The Annual Sir Thomas Gresham Lecture 2023 the Lecture by Rory Stewart OBE

I am so glad so many enjoyed watching this. It is good to hear such a talented speaker and be challenged to think deeper on these things.

varian

Thank you DaisyAnneReturns for this reference.

I agree that Rory Stewart's lecture and response to questions was absolutely brilliant and I was heartened by his response to a questioner that he would never re-enter politics as a Conservative.

yes that's true, I don't think he'd enter politics as Labour either. I think that's why I like him so much, he's not having to shape his opinions to toe the party line so he's free to say what he believes and does.

I listened this morning but couldn’t stop to hear the question session.
Impressively fluent speaker, I liked him when he was in government even though I don’t vote for his party.

foxie48

varian

Thank you DaisyAnneReturns for this reference.

I agree that Rory Stewart's lecture and response to questions was absolutely brilliant and I was heartened by his response to a questioner that he would never re-enter politics as a Conservative.

yes that's true, I don't think he'd enter politics as Labour either. I think that's why I like him so much, he's not having to shape his opinions to toe the party line so he's free to say what he believes and does.

May be he could move to the centre

I hadn’t heard of Gresham College‘s educational video collection before and apparently the college has been educating the public for 400 years. There are many more subjects to explore and wide ranging too. Interesting by product for a public school?

Forget the last sentence - not connected to Gresham College in Norfolk. It is still an interesting privately financed initiative started 400 years ago.

The economics topic is great - just following Prof Martin Daunton on ‘Why did Europe’s economies diverge from Asia?

Yes thank you DAR. Interesting and thought provoking. Agree with you folie.

foxie!