I wonder why he has a bee in his bonnet about Rory Stewart?
Its likely Johnson's put the feelers out to do a podcast and his publicity team came back with the bad news; The few people left who still like and trust you don't listen to podcasts. And couldn’t find anyone who wanted to partner you, even Reform hate you. Maybe Mandelson's available.
A few paragraphs in, Johnson becomes the lefty bedwetter more concerned with human rights than the realpolitik of reliable partners in international relations.
Has he seen what the Chinese are doing to freedom in Hong Kong? Has he looked at the fate of the Uighurs? You would have thought he was aware of the overwhelming opinion of the humanitarian NGOs that the human rights of the Chinese people are being shredded daily like so much Peking duck. But Rory wants us to chuck Trump – and treat him the same as Xi Jinping!