Rory Stewart
Rory Stewart is the Conservative MP for Penrith and the Border.[1]
In 2009 Stewart had denied a claim by former British diplomat Craig Murray that he had 'worked as an MI6 officer in Afghanistan'.[2]
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."[2]
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.[3]
Stewart's father, Brian Stewart, reportedly confirmed to the New Yorker that he was a senior MI6 officer in the running to become chief of the service in the 1970s.[3]
Notes
- ↑ Rory Stewart, www.parliament.uk, accessed 23 May 2013.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matthew Bell, The IoS Diary, Independent on Sunday, 8 November 2009.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Jon Swaine,Rory Stewart concedes career 'gives appearance' that he worked for MI6, telegraph.co.uk, 8 November 2010.
