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In the 2015 election, Stewart was re-elected with a majority of 19,894 and appointed parliamentary under secretary of state at the [[Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs]]. <ref> [http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/coffeehouse/2015/05/rory-stewarts-mysterious-promotion-to-defra/ Rory Stewart’s mysterious promotion to Defra] ''The Spectator'', 12 May 2015, accessed 13 May 2015 </ref> | In the 2015 election, Stewart was re-elected with a majority of 19,894 and appointed parliamentary under secretary of state at the [[Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs]]. <ref> [http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/coffeehouse/2015/05/rory-stewarts-mysterious-promotion-to-defra/ Rory Stewart’s mysterious promotion to Defra] ''The Spectator'', 12 May 2015, accessed 13 May 2015 </ref> | ||
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In 2009 Stewart had denied a claim by former British diplomat [[Craig Murray]] that he had 'worked as an [[MI6]] officer in Afghanistan'.<ref name="Bell081109">Matthew Bell, [http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/commentators/matthew-bell-the-iiosi-diary-1816838.html The IoS Diary], ''Independent on Sunday'', 8 November 2009.</ref> | In 2009 Stewart had denied a claim by former British diplomat [[Craig Murray]] that he had 'worked as an [[MI6]] officer in Afghanistan'.<ref name="Bell081109">Matthew Bell, [http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/commentators/matthew-bell-the-iiosi-diary-1816838.html The IoS Diary], ''Independent on Sunday'', 8 November 2009.</ref> | ||
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*Ian Parker, [http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/11/15/101115fa_fact_parker Paths of Glory], ''New Yorker'', 15 November 2010. | *Ian Parker, [http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/11/15/101115fa_fact_parker Paths of Glory], ''New Yorker'', 15 November 2010. | ||
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Revision as of 10:08, 13 May 2015
Rory Stewart is the Conservative Party MP for Penrith and the Border.[1]
In the 2015 election, Stewart was re-elected with a majority of 19,894 and appointed parliamentary under secretary of state at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. [2]
Controversy
In 2009 Stewart had denied a claim by former British diplomat Craig Murray that he had 'worked as an MI6 officer in Afghanistan'.[3]
Matthew Bell of the Independent on Sunday reported:
- "I've never met Craig Murray and I have no idea why he is saying this," [Stewart] tells me when I call, "It's not just false but extremely dangerous. I've been doing charity work in countries where people are already at risk and his claims will only endanger them further." Stewart's father is even more succinct: "It's bollocks."[3]
A 2010 New Yorker profile of Stewart examined his alleged MI6 career. The The Telegraph reported:
- Asked by the magazine whether he had once worked for MI6, Mr Stewart reportedly said: "It's an unfair question", while "his mother, when asked, smiled, and said, 'I wouldn't begin to know'." The article's author, Ian Parker, wrote that Mr Stewart "later suggested phrases that I might use - such as his career 'giving the appearance of' such a path.[4]
Stewart's father, Brian Stewart, reportedly confirmed to the New Yorker that he himself was a senior MI6 officer in the running to become chief of the service in the 1970s.[4]
External resources
- Ian Parker, Paths of Glory, New Yorker, 15 November 2010.
Contact
Notes
- ↑ Rory Stewart, www.parliament.uk, accessed 23 May 2013.
- ↑ Rory Stewart’s mysterious promotion to Defra The Spectator, 12 May 2015, accessed 13 May 2015
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Matthew Bell, The IoS Diary, Independent on Sunday, 8 November 2009.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Jon Swaine,Rory Stewart concedes career 'gives appearance' that he worked for MI6, telegraph.co.uk, 8 November 2010.
