Steve Baker
Best quotes of the General Election
On a night where Labour secured a landslide victory, comparisons were drawn with the Battle of Waterloo.
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.
Minister Steve Baker admits Tory campaign going ‘badly’ and polls are ‘worrying’
The Northern Ireland minister also described the state of the Conservative Party as a ‘mess’.
Feeney on Friday: Goodbye and good riddance to our Brexit hard men
NIO ministers Steve Baker and Chris Heaton-Harris should both be gone come July 5
Sunak says he has responsibility for Tory campaign after leaked email blamed MPs
Rishi Sunak faced questions after a leaked memo from Conservative headquarters blamed MPs and ministers for failing to get behind the election effort.
Tanaiste says still ‘hard, practical work’ needed to reconcile communities
Micheal Martin declined to say if he believed he would see a united Ireland in his lifetime, but predicted ‘new political configurations’.
Varadkar cautions against supermajority in any future Irish unity vote
The Taoiseach said there is not enough talk to convince people in Northern Ireland “that a united Ireland would be a warm home for them”.
Supermajority comments ‘not a shift in UK Government policy over unity poll’
Chris Heaton-Harris also stressed that there is currently no basis to suggest that a majority of people in the region wish to separate from the UK.
Steve Baker says Brexit vote ‘probably should have been a supermajority’
The Northern Ireland Office minister and leading Brexiteer acknowledged the referendum would have failed under a supermajority.
Northern Ireland minister asks Irish government to give legacy body ‘a chance’
Steve Baker said the UK Government believes it is ‘doing the right thing’.