Steve Baker on the Tory implosion and how the party rebuilds

Steve Baker on the Tory implosion and how the party rebuilds | SpectatorTV

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Steve Baker, former MP and Conservative minister, joins The Spectator's political correspondent James Heale on Spectator TV for his final interview before he takes a break after losing his seat in the general election. He discusses the future Tory leader, the rise of Nigel Farage, and why he's the man that 'knows how it's done.'
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00:00 - Why Steve Baker lost his seat
02:06 - Is it Rishi Sunak’s fault?
05:21 - Who comes next? Suella?
13:25 - What do you make of Keir Starmer?
17:06 - Is Nigel Farage the future of conservatism?
22:35 - Interview with George Osborne and Ed Balls and election night and what’s next for Steve Baker?
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@gdok6088 14 күн бұрын

'We behaved like clowns' Actually you behaved much, much worse than that. Your Tory party, for which I had previously voted for the whole of my life, behaved for 14 years with arrogance, contempt, heartlessness and dishonesty towards the British people and our beloved country. You have taken a wrecking ball to almost every aspect of our life in the UK and trashed any shred of honesty, competence and trustworthiness the Tory party ever had. You deserve to be out of power for 2 full terms at a bare minimum. In fact your lousy, rotten party, riven by infighting may never be forgiven, ever. Over the last dismal 14 years it became ever more transparently clear that you put Party above Country at every turn which is unconscionable and disgraceful.

@valerieellen2402 13 күн бұрын

Well said! What they have done is nothing short of evil. Tory WEF puppets replaced by Labour WEF puppets. Good riddance!

@maureengladwell1317 13 күн бұрын

Wonderfully put

@youngmeldrew 13 күн бұрын

I think Baker's bemusement towards Suella Braverman's speech ties in with what you say about the Tory's dishonesty. In case he's still wondering, her audience is the voting public and Tory party members who will understand exactly where she's coming from. Baker seems to prefer the ploy of keeping people in the dark until after the candidate is elected so that policies contrary to what people thought they voted for can be inflicted. In other words, he wants to continue with government by sleight of hand.

@ChristopherPhillips 13 күн бұрын

Hahahaha the derangement 😂

@MaliciousChickenAgenda 13 күн бұрын

@@gdok6088 we no longer have a true Conservative Party, just a bunch of horrible self interested, ignorant, corrupt charlatans who wouldn’t know how to conserve anything if it slapped them in the face. I consider myself a traditional liberal, I’ve never voted Tory but I would actually consider voting for a Conservative Party if they intended to preserve some common sense! I’d disagree with them on certain issues no doubt but the central left have been captured by identity politics so a genuinely conservative movement would be preferable to Starmer who will finish what Tony Blair started. What an absolute shambles

@JG-om9rp 14 күн бұрын

This guy has been on a management course run by David Brent. He has a massive ego and a level of arrogance off the scale. Parliament is a better place without him.

@jamesjarrett52 14 күн бұрын

There s definitely plenty of Brent in him.

@johncarter7355 14 күн бұрын

Deffo reaching out to a higher ground.

@missbugs6539 14 күн бұрын

😂

@christopherwalsh4703 14 күн бұрын

God he’s insufferable

@wishawweather5421 14 күн бұрын

He is utterly and completely delusional and seems to be quickly developing a near messianic complex since his defeat. On the morning after he lost his seat I thought it was just a case of a severe huff. But it's escalating fast.

@sc3pt1c4L 14 күн бұрын

Wow, this guy is so far up his own arse.

@fijay2400 14 күн бұрын

Steve, a man who believes his own publicity.

@leegould5306 13 күн бұрын

He’s totally deluded just like the majority of Cons..

@AutoAlligator 13 күн бұрын

This is unfair.

@hogyndrwg6253 13 күн бұрын

@@AutoAlligator not altogether.

@PoliticalViews-d8f 12 күн бұрын

ERG era and all the pride has gone. Very normal Steve Baker! Thank God safe seats don't exist 🙏

@matthewn1805 12 күн бұрын

He said they should be professional, professional grifters maybe but otherwise there has never been a more incompetent government who's biggest preoccupation was how well they could lie.

@leemoore3974 14 күн бұрын

This guy is the worst type of politician... this conversation is all about defending himself and throwing everyone else under the bus. People like this are the problem, he seems to think politics is about talking nonsense instead of true leadership. "I have 30 years of experience...", good for you - I don't care.

@wlj344 12 күн бұрын

Exactly, his words are as an empty vessel, a rattling can.

