Steve Baker Promoted, Leave Or Remain & BBC Scrapped?
Brussels won't like this latest appointment.
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Steve Baker Becomes Minister
As ever I enjoyed reading comments from paid subscribers yesterday - a perk of upgrading is the ability to leave comments on posts.
One was from Anita who said:
“As a Reform UK supporter I will give Liz a chance.
“However it's going to take action not words. She's looks as though she's got a good team around her?
“But I will reserve judgement till she's had time to figure out where she's going to place Lord Frost, and is she prepared to give Steve Baker a position in her Govt?”
Well it doesn't look like Frost will have an official position right now, but Steve Baker certainly does.
Indeed Baker has become Minister of State for the Northern Ireland Office.
This is pretty encouraging given another staunch Brexiteer, Chris Heaton-Harris, has become the new Northern Ireland Secretary.
Whilst in her first Prime Minister’s Questions, Liz Truss set out how she is prepared to negotiate with the EU but any outcome had to deliver the changes set out in the Government’s Protocol Bill. I spoke about this in one of my YouTube videos yesterday.
Will it be Deal or No Deal for Truss and the EU on this?
The promotion of Baker and Heaton-Harris gives the impression that the Government has no intention of buckling.
It was way back in March that Baker pushed for Article 16, saying then that:
"We must now save the Belfast Agreement and restore power-sharing by doing what is necessary to bring Northern Ireland back into the UK Single Market.
“That means using the Article 16 safeguards immediately, before the Stormont elections.”
We may now be closer to the Government finally invoking Article 16 then.
ECHR: Leave Or Remain?
After the disgraceful European Court intervention that essentially blocked the Rwanda policy from being implemented, we have seen another explosion in illegal migration from France.
The British Bill of Rights was being hailed by Conservative MPs as the piece of legislation that would curb the ECHR’s influence.
That was until The Sun’s Harry Cole revealed yesterday that the British Bill has now been shelved, causing some confusion.
Conservative MP Michael Fabricant responded by asking:
“So will that mean we will simply leave the European Court of Human Rights altogether?”
With Suella Braverman as Home Secretary, surely the UK must now be set to leave the ECHR?
Laying out the reality of the situation yesterday was former Special Adviser Rajiv Shah who said:
“To Liz Truss's credit, it looks like she wants to focus on effective reforms and so has wisely chosen to drop this Bill even if it might cause a backlash from the right of the party.”
And that is because:
“The ECHR and the Strasbourg Court create a number of difficulties for the UK, particularly in the field of immigration.
“But for better or for worse we are in the ECHR and subject to the jurisdiction of the Strasbourg Court and so we are bound by the judgments of that Court.
“There is nothing that we can do on the domestic level to change the fact that we are bound by Strasbourg.
“The proposed Bill of Rights cannot do that. The only way to do so is to leave the ECHR.”
When it comes to the ECHR, the choice is the same as with EU membership: either you Leave or Remain constrained.
If the Conservatives want to stop the illegal migrant boats and win another election, an ECHR exit is the only way forward.
BBC Fee Being Scrapped?
Nadine Dorries had hinted that a Conservative Government could finally scrap the unpopular BBC Licence Fee.
For a new Tory PM in Liz Truss looking to slash unpopular taxes, it makes perfect sense.
Delusional lefties have conned themselves into believing the BBC has mass public support.
The reality is that the BBC Fee is now the most unpopular tax in the country.
YouGov’s research shows the TV Tax is only considered fair by a fifth of the country. 57% of Brits now say the BBC Licence Fee is unfair.
A Conservative Prime Minister finally ditching this absurd charge is long overdue. The BBC should be funded by advertising and/or subscriptions from those who choose to pay.
The Truss choice for Culture Secretary suggests that the BBC Fee may soon be axed. Michelle Donelan reportedly wrote in 2019:
“I was outraged by the BBC’s decision to revoke free TV licences for the over-75s.
“Personally, I think the Licence Fee is an unfair tax and should be scrapped altogether – but that is a different debate.
“The BBC have acted appallingly, and I am determined to do everything in my power to change their mind.”
Hopefully Donelan will now lead the charge in finally ending the absurd Licence Fee.
And don’t even think about adding it on to another form of taxation, as some have tried to sneakily suggest!
Hi Michael, how come I can't see the other subscriber's comments? thanks.
I’m delighted to see Steve Baker promoted. As a prominent Spartan and chairman of the European Research Group, he played a heroic role in resisting Theresa May’s surrender bill and is a true Brexiteer and patriot. Liz Truss is certainly surrounding herself with some very good people. Now just Frosty to go...