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Rory Stewart responds to his viral Newsnight moment
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Rory Stewart
British politician, academic and broadcaster (born 1973)
Roderick James Nugent "Rory" Stewart is a British academic, broadcaster, writer, and former diplomat and politician. He is Professor in Practice in the Department of International Relations at the London School of Economics. He previously taught and co-directed the Brady-Johnson Program in Grand Strategy at the Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs. Since 2022, Stewart has co-hosted the podcast The Rest Is Politics with Alastair Campbell.
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BBC television current affairs programme
Newsnight is the BBC's news and current affairs television programme, providing in-depth investigation and analysis of the stories behind the day's headlines. It is broadcast Monday to Thursday nights at 22:30 on BBC Two and the BBC News channel, with the programme's Friday edition airing only on BBC Two at 19:00. ; it is also available on BBC iPlayer. The programme is currently presented by Victoria Derbyshire, Paddy O'Connell and Matt Chorley.
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