Steve Baker
Steve Baker is the Conservative MP for Wycombe and a former chairman of the European Research Group. @SteveBakerHW
It’s alright for some
The poorest will pay the highest price for Net Zero fantasies
A year of Black Wednesdays?
The CRG deputy chairman on the longterm Lockdown risks
Playing the victim
A new book satirises the bizarre dynamics of social justice activism
Postcards from before the war
It is no longer possible to reflect upon Israeli culture as if the “Question of Palestine” could be brushed aside
Hating women is not “trad”
Men and women have to work together for conservative goals to be achieved
The problem with “extremism”
Violence and intimidation are deplorable, but can there be a clear definition of a concept as subjective as “extremism”?
The paper tiger and the Russian bear
NATO’s naive and supine response will not drive Putin’s army from Ukraine and emboldens Moscow still further
Hellenism in Rome
Children of Athens is an absorbing romp through Greek (and Roman) history
Beethoven: Nine symphonies+ (Decca)
This Beethoven gift set is not for Christmas. It is for life
Laid-back Bach
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Württemburg sonatas (ECM)
Elegy for the phoneless youth
The lost romance of growing up without the internet
Very naughty boys
Progressive parenting is all very well but sometimes misbehaviour needs a firmer approach