@hs97jhs 12 күн бұрын

He's very peculiar - an absolute egomaniac

@richardmatthews3304 12 күн бұрын

Spot on he kind of blamed sunak. ,and yet sunak was voted back in but he wasnt

@merseybeat1963 9 күн бұрын

You mean the type of politician with a high achievement personality who succeeds in getting things done . And knows right from wrong and served in the Armed Forces. No wonder your country is going down the drain..the voters judgement is broken. Enjoy Labour.

@jameshacker8808 9 күн бұрын

@@merseybeat1963served in military doesn’t guarantee good policies or good conduct. The fact of the matter is, he is a constant back-stabbing, climate denying and self-serving politician. Stabbed multiple leaders in the back, went to Greece for vacation after the election was called and blaming everyone else for the utter incompetence of his lot in the government. So a political player with no intellectual capacity.

@benlong5869 14 күн бұрын

Steve Baker is so unbelievably arrogant! What an embarrassment

@tomk8729 14 күн бұрын

The whole play the white man nonsense really grated by the end. Oh and apparently he once read a copy of the Harvard Business Review.

@SpeedfreakUK 14 күн бұрын

“Half my voters stayed home, what can you do?” Has he tried removing his head from his anus?

@barnaby5548 14 күн бұрын

Exactly what I was thinking.

@shmosel_ 14 күн бұрын

Shocking that such a likeable fellow could get voted out

@ohdearism 13 күн бұрын

Listening to him here - he's not interested in what's good for the nation, he's more focussed on how to bring down and expose Labour at any cost to the country.

@user-xj6ke4qk8t 13 күн бұрын

'We behaved like clowns'. No, you behaved like traitors!

@nickwalsh527 14 күн бұрын

'Ive led Tory MPs through successive crises successfully' Really Steve? Why have you all been fired then? Could it be that your view of success just doesnt chime with the voters view of it? It may be that your focus on managing the party rather than managing the country has been the problem. Good riddance.

@stevesimpson6558 13 күн бұрын

What a maggot.... "I've led Tory MPs through successive crises successfully", that we caused...

@hannacook859 14 күн бұрын

It is not about votes. It is about the state of the country

@AutoAlligator 13 күн бұрын

I agree.

@tq6892 13 күн бұрын

Not to politicians it’s not.

@TobyOneCanoby 12 күн бұрын

What I thought, public service, you’re their public servant, they can ignore you, or opt out, leaving others to make a choice, rejecting you by proxy. Steve Baker isn’t the worst tory, he’s quite competent, but he’s in a party that has gone cuckoo; all ideology and show boating.

@johnwhale8316 14 күн бұрын

He seems to think that half his voters staying at home had nothing to do with him.

@billysmith7686 13 күн бұрын

@@johnwhale8316 He seems to think these voters were "his"....

@mobsiesixsixsix9785 13 күн бұрын

He really does. What a turd.

@leegould5306 13 күн бұрын

… but it’s not his fault, everyone else is to blame!

@willtricks9432 13 күн бұрын

After the failings of the Pandemic many will be dead.

@BarryDiegoLondon-cy9ij 13 күн бұрын

The whole interview was him contradicting himself within minutes. It's a level of insanity.

@roundIine 13 күн бұрын

Ironic how he's banging on about how to win friends and influence people when after 5 minutes I'm uniquely repulsed by him in ways no British politician has managed, he's a cartoon character of sociopathic arrogance.

@johnmoorefilm 13 күн бұрын

It’s the necklace 😅

@Nicole-Faith 12 күн бұрын

I couldn't believe he actually said that interview with Ed after he lost his seat came across well. His condescending pat me on the back tone here is just so irritating to me.

@hs97jhs 12 күн бұрын

Spot on. He's a strange man.

@dominicoliver7505 13 күн бұрын

Wow! As a sequel to 'how to win friends and influence people', can somebody write a book called 'how to do an interview and not come across like a conceited arse' and give Steve 50 copies...

@maryhart9688 12 күн бұрын

I think he must have read too many NPL books...

@kevinmcinerney1959 12 күн бұрын

Ha ha. I have't read "How to Win Friends..", but I have a feeling that if Baker read it he didn't understand it.

@archwombat9250 14 күн бұрын

I’m surprised we could see Steve Baker in this video, he was so far up his own arse.

@VaucluseVanguard 14 күн бұрын

I could just say this guy is full of himself and a bit of a narcissist. But during my professional life I had to engage with about a dozen MPs of the two major parties. They were all, every one like him, most were much better at hiding it.

