Former deputy chairman of the European Research Group, Steve Baker has declared Brexit as a “fiasco” and people can’t honestly believe it.
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.”
⚠️Keir Starmer's comments about #NetZero remind us that he's part of the policymaking elite who have decided to make us poorer & colder
— Steve Baker MP FRSA (@SteveBakerHW) August 4, 2021
🤯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'.
— James O'Brien (@mrjamesob) August 4, 2021
I've tried but I've got nothing... https://t.co/c7nsOdLyrh
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.
— Sue Perkins 💙 (@sueperkins) August 4, 2021
As for poorer and colder, you have consistently voted against welfare increases… https://t.co/poUYeKhRfE
Lord Adonis, who served as a government minister under Tony Blair and who has also been a vocal opponent of Brexit responded to Baker’s tweet by calling him one of Brexit’s “authors.”
‘Another political fiasco like Brexit’ - says one of its authors https://t.co/Hyt3XnMjhF
— Andrew Adonis (@Andrew_Adonis) August 5, 2021
Actor and comedian, David Schneider joked about how Dominic Cummings and Steve Baker’s comments criticising Brexit when they were the ones behind it.
In a BBC interview with Laura Kuenssberg, Dominic Cummings said: “Questions like is Brexit a good idea? No-one on Earth knows what the answer to that is.”
Dominic Cummings:
— David Schneider (@davidschneider) August 5, 2021
“Anyone who’s sure Brexit is a good idea has got a screw loose”
Steve Baker:
“Brexit is a fiasco”
These guys must be furious at the people who were behind the Leave campaign.
Whilst other people equally couldn’t help but point out the irony of Baker’s statement.
"political fiasco like brexit"?
— 𝚁𝚊𝚟 (@TVRav) August 5, 2021
Set irony level to 11. https://t.co/GNAbxAWXdw
Glad you agree that Brexit has been a fiasco, which you helped engineer.
— Will Skjøtt (@willskjott) August 4, 2021
So you admit/acknowledge Brexit's a fiasco now? Well done - welcome to those who always knew would be. :/
— Scheenagh Harrington (@Scheenagh) August 5, 2021
@SteveBakerHW who unironically calls himself 'Brexit hard man' seems to have gone entirely flaccid as the results of the Brexit he campaigned for have come to bite, calling it a 'political fiasco'. It would be funny if it weren't so staggeringly sad https://t.co/KH1x0vXePa
— Oliver Pierce (@OliverP73030815) August 5, 2021
No we don't want a political fiasco like Brexit that was handled by ministers such as... *checks notes* Steve Baker https://t.co/twdOz3yRvy
— Matthew Corke #FE (@the_corke) August 5, 2021
