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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Barney Davis

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Rory stewart felt like a fraud as a tory mp | History Defined

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Rory Stewart has spoken of never wanting to go back into politics, saying he found being a Conservative minister “very unpleasant” and admitting: “I feel like a fraud all the time, in a whole series of ways.”

Mr Stewart ran to succeed Theresa May as prime minister and Tory leader in 2019 and came to prominence for his amusing and highly personal use of social media.

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