🚨Today in #Wycombe , I used my SOS device for the first time, as a precaution.

⚠️This gentleman who accosted me about Gaza kept his distance and did not threaten me but I felt it wise to plan on escalation.

🔗My view is here: stevebaker.info/2024/01/my-rep…

Fascinating piece on Reform UK's unusual structure by Rafe Uddin

Nigel Farage insists he's not a politician — but within the rightwing populist party, he's kingmaker... Company fillings show he owns a 53% share!

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Former Labour minister Frank Field dies aged 81

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Many thanks to Lord Howard of Lympne & Patrick McLoughlin for supporting me today on my introduction to House of Lords. Also to my family, friends, and to Charles Moore, Tim Montgomerie 🇬🇧 and former colleagues.

Very pleased and honoured to be supporting Wycombe Conservatives & Rt Hon Steve Baker MP FRSA 🗽 going forward.

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Police officer:

“You are quite openly Jewish. This is a pro-Palestinian march. I am not accusing you of anything, but I am worried about the reaction to your presence.”

This is Britain a man that is…

Rishi Sunak goes on the offensive against Liz Truss at PMQs as he's pressed over her memoirs:

'Everyone knows that two years ago I wasn't afraid to warn about what her economic policies would lead to even if it wasn't what people wanted to hear at the time. I was right'

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Me in The Telegraph - I'm a social democrat, affirming, progressive. That's a product of my orthodox Christianity and not contrary to it. If we dilute the faith we lose the faithful.
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Superb video - and a proof that good communication isn’t just ‘spin’: I listened to three minutes of a message about foreign policy I wouldn’t have heard otherwise.

How politics works now. This has been viewed millions of times, retweeted a lot and attracted much criticism. Given what she has said it sounds realistic. I tweeted 'good grief' - as in a new low for Truss. But she has never been on CNBC and didn't say this, says her spokesman.

Me in The Spectator on #Easter and #Antisemitism
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This could stimulate a healthy mixed economy of private, public, formal and informal childcare as well as allowing many parents to have what they say they most want - more hours of precious time with their infants. It might also be an awful lot better for children. 10/10

If the government is willing to spend around £5000 per child per year, why not give it to parents as cash or vouchers so they can choose how to care for their own children, including spending it on childcare or working fewer hours? 9/10

The Centre for Social Justice centreforsocialjustice.org.uk/library/parent…

Leaving aside the question of whether long hours of institutional childcare is best for babies (evidence suggests otherwise), do we think the State should be taking on the role of substitute parent in the Early Years?

There is another answer. 8/10

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But they tend to operate only from 9am to 3pm during the 39 weeks of school term, offering even less flexibility for parents. Many cannot expand for practical reasons. And do we want the State to be responsible for the ‘education’ of all children, full time, from 9 months? 7/10

In other words, with the government now intending to buy 80% of all available childcare places at below cost price, the only economically viable answer is to nationalise the means of production. But is this a good solution? Well, there are some superb school-based nurseries. 6/10

It therefore seems likely that, as the funded hours expansion progresses, the private sector will shrink rapidly and the public sector will grow (although there will be recruitment struggles). Indeed 1 in 4 private nurseries anticipates closure. 5/10 bloomberg.com/news/articles/…