@seniorelzappo9919 14 күн бұрын

Christ ten minutes of him is enough make anyone stay at home !

@susie6133 13 күн бұрын

Super comment, couldn’t stop laughing 😂

@mrhobbsmathssupporter9920 14 күн бұрын

He comes across Very Alan Partridge - no self reflection what so ever and blames everyone and everything for his defeat apart from his own actions - truly tragic - lets hope he plays no part in public life going forward.

@juliansmart7240 14 күн бұрын

I'm afraid politics has driven the poor man mad. The arrogance and lack of insight into what mattered to the electorate is stunning. And - me, me, me.

@rw9854 13 күн бұрын

I was thinking exactly this but you articulated it perfectly. Politics has driven a fundamentally decent man completely mad. Lacking outside perspective and self involved. Genuinely sounds like David Brent. Needs a good rest. Go play some golf or something

@Arctic_Fox_NFFC 13 күн бұрын

@@juliansmart7240 “needless to say I had the last laugh”

@jonb5493 13 күн бұрын

"..has driven the poor man mad" .. what a wonderfully short commute!

@AutoAlligator 13 күн бұрын

In a nut-house everyone is mad.

@tomburroughes9834 13 күн бұрын

I don't know: he was pretty scathing about the party and its direction.

@cautopates 14 күн бұрын

This fella really loves himself, obnoxious self praise no wonder he lost his job

@mindyerownbusiness-p7t 14 күн бұрын

He's on here to land a new job.

@robgibbs7479 13 күн бұрын

If he's so brilliant, why did half "his" voters stay at home? I think his arrogance played a big part.

@robfaulkner7016 14 күн бұрын

Oh how will the Tories survive without him? Talk about arrogance. A mediocre politician in a party of mediocre politicians.

@judithdavidson2356 14 күн бұрын

@@robfaulkner7016 That’s too kind. Mediocrity would have been something of an achievement

@mindyerownbusiness-p7t 14 күн бұрын

RAF guys always think they're entitled to rule.

@PaulaXism 10 күн бұрын

@@judithdavidson2356 May worked so hard to achieve mediocrity, and she missed by a mile.

@judithdavidson2356 14 күн бұрын

How can anyone take this man seriously?

@davidrenton 14 күн бұрын

i agree , he is terrible , he makes the other tory's look good

@simontmn 14 күн бұрын

He stood up to May over Brexit. He was genuinely tenacious & achieved real good. I think people thus assumed he had other positive qualities.

@PauloAdriano-zo2ng 14 күн бұрын

@@simontmn Regrettably he doesn't.😅

@alphabetaxenonzzzcat 14 күн бұрын

I don't. I used to during the Brexit fight(I actually thought the was genuine then), but his rather fake fight against lockdowns really grated - and then I saw his true colours - he is an utter fake.

@davidrenton 14 күн бұрын

@@alphabetaxenonzzzcat 30 years though

@user-yg8mx2lp1b 14 күн бұрын

The ego on this guy!

@TerriObrien-mi5rx 14 күн бұрын

Massive ego 🤡🤢

@mindyerownbusiness-p7t 14 күн бұрын

Ex-RAF. What did you expect?

@user-zd7xp2sf7c 13 күн бұрын

At more than one point, he sounded like David Brent.

@ohdearism 13 күн бұрын

Typical Tory narcissism.

@ohdearism 13 күн бұрын

@@mindyerownbusiness-p7t Ex-military types are generally the most arrogant and out-of-touch people you can possibly meet. All the way down to those who peeled potatoes on HMS Whogivesashit.

@joannekitts4483 13 күн бұрын

No wonder he lost his seat. He is so in love with himself and doesn't stop going on about how great he is. Yuk!

@georgesotiriou7051 14 күн бұрын

What a humble man. A huge loss for the cou... I can't stop laughing

@LettyK 13 күн бұрын

Love the sarcasm in some of these comments!

@paulbrightwell3621 14 күн бұрын

Everyone else's fault! They never learn

@maccagrabme 14 күн бұрын

They will find out next election, by then sub 100 seats I suspect.

@supercoolmegadude113 14 күн бұрын

Is he another parody MP? "I gave it to them good and hard" lol He is hillarious! Brent and Partridge vibes😂

@SJGinSAfrica 14 күн бұрын

A prime example of a person with narcissistic traits . His utter lack of self awareness and humility shines through in every sentence. Professional psychological examination recommended for most MP's.

