The eyes have it: Rory Stewart’s ‘magnificently strange’ Newsnight moment goes viral

Clip of the former Tory MP staring intently at fellow panellist is shared widely online Rory Stewart has been an Afghan NGO leader, a Conservative leadership candidate, a Harvard professor, a popular podcaster, and the deputy governor of an Iraqi province. This week, he created a moment that drew wider attention than any of them: he fixed a beady gaze on a fellow Newsnight panellist for the longest four seconds in television history. Stewart, who now co-presents The Rest Is Politics with Alastai...

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