Ben Baker

@SkyNews @BethRigby @RuthDavidsonPC @HarrietHarman Starmer is lucky he wasn’t facing Ruth at PMQs this week. She’s totally right, almost everything we’ve seen from Starmer on domestic