@user-on3zp6jn5d 14 күн бұрын

After this garbage, I now know why the Tory party lost big time.

@jdg9999 14 күн бұрын

No it wasn't because of fucking d-day or betting, it was because your party isn't actually conservative.

@maccagrabme 14 күн бұрын

Its either us the voter or the WEF, whats it to be?

@shanghaichica 14 күн бұрын

He really believes his own BS 😂😂😂

@mjl4695 14 күн бұрын

Never trust a man over the age of 16 who is wearing leather jewellery.

@eastanglian6624 13 күн бұрын

I didn't know that Alan Partridge had gone into politics. Completely & utterly oblivious to how ridiculous he is. Amazing.

@dohlecarnett1866 13 күн бұрын

You confuse him with Grant Shapps aka Schnappsy, Alan's good friend.

@mikeburns8700 14 күн бұрын

It’s ALWAYS someone else’s fault with the modern Tory party.

@TimComley 13 күн бұрын

Did you watch it or just mouthing off

@AutoAlligator 13 күн бұрын

Isn't that how we have a Labour government? Cohesion and collective responsibility are important but the truth is also important. 14 years in power is impressive. Particularly when we are the highest taxed nation across Europe with amongst the worst public spending per capita. To have made working families worse off is not the best result. People will remove a Government that has achieved so little. That is the beauty of democracy.

@mobsiesixsixsix9785 13 күн бұрын

@@TimComley Did you watch it? because his comment was on point. He's blaming everyone else except himself. But it's people like Baker that helped destroy the tories and now he's acting like it was nothing to do with him and his ego.

@jenniferlawrence2701 13 күн бұрын

@@AutoAlligator It would be impressive if they'd actually done something worthwhile with that 14 years.

@tahiti1 13 күн бұрын

He's the epitomy of why former Conservative party voters will no longer vote for them. Hubris, arrogance, blaming others, lack of integrity.

@MrGavinBoyd 14 күн бұрын

Worst government of my lifetime.

@maccagrabme 14 күн бұрын

Give them a chance they have only been in less than a week.

@jop4826 13 күн бұрын

Blair government.must be the worse

@saltchuckwest 12 күн бұрын

@@JohnPretty1 masterful

@FraserBailey-jm5yz 12 күн бұрын

Yes. I thought New Label (sic) was the worst government in the history of western democracy given the disasters of Iraq and Afghanistan etc. But the Tories have spend the last few years surpassing them.

@philiplindley7384 14 күн бұрын

I really don't know what that was? Bloke who likes the sound of his own voice perhaps??

@johnbowes7182 14 күн бұрын

Baker seems to have an opinion of himself, not matched by his ability. He does not seem to realise the economic shit show he has left behind, that he helped create. He has gone on a few management courses and repeats verbatim the content. Arrogant, ignorant and yesterdays news.

@user-zd7xp2sf7c 13 күн бұрын

At more than one point, he sounded like David Brent.

@darev6780 13 күн бұрын

have you seen his leadership skills though 😂😂😂

@AutoAlligator 13 күн бұрын

I do not agree.

@richardmalcolm1457 13 күн бұрын

Baker seems to think that the Tories' problem was just a question of presentation and process. But they were toast even before D-Day, the betting scandals, and every episode of Conservative in-fighting put together.

@peterprice6035 14 күн бұрын

Lots of bitterness here.

@mattmangan6051 14 күн бұрын

He said he didn’t want to disparage the leadership candidates but threw Suela under a bus. Not very gentlemanly.

@mr2981 14 күн бұрын

I lost it when he talked about his 'eight years of success'. Oh, the stories we tell ourselves...

@MrDaglish77 14 күн бұрын

Deranged.

@User-4517 13 күн бұрын

My former local MP. Unreachable and hardly ever seen in his constituency. Needed the boot.

@stoutyeoman818 14 күн бұрын

If Steve Baker is such an inspired, charismatic leader, would he not have been re-elected with a large majority?

@paulinetipper1351 14 күн бұрын

Andrew Bridgen was reelected. Because he is an honest man.

@maxhaughton1964 13 күн бұрын

I don’t think he’s saying he’s charismatic as per se.

