SteveBakerFRSA 2 months ago

😱The next election could be rejoin vs no deal 🎙️How Alain Tolhurst summarised points of agreement between me and Anand Menon 🚨This is serious

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The Rundown by PoliticsHome: Could the UK rejoin the EU?

With the idea of rejoining the European Union suddenly back on the agenda after Andy Burnham's selection for the Makerfield by-election and the...

SteveBakerFRSA 3 months ago

🫣 “The biggest story in climate science in decades has been mostly ignored” – Roger Pielke Jr

Media Coverage (or not) of RCP8.5 RIP

The biggest story in climate science in decades has been mostly ignored

SteveBakerFRSA 3 months ago

😳A shock to enjoy being interviewed by Matt Forde, who asked all the right questions - hope you like it

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Podcast Episode · Matt Forde

SteveBakerFRSA 3 months ago

💡Rule 1: survive to fight. 📣That means complying with the rules, however tedious, in letter and spirit. Never expose a flank. Ask how it will look… 🤦🏻‍♂️Everyone errs but politicians can’t afford to, especially when likely to be PM.

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Exclusive: Nigel Farage was given undisclosed £5m by crypto billionaire in 2024

Reform leader changed his mind about standing as MP after gift from Thai-based crypto tycoon Christopher Harborne

SteveBakerFRSA 4 months ago

😳Reform UK's candidate for London Mayor Laila Cunningham was incredibly impressive on the podcast. 🤷🏻‍♂️I won't have a vote... 📣Other candidates welcome!

SteveBakerFRSA 7 months ago

🎄Tonight, dinner with Glint - such lovely people! 💡 “Gold as Money – Buy, save, send & spend real gold instantly with Glint” glintpay.com

SteveBakerFRSA 7 months ago

“The Church of England’s suspicion of Tommy Robinson’s conversion revives, unwittingly, a very old heresy: Donatism. St Augustine confronted the claim that the moral failings of a minister could nullify the gospel itself.” The UK‘s other Christian Libertarian and a former police officer, my friend Fr. Dan Stork Banks, writes about the carol service organized by Unite The Kingdom:

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Not a Merry Ding-Dong | The North American Anglican

To use an English working-class phrase, there is a bit of “ding-dong” between Christians this month. Christmas carol services are not usually f...

SteveBakerFRSA 8 months ago

“In the Commons today, MPs gathered for the great constitutional question of our age: should Britain voluntarily re-enact the bit of Brexit everyone agreed was a terrible idea?” With apologies to @RobDotHutton, this evening, I idly asked ChatGPT to lampoon today’s tied vote on a customs union. It’s really quite good, so here it is.

Should the UK voluntarily re-enact the bit of Brexit everyone agreed was a terrible idea?

A SKETCH of todays tomfoolery in the Commons by ChatGPT

SteveBakerFRSA 8 months ago

📢Economic central planning has always failed and Net Zero rests upon it. 💡No government, even a capable one, can acquire the knowledge required to direct our lives and investments. 🤯The consequences are predictable: declining prosperity, growing coercion and ever more difficulty pursuing happiness. 🗽My paper, out today: Net Zero and the Threat to Human Liberty https://static1.squarespace.com/static/656f411497ae14084ad8d03a/t/693707ea74cab922802d3d69/1765214186269/BakerTheWayDown.pdf

SteveBakerFRSA 9 months ago

A hopeful and prosperous future is possible, but not like this.

The Chancellor's "scene-setter" speech was hopeless

A hopeful and prosperous future is possible, but not like this.

SteveBakerFRSA 9 months ago

😤Hubris: the intoxication of power 💉Power is a drug. Politicians and their courtesans are addicts. Hubris and failure follow. 💡Clinging to humility could make a big difference.

Hubris: the intoxication of power

Power is a drug. Politicians and their courtesans are addicts. Hubris and failure follow. Clinging to humility could make a big difference.

SteveBakerFRSA 9 months ago

📣This government won’t get away with blaming Brexit in the face of quality journalism like this.

Would UK be better off without Brexit?

Ministers may be tempted to use it as an excuse for tax rises, but there’s far more to it than that

SteveBakerFRSA 9 months ago

🗽Who will be the UK’s Milei ? 📣“Argentina's Milei wins big in midterms with 'chainsaw' austerity”

Argentina elections: Javier Milei and his 'chainsaw' austerity win big

Milei's radical spending cuts have won favour with Donald Trump, but also attracted widespread criticism.

SteveBakerFRSA 9 months ago

🗽Thank you so much to everyone who has expressed support for the Fighting for a Free Future project: you are hugely appreciated!  ✊🏻Everyone who supports FFF is part of the movement for free markets and freedom – and there is plenty you can please do to help.

How you can help Fight for a Free Future  – Steve Baker FRSA

SteveBakerFRSA 11 months ago

Ideas and action How to inspire young voters and unite the country as the managerial age collapses: offer the hope and reality of a better future founded on ideas that work.

Ideas and action

How to inspire young voters and unite the country as the managerial age collapses: offer the hope and reality of a better future founded on ideas t...

SteveBakerFRSA 11 months ago

😱This week's news stories paint a stark picture of Britain's immigration system in crisis. 😡Idealism won't wash: people are too angry. 💡And yet somehow we must defend and preserve a society in which the people we have continue to feel welcome.

Immigration and a good society

With over 27,000 migrants crossing the Channel illegally in small boats this year and asylum applications reaching a new record, clear thinking is ...

SteveBakerFRSA 1 year ago

What would be an "authentically Conservative position"? Libertarian optimist, mere conservative or communitarian nationalist? Who is the authentic Conservative? Towards a Conservatism that can work.

What would be an "authentically Conservative position"?

Libertarian optimist, mere conservative or communitarian nationalist? Who is the authentic Conservative? Towards a Conservatism that can work.

SteveBakerFRSA 1 year ago

🤝 During my time as an MP, I was pleased to work with thousands of my constituents on a wide range of policy issues. 📥 MPs receive an exceptional level of correspondence. In my series on the workings of Parliament, Liam Shearer outlines how to get your MP's attention. ➡

How Not To Get Ignored By Your MP

Everyone wishes their MP would listen to them and act on their concerns. Having worked in Parliament for over two years, here are several steps you...

SteveBakerFRSA 1 year ago

Now that Labour MPs can see plainly that their Prime Minister is willing to pick them off a few at a time to coerce the rest into obedience, they have to answer a simple question: will they tolerate it or not? Starmer's absolutism Why it matters and what Labour MPs can do about it

Starmer's absolutism

Why it matters and what Labour MPs can do about it

SteveBakerFRSA 1 year ago

Climate policy is now so important, everyone seeking to wield or influence power ought to know the terms of debate. Radical candour for Ed Miliband The climate is changing and we should take that seriously. But climate policy is leading us to ruin, often on unscientific foundations: the now implausible high emissions scenario RCP8.5.

Radical candour for Ed Miliband

The climate is changing and we should take that seriously. But climate policy is leading us to ruin, often on unscientific foundations: the now imp...