Rory Stewart

I spent a fascinating evening yesterday in the company of Rory Stewart, MP for for Penrith and the Borders, at a charity fundraising event in Gloucestershire.

Rory is an old Etonian, was briefly an infantry man in the Black Watch, was with

the foreign office in Bosnia and then deputy governor in two provinces in the

marsh regions of Iraq. He walked 6000 miles across Afghanistan before founding

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the Turquoise Mountain Charity, has been a professor at Harvard University and

is now a (sadly Tory) MP, and has published several books.

Rory gave a

fascinating presentation in which he drew parallels between life in Afghanistan

and life in Cumbria; the ancient culture, the founding of society, the skills

that have been passed from generation to generation, the hospitality of the

people.

I tried to persuade him to cross the floor of the house and

become leader of the opposition, without success and teased him gently about

being a spook. He didn't take that bait!

Still, Rory is one of the few

Tories I have respect for (another being our local MP Richard Graham) and it

wouldn't surprise me if in a few years time I am telling my children about the

evening I sent with the now Prime Minister, Rory Stewart. Currently I can only

tell them about the evening I spent with David Cameron; not as rewarding an

evening I can promise you!