If Cameron fancies a spot of babysitting any time soon can Rory Stewart have a shot at his job? A Harvard human rights professor and author of two best-sellers, officer in the Black Watch and diplomat in Montenegro who walked 6,000 miles across Iran, Nepal, Pakistan, India and Afghanistan, he speaks 11 languages, though the Serbo-Croat is " a bit rusty." A nice bloke too . The man is MASSIVELY over-qualified.
Makes you wonder what possessed him to stand as a Conservative candidate. He won - naturally. Now he is saying that we ought to think again over Afghanistan and worry more about Pakistan, where the real problems lie. "It is mission impossible in Afghanistan, " he says. I believe him. I'd believe him if he said he could walk on water.
With all the dross floating around Westminster they have finally seen sense and elected him to the Commons Foreign Affairs Select Committee. It's a start. This guy is only 37 but I am convinced he is the second coming and we'd better appreciate him a whole lot more than the we did the last one.
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