Steve Baker
The Guardian
What holds, and what fails, under pressure, standards and accountability.
Steve Baker is a Member of Parliament known for his principled stance on various political issues, including Brexit and government intervention. This interview reveals his commitment to holding himself and others accountable while navigating the complexities of political leadership.
“Yeah, it's a sorry situation we're in. I'm appalled that we've reached this position. We didn't make Boris Johnson Prime Minister for his meticulous grasp of tedious rules, but this is appalling and the public are rightly furious. So at the moment, I'm afraid it does look like checkmate, but whether he can save himself, we'll see.”
“And the suffering that there is going to be as a result, I feel that burden keenly. But I'm not ashamed about it. And neither am I of some kind of emotional wreck.”
“And so what we have to do is think about individuals in relationship and what does it mean to have a good relationship. So, you know, to talk about things like temperance and prudence and kindness and nobility and magnanimity. You know, the kind of virtues which our society has always been founded on at its best.”
“The heart of this debate is this idea about what it means to be a virtuous human being, because presumably we do want to live in a society of virtue, well, are we going to keep on terrifying people to comply with, to be obedient to very strict rules, or are we instead going to be a responsible society which thinks for itself and does the…”
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