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Former deputy chairman of the European Research Group, Steve Baker has declared Brexit as a “fiasco” and people can’t honestly believe it.

Sinead Butler
1 hour ago Politics
https://www.indy100.com/politics/tory-mp-steve-baker-brexit-fiasco-b1897266

Looks like the self-proclaimed “hard man of Brexit” will have to find a new nickname for himself after taking a complete U-turn to soften up his view on the subject.

Five years after the 2016 EU referendum and with endless negotiations finally leading to an agreement earlier this year, some could say Baker is a little late to the party.

In a tweet, the Tory MP for Wycombe begins by taking aim at Labour leader Keir Starmer for his net-zero policy, describing him as “part of the policymaking elite.”

He then goes on to say how “Politicians need to level with the public about the scale of change needed in our lives so we don’t have another political fiasco like Brexit.”

Perhaps, Baker is forgetting his year-long tenure as Brexit minister from June 2017 – July 2018...

No doubt Twitter was there to remind Baker of his active role in the Brexit “fiasco” and how his nickname (which he is probably regretting right now) hasn’t aged well.

LBC radio presenter, James O’Brien tried to come up with an answer to Baker’s dramatic U-turn but to no avail.

Political fiasco made flesh/self-styled 'Brexit hardman' Steve Baker now thinks Brexit is a 'political fiasco'.

I've tried but I've got nothing... https://t.co/c7nsOdLyrh

— James O'Brien (@mrjamesob) August 4, 2021

Broadcaster and comedian, Sue Perkins decided to inform Baker of the “terrible news” that it was in fact his “Brexit fiasco.”

Steve, I bring terrible news. It’s your Brexit. It’s your ‘fiasco’. You were at the epicentre of the policy-making elite who pushed it through, without scrutiny, in the harshest terms possible.
As for poorer and colder, you have consistently voted against welfare increases… https://t.co/poUYeKhRfE

— Sue Perkins 💙 (@sueperkins) August 4, 2021

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