Rory Stewart was brought into this discussion as better than the Brighton Pavilion/a generic Labour candidate but I am not sure that you could say that he could do a better job as a Prison Secretary than say Tom Gray could do as Culture Secretary?
What RS does also have is a record of voting...
Couldn't your description of Tom Gray and Eddie Izzard as 'two activists, driven by single issue politics' also be applied to Sian Berry and Tom Gray?
I also find the festishisation of Rory Stewart strange. He's already shown us what he would do in power: Rory Stewart's votes in parliament...
Seemed a bit of a shame to me. I voted Izzard as I think to overturn majority of 20k when the incumbent party is to the left of Labour would have been easier with a candidate with high name recognition. Just being the Labour candidate doesn't seem like it would be enough vs when facing...