Rory Stewart declares he would like to be prime minister

Rory Stewart was appointed international development secretary this week. Photograph: Victoria Jones/PARory Stewart has declared he wants the prime minister’s job, becoming the first cabinet minister to openly do so, as he warned the Conservatives the party would lose 4m votes if it pursued a hard version of Brexit to “outdo Nigel Farage”. Stewart, who was made international development secretary this week, said “yes” when asked if he would throw his hat into the ri