@XxxULTIMATEZxxX 13 күн бұрын

⁠@@paulinetipper1351Andrew Bridgen lost the election in his North West Leicestershire constituency. He barely got over 1,000 votes and finished below Labour, Conservatives, Reform, Greens and Lib Dems. The Conservative candidate got 15,000 votes, and Labour got 16,000, Reform 9,000 for reference. Although I’m sure he won’t be too disappointed because Bridgen has suffered massively as an MP for being so outspoken, and has lost of lot of his personal money and his business as a result of being targeted. So at least now he can be free to live somewhat under the radar. Resistance GB KZfaq channel did a lengthy podcast with him last month, where he explained how much his personal life has suffered due to being outspoken on certain topics.

@sean5811 13 күн бұрын

@@stoutyeoman818 or have been given a big job in the cabinet. His colleagues didn't see anything

@philippecahill1420 13 күн бұрын

@@maxhaughton1964he jolly-well is

@simontmn 14 күн бұрын

I feel Suella is the only one who realises they're not coming back from this. Baker taking an offhand swipe at Braverman for not wanting men in girls' changing rooms really exemplifies just how out of touch they are.

@pixie3458 14 күн бұрын

Yes, we the electorate are also the audience

@mogznwaz 14 күн бұрын

Yeah that was disappointing because I like Steve Baker generally

@realMaverickBuckley 14 күн бұрын

Hes a Libertarian. Of course he's pro Rainbow butchery.

@simontmn 14 күн бұрын

@@realMaverickBuckley I guess they don't count men masturbating in women's toilets or breaking them on the sports field as violating the non-aggression principle.

@johndoeboston123 12 күн бұрын

American here, so maybe I don't know what I'm talking about, but it seems to me that Suella Braverman was just about the only one who truly cared what the voters wanted. She had to literally chase down other ministers in the corridor, attempting to get them to talk about immigration. Astonishing.

@1helluvaguy738 14 күн бұрын

As an American listening to this guy I can understand why the conservatives got absolutely trounced. Here in America we on the right do NOT lack enthusiasm for our guy! 🇺🇸 ❤ 🇬🇧

@realMaverickBuckley 14 күн бұрын

No , but once Trumos gone, sadly your Republucan party will be 90% guys like Steve.

@carlmiller2603 14 күн бұрын

Trump has not only destroyed the Republican Party but is about to inflict calamity on the US if elected. Republicans.....the World is laughing at you...... really 🇬🇧

@stephenkedge6805 13 күн бұрын

You mean the convicted felon who wants elected autocracy and is not allowed to hold an alcohol licence? We managed to have a peaceful transfer of power without riots and killing 5 police officers. We don't need your type of enthusiasm for political shambles, legal corruption and autocracy. Good luck with it all. Best wishes from the UK.

@johndoeboston123 12 күн бұрын

@realMaverickBuckley Other American here. True that.

@XavierJAlexander 14 күн бұрын

David Brent the conservative MP version

@martinhughes6860 13 күн бұрын

He’s the architect of his own demise, and the demise of a lot of others too. I lost £100k a year with the collapse of part of my business, directly as a consequence of his policies. He’s dangerous and shouldn’t be anywhere the levers of power.

@jj-ny2zr 14 күн бұрын

Steve, if you have such leadership qualities then how did you not exert more leadership and allow your party to lead Britain to this precipice? What a bleak future we all now face.

@UKAlanR 14 күн бұрын

Because he's not mad or mendacious enough to appeal to the monstrous membership, or his lunatic former colleagues

@californiadreamin8423 13 күн бұрын

Nonsense. The U.K. has a far better future now that these incompetent grifters are out of parliament……and the RAF are well rid of him too.

@mobsiesixsixsix9785 13 күн бұрын

@@UKAlanR He's an obvious ego maniac. Not sure what that makes you.

@fredo1070 14 күн бұрын

Nigel Farage hit the nail on the head when he said Boris ran as a conservative and governed as a Green. How many votes did the Tories get from the Just Stop Oil and Extinction Rebellion brigade at this election?

@derekmoore8224 14 күн бұрын

I remember nf supporting t b saying get mor jabs..

@hannacook859 14 күн бұрын

Exactly

@ashfield1425 14 күн бұрын

Probably none. Even with all their pandering they probably went to Labour.

@theshog123 14 күн бұрын

somewhere between none and zero.

@maccagrabme 14 күн бұрын

these so called Tories cannot please WEF and please its voters, its one of the other. Whats it to be?

@rupertp 13 күн бұрын

He comes across like David Brent, zero self awareness, cringeworthy

@kaxar6954 14 күн бұрын

Just listening to him, I understand now why he lost. Surprised he was ever a MP.

