You just don't get sex maniacs anymore, do you?

[Monty92]

No, you're not missing anything other than the fact that he appeals to such commentators because they are not tories and in many cases actively hate everything about the tories. Stewart is simply positioning himself as the acceptable face of Remain in what under Johnson will be a Brexiteer's Tory Party and thus is seeking to carve out a party within a party - the new ERG, if you like.

I'm a massive, massive fan of Stewart's plan to put Brexit back to the people via a citizens' assembly - except if the people then decide we should leave with No Deal, he won't accept their answer

[Burney]

I'm a massive, massive fan of Stewart's plan to put Brexit back to the people via a citizens' assembly - except if the people then decide we should leave with No Deal, he won't accept their answer

Exactly. The shocking thing is that, when he said that, he wasn't challenged about it by the interviewer.

He is quite simply a de haut en bas, we-know-best remainer masquerading as a man of the people and babbling in Pashtu.