Dumpty can be put back together. The UK is en route to breakup.

If that happens, only Putins wins. Labour is split, the conservatives are split, and the country too. For the future, I think Europe needs and is dependant upon the UK. Very much. But for the present, the UK needs to leave. It is fragile and split, not sure about it's future path. and torn between total sovereignty, the US, and Europe. It has to find a way to unify the country, and find a path towards harmony. The debate, that is going on now, may be very "nebulous" and difficult. But it is overdue and necessary, after 30 years of misinformation regarding Europe by the mainstream media, especially the Sun, the Daily Mail, the Express, and the Daily Telegraph. In the end, the UK must either embrace Europe, and work towards it's future, or reject it totally. That path is so difficult, I have no idea what turn it will take. Becoming a European Singapore is futile imho, as the UK is just to big to become a tax haven. Tax havens cannot afford a strong military or true World Power, due to their low taxes. So what can the future be for a 80% of GDP service economy, that is unsure of how to precede? I have no idea, though I am a very informed person. I can only see the UK dropping out of Europe, facing economic decline, and coming back, finally submitting, that the Empire is gone, and working together being the way forward for the UK and Europe as a whole. In a federation kind of style. Ancient European powers have shaped the world, but are now losing influence on an accelerating scale. So the have somehow to come together, or be diminished.

@Cashdummy I would agree under normal circumstances - but am not, because of what most likely would happen, if it‘s approached like this. I don‘t think the economical and political consequences justify an „all right - let‘s pretend there was any smart in the Brexit vote“.