@davidrenton 14 күн бұрын

we can all breath a sigh of relief, this particular man is not in goverment and never will be again

@alexmeager233 14 күн бұрын

He sounds quite bitter

@hs97jhs 12 күн бұрын

He does. But isn't bitterness the least of his problems?!

@lebadass 13 күн бұрын

Waiting for Sasha Baron Cohen to pull off his Steve Barker mask. What a wally 😂

@mikep710 14 күн бұрын

What a w4nker

@colinm1082 14 күн бұрын

And no one did what the people wanted.

@CaptainGrimes1 14 күн бұрын

So arrogant and hasn't learned a thing. You can't do a 2010 and give us another Cameron, that won't work this time. We have a real socially conservative party this time.

@simontmn 14 күн бұрын

Yes, they always live in the past. Next time round it will be nothing like 2010. The Islamists will likely be sweeping up many Labour seats with 25%+ Muslim voters, while Reform will likely be sweeping up swathes of white working class Red Wall seats and the more socially conservative Tory lower middle class regions. The BBC won't be able to stop it.

@maccagrabme 14 күн бұрын

What is it they think they have to offer?

@philippecahill1420 13 күн бұрын

Completely hubristic nonsense

@dh1380 14 күн бұрын

Something tells me this guy has 30 years of leadership experience 🤔

@Jon-xw9om 13 күн бұрын

and yet, learnt nothing. ego over ability.

@sonnykeith8338 14 күн бұрын

This guy is one of the biggest hypocrites, and dare I say liars to have sat in parliament. Good riddance.

@benlong5869 14 күн бұрын

Being an Engineer officer and a manager in a start up doesn’t define leadership 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@TheIdlesurfer 14 күн бұрын

Meh. Crab Air. That isn't a madly impressive CV. It's okay but for middle management.

@DavidMeikle-ei7fr 14 күн бұрын

Baker was one of the biggest problems, he showed loyalty when it suited him personally

@maxthecat4632 14 күн бұрын

He hasn't got a clue.

@hs97jhs 12 күн бұрын

He comes across as a pretty ridiculous individual, doesn't he...

@marumaru6084 14 күн бұрын

How do you get trust back after massive betrayals? Would you take a serial cheater back>?

@maccagrabme 14 күн бұрын

Its not possible for any political party to please its voters AND the WEF. Thats where they went wrong.

@anonnemo2504 14 күн бұрын

"Half his voters stayed at home", said Mr. Baker. He shouldn't be surprised. He was a turncoat on Brexit and a facilitator for the cowardly capitulation to the EU that was the Windsor framework. He is right, however, that Sunak the Usurper was one of the main reasons for the Tories' defeat but fourteen years of breathtaking incompetence and dishonesty did not help either. I do not believe his assessment of officials in the civil service. He is either being disingenuous or the kind of experience he has had with them does not mirror that of someone, for example, like myself, who, after the death of his father, had to wait seven months for grant of probate from a HMCTS official, no doubt shirking from home, who did not even open my application until over 5 months after it was delivered, something admitted in writing without shame or apology. Mr. Baker's whole tone was to suggest that he would have had the answers to all the Tories' problems. My reaction to this interview? Good riddance to this hopelessly detached and self-obsessed egomaniac.

@glassmuxxic 14 күн бұрын

'Real Brexit has never been tried' is rapidly becoming the 'Real socialism has never been tried' of the right 😂

@Toglos 14 күн бұрын

they voted Reform who got 4.7k comparing to 2019 electionresults.parliament.uk/elections/1943

@Toglos 14 күн бұрын

16213 with reform votes would have beat Labour

@dotdashdotdash 14 күн бұрын

@@glassmuxxic tell us more about how Brexit has been honestly implemented.

@anonnemo2504 14 күн бұрын

@@Toglos Yes, it was the Reform vote that saw him turfed out. Oh dear, how sad, never mind!

@waynesmyth8242 13 күн бұрын

He's deluded. They don't need managerial experience, or leadership experience or charisma to succeed. They just need to give people what they ask for and what they promised to deliver. When you spend all your time in government doing the exact opposite of what you promised the people who voted for you, then don't be surprised when your entire party gets decimated. None of this is difficult.

@b.alexanderjohnstone9774 14 күн бұрын

Yes but why didn't your voters come out? Could it be that you guys betrayed those voters?

@shelleyscloud3651 14 күн бұрын

‘Don’t want to be talking anyone down’ said straight after dragging Suella. And btw, telling the truth isn’t ‘attacking’ minorities.

