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RORY TO LAUNCH THE REIVER RIDE

Rory will this Saturday be joining more than 50 horse riders on the first Reiver Ride to celebrate Cumbria’s Border Reiving history. Local riders and others from as far afield as Durham, York and Lockerbie will be travelling to Bewcastle for the inaugural Reiver Ride, which Mr Stewart will also be riding in. Two routes of […]

EVENING STANDARD INTERVIEW

Article first published in the Evening Standard on 3 September 2019. Rory Stewart says he would still “love to be prime minister”. At the start of the summer this seemed just about plausible — the MP for Penrith and The Border was briefly the favourite to be the next Tory leader. Then he self-destructed, in an uncomfortable live […]

Interview in The Times

Article first published in The Times on 24 August 2019 by Magnus Linklater. In the days after Rory Stewart lost in his bid to be prime minister and watched Boris Johnson take the country in what he saw as a disastrous direction, he began to question why he was in politics at all. He had, by general […]

RORY CALLS FOR CLEAR DEADLINES FOR IMPROVEMENT OF ‘PENRITH PONG’

Rory has called for clear deadlines to be set out for improvement of the ‘Penrith Pong’. Mr Stewart made the call after meeting separately with Omega Proteins, Penrith Industrial BID and the Environment Agency on Friday, August 16th. Mr Stewart was shown around the animal rendering facility by Danny Sawrij, director of Leo Group, and the […]

RORY WISHES PENRITH GARDENERS LUCK AHEAD OF JUDGING

Rory met Louise Armstrong, of Penrith Community Gardeners, to wish the group luck ahead of the RHS Britain in Bloom judging on Friday, 2nd August. Penrith has a strong history of excelling in both Cumbria in Bloom and Britain in Bloom awards. Last year in the Cumbria in Bloom awards, Penrith won Gold Awards in the […]

RORY HIGHLIGHTS THE IMPORTANT HERITAGE OF FELL PONIES AHEAD OF EXHIBITION

Rory visited a group of fell ponies on Roundthwaite Common to learn more about their heritage and current pressures breeders feel they are under. Libby Robinson, of Globetrotter Stud, took Mr Stewart to visit her mares and foals on Roundthwaite Common ahead of an exhibition she has organised, ‘The Heritage of the Hill-bred Fell Pony’, which opens at […]

RORY SPEAKS ON CLIMATE CHANGE

Rory, in his capacity as Secretary of State for International Development, spoke at the Royal Institution today, to announce extra funding on cutting edge science and technology to reduce emissions and help communities in developing countries adapt to climate change. Watch it here:

RORY DISAPPOINTED OVER POST OFFICE MOVE

Following the announcement that the Penrith Post Office will be moving to WHSmith in August, Rory said: “I am very disappointed to hear that the Post Office will be moving. I met with the Post Office representatives in Penrith to argue against this move and very much hoped this would not happen, as I know […]