Brexit supporter Steve Baker and deputy chair of the Conservative Party’s eurosceptic European Research Group has outlined his fundamental issue with the European Union. Mr Baker voted against the Prime Minister’s Brexit deal three times in the House of Commons. Speaking on BBC Radio 4’s Political Thinking with Nick Robinson, the host asked: “Is it the fear of this creation of a country called Europe which is the key to it?”
Mr Baker replied: “No, this is the fundamental point where we are so often misjudged. The irony of my position is, if there had been a country called Europe created, with the democratic consent of the British people, and it could be seen to be a democracy, I would have voted for that constitution in a referendum.
“I am quite clear about that, I wouldn’t have voted for the Lisbon Treaty in a referendum, nor the constitution for Europe, I would have voted against those.
“But, I would have at least acquiesce in a decision to ascent to it.”
He added: “The reason I am in politics, the proximate cause, for all the other things I care about, is the state, in the sense of the British state and the institutions of the EU, chose to advance its power, positively against the wishes of electors and we were denied our own referendum.
BBC News: Steve Baker outlined the EU's fundamental flaw (Image: BBC)
It’s unforgivable that a state should advance positively without the consent of the Government
Brexiteer Steve Baker
“That’s not okay. That is like a mortal sin it’s just not okay.
“It’s unforgivable that a state should advance positively without the consent