@mogznwaz 14 күн бұрын

👏👏👏

@peterdockerty8077 14 күн бұрын

Was a big fan of Baker when he was a big part of Brexit and the ERG. But once he got in with Sunak he gave Northern Ireland to the EU and will never be forgiven

@eughrologh 14 күн бұрын

It was Boris who really annoyed the Unionists? NI is still part of NI. Windsor framework was generally well recieved in NI as an improvement. This sort of deranged empire talk is not engaged with reality and therefore the world will, I'm afraid, never make sense to you.

@AliDixon95 14 күн бұрын

Scum

@simony2801 13 күн бұрын

@@peterholden3672 brexit was a whole lake of piss we would be better off without.

@dohlecarnett1866 13 күн бұрын

I hope you see the interesting part: You liked the man when he could just shout and demand from the sidelines. But when he had actually to do hard work - that is being minister for Northern Ireland having to deal with the most complex question of the Brexit process - you disliked him and use hypermoral categories like a wokie ("never be forgiven").

@Lynnefromlyn 12 күн бұрын

No one “gave Northern Ireland to the EU” FFS! What a deranged comment! And Brexit was the biggest example of national suicide since Masada.

@jimhallinsn1023 14 күн бұрын

Waving through net zero legislation, without debate, not showing any backbone when negotiating with the EU. That's sufficient for now, there is much more.

@applin121 13 күн бұрын

I have no sympathy for Baker at all. This is self-serving clap trap from him. He’s wise after the event, so what? The Tory vote collapsed because the Tories reneged on every single promise they made and they treated the British public like dirt.

@BigBenn2014 14 күн бұрын

As soon as Baker got a job in Govt he took the knee to the EU and couldn’t stop grovelling for any hurty words he said during the referendum.

@maureengladwell1317 13 күн бұрын

Probably one of the only things he done right then we need to go in you know in the end we will people just second tired of all the disadvantages we have now and there's a question a millionaire or a tax avoider if you're one of them I can quite understand why you love it if not maybe you need to think again

@droptuned83 13 күн бұрын

@@maureengladwell1317 rubbish!

@dajjy 13 күн бұрын

@@maureengladwell1317 get a job mozza

@peterhurd9667 13 күн бұрын

@@maureengladwell1317 que? repeat in coherent sentences please

@sugarfree1894 14 күн бұрын

30 years of leadership and it ends like this? Perhaps he made the wrong choices.

@jamesjarrett52 14 күн бұрын

This guy is just priceless.😅

@hutrowsuc 13 күн бұрын

"Half my voter's stayed at home". Prat.

@TheTim59 10 күн бұрын

Exactly. 'His voters!!' Whichever constituency we live in, we are no politician's or political party's voters, they all need to remember that. I wanted to ensure the Tories didn't get back in in my area, so I voted tactically and got the result I wanted.

@NPC-st7zv 14 күн бұрын

121 seats too many.

@victoriawratten6884 14 күн бұрын

He sounds like a corporate trainer. The amount of leadership trainers out there who sound exactly like this. He does come across arrogant in some ways.

@Jon-xw9om 13 күн бұрын

"...in EVERY way"

@2504anon 11 күн бұрын

It’s the same brand of narcissism

@hawsrulebegin7768 13 күн бұрын

Poor guy. It’s everyone else’s fault and nothing to do with him.

@adamgrimsley2900 13 күн бұрын

An awful MP. He talked about being leader of the party and then the day after he lost said he was so glad he lost. What a guy. What a leader.

@Eric_200 14 күн бұрын

I liked Steve a lot during the Brexit debacle. This interview rang a little hollow tho. Ego stroking exercise. Let’s go Nigel and Reform! 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

@davidrenton 14 күн бұрын

got the same feeling, he is clueless

@alphabetaxenonzzzcat 14 күн бұрын

The same for me - I had some time for him during the Brexit fight - but when he was supposedly going to oppose lockdowns - he didn't - he gave rather half baked attempts - and ultimately showed true colours then - no integrity what so ever.

@Eric_200 14 күн бұрын

Well said.

@simony2801 13 күн бұрын

Let’s not.

@IanParker 14 күн бұрын

Steve, you were great for Brexit, but I think you have lost your way... like many other so called Tories, thus I voted Reform. Whilst reform are not perfect, they are far more conservative, that the Lib Dem bunch currently acting as Tories IMO.

