Steve Baker to launch Tory leadership bid if party loses and he keeps seat
The Northern Ireland minister hinted he will take a tilt at the top job after the General Election.
The Northern Ireland minister hinted he will take a tilt at the top job after the General Election.
The Northern Ireland minister also described the state of the Conservative Party as a ‘mess’.
"They're not even f****** hiding it", Femi posted in response to the Sky News interview.
The Northern Ireland Office minister and leading Brexiteer acknowledged the referendum would have failed under a supermajority.
Baker said Johnson has a choice between being remembered as a "statesman or a pound shop Nigel Farage".
He said the prime minister's Northern Ireland Protocol offers an opportunity to "move beyond this awful populism we have suffered".
“While it was not broadcast that word in any context is beneath the standards I set myself", the broadcaster said.
The Brexiteer has backed Suella Braverman's campaign instead.
"Steve Baker throws hat into the ring. Misses," wrote Have I Got News For News account in response to him potentially running for PM.
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