Speaking on Friday, Tory former minister Steve Baker told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: 'I think it is now time to say that this is not a fit legal environment for the British people. Home of the Daily and Sunday Express. [62], He is married to Beth (Julia Elizabeth), a former RAF officer in the medical branch. The spokesman later said that Baker had made a "genuine mistake". The offer would include a new wide-ranging, zero-tariff, zero-quota free trade agreement of the kind offered by Donald Tusk in March last year. MPs should not make a tricky situation worse: they should back the UK Internal Market Bill, 15 Brexit negotiating errors Boris must fix, Why I rejected Theresa May’s proposed Withdrawal Agreement and Political Declaration, and the idea of remaining in a Customs Union, Party Politics and remaining in the Conservative Party, How I would like to leave the EU and my contributions to finding a solution, Why it is to the UK’s advantage to leave the EU, ‘Buy the Best, Buy British, Save Jobs’ Furniture Campaign, Discussing Covid-19 restrictions on the Today Programme, The UK-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement. [49][50] He identifies as a born again Christian. Baker has said he wants the EU abolished, not just Brexit, claiming its disappearance “would not be noticed”. For good measure, Baker includes a number of changes required in an Annex. A member of the Conservative Party, he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wycombe in Buckinghamshire since 2010. Brexiteer and ERG member Steve Baker is one man, much like many Tory backbenchers, has been making a name for himself amongst all the turmoil in Westminster. He was Conservative candidate for Houghton and Sunderland South at the 2019 General Election. European Commission vice-president Maros Sefcovic told Mr Gove in a meeting on Thursday that the withdrawal agreement was a "legal obligation" and that the EU "expects the letter and spirit of this agreement to be fully respected". Baker was born on 6 June 1971 in St Austell in Cornwall. Eventually, the Solicitor General Edward Garnier issued an apology. That deal is dead and the implementation period designed to take us there is nearly half gone. Speaking on Friday, Tory former minister Steve Baker told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: 'I think it is now time to say that this is not a fit legal environment for the British people. He added that violating the terms of the withdrawal agreement would "break international law, undermine trust and put at risk the ongoing future relationship negotiations". Tensions have flared between the EU and the UK this week after Boris Johnson unveiled legislation that would breach the Brexit withdrawal deal. I am sorry that once again we are seeing so much concern and division during a time of pressure in our negotiations with the European Union. Prior to this he worked for Open Europe, as a Conservative Foreign Affairs Adviser and senior researcher to a Shadow Europe Minister. He was previously an RAF engineer officer then a consulting software engineer. [28] That year, Baker attracted controversy after he was one of three Conservative MPs who went on a luxury trip to Equatorial Guinea, funded by the Government of the state, via a trust based in Malta. "The good news is that there is a solution in our grasp. In February 2020 he announced his resignation from the post, but confirmed that he would continue to remain a member.[10]. Christopher Howarth is a senior researcher working in the House of Commons. [11] He was educated at Poltair School in St Austell and St Austell Sixth Form College followed by the University of Southampton[12] where he gained a BEng in Aerospace Engineering. Find out more... Steve holds regular surgeries in High Wycombe. [18], He was appointed as Chief Technical Officer at BASDA Ltd, Great Missenden in 2002, a position he held until 2007. ', He added: 'It seems to me the effect of having Covid marshals will be to turn every public space in Britain into the equivalent of going through airport security where we are badgered and directed… I'm not willing to live like this.'.
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