@maureengladwell1317 13 күн бұрын

Do you mean more racialist because that's the only difference I can see

@IanParker 13 күн бұрын

@@maureengladwell1317 Thank you for your reply.. Do you mean that Steve Baker is a racist or that I'm a racist? Since we have never met, I assume that you consider my voting direction means that I am a racist. Thank you for your highly intelligent assertion... I wish you well.

@bigbinji6145 12 күн бұрын

@@maureengladwell1317 Oh...I smell a middle class bigot throwing smears around.....disgusting.

@stevebell6057 14 күн бұрын

If he ‘knows how it's done’ - then why was he handed his backside?

@darev6780 13 күн бұрын

This guy has the demeanor of a guy winging it through a job interview.

@Jon-xw9om 13 күн бұрын

in his head, like prince andrew, he's thinking 'nailed it'.

@hs97jhs 12 күн бұрын

@@Jon-xw9om Ha ha ha - spot on!

@cedarstuff 14 күн бұрын

The Windsor Framework was, and is, an absolute disaster. Getting rousted with a "nothing to do with me, guv" attitude is delusion.

@simonorr594 14 күн бұрын

'My voters didn't stay at home because I went on holiday to Greece'. Bet he's now looking for a career at NASA as a Rocket Scientist.

@davidrenton 14 күн бұрын

maybe cleaning their toilets

@Netflix999 13 күн бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂

@TaylorJames-ug7ur 12 күн бұрын

They haven't been acting like clowns, they have been acting like criminals and should be locked up!!

@stephenholmes1036 14 күн бұрын

David Davis should have been elected leader of the Conservative party when Cameron won. He is the person we need now

@Brookspirit 14 күн бұрын

I only voted because we had a Reform candidate, I wasn't going to bother otherwise.

@dotdashdotdash 14 күн бұрын

Same

@robkeeleycomposer 14 күн бұрын

Steve Baker, the very personification of talentless mediocrity.

@kieranmarsh363 13 күн бұрын

What talent do you have to have to be a politician and name one politician who has talent and why

@britannia079 12 күн бұрын

If he was a bar of chocolate he'd eat himself

@jay13thstep 13 күн бұрын

This guy is absolutely insufferable. Enjoy your 2 months off mate 👋

@drunkengamer1977 14 күн бұрын

Hilarious, isn't he supposed to be sky diving. Another irrelevant Tory

@BARGEWALK 14 күн бұрын

Partridge-esque

@garethjones9605 14 күн бұрын

With a twist of Brent.....

@jdg9999 14 күн бұрын

Yep, a mockumentary of this guy's parliamentary office would be hilarious.

@jenniferlawrence2701 14 күн бұрын

that necklace

@hs97jhs 12 күн бұрын

@@jenniferlawrence2701 The necklace is utterly cringe-inducing. What is he playing at? Jesus wept.

@Josh95x 14 күн бұрын

Sounds like a candidate on The Apprentice

@kinghenry100 13 күн бұрын

I live in your constituency Steve, i stayed home because you increased mass migration

@user-wp9jj2qx7y 4 күн бұрын

Why didn't you vote Reform then?

@sfdanceron1 14 күн бұрын

He needs to go out and get a real job. Btw, I think 8 years is all the time should be able to serve in any elected office. That means a total of eight years no matter how many offices you're elected to.

@lesliecunliffe4450 14 күн бұрын

Does Steve Baker have a saviour complex?

@bobpaterson7182 14 күн бұрын

We need to leave ECHR . Why didn’t Steve Baker do something?

@maureengladwell1317 13 күн бұрын

Why do we need to leave it give us the reason why we need to leave it and what you think that will do to the Country

@larsbjrnson3101 13 күн бұрын

You can't leave the ECHR because of the GFA in Ireland and the TCA with EU.

@jenniferlawrence2701 13 күн бұрын

@@maureengladwell1317 Leaving it could make deporting illegal migrants somewhat easier. Though I'd still be in favor of leaving it even if that weren't the case. British laws are a matter for British democracy, not some international court.

@bobpaterson7182 13 күн бұрын

@@maureengladwell1317 See reply from Jennifer Lawrence. Exactly.

@bobpaterson7182 13 күн бұрын

@@larsbjrnson3101 If we do not leave, we are not an independent country. This is why we left the EU. The fact that Boris Johnson negotiated such a poor agreement does not mean that it cannot be revisited. Our country is sinking.

@hittitecharioteer 14 күн бұрын

To think I once believe that Steve Baker might be one of the good guys. Some time ago I decided he wasn't. My opinion of him hasn't changed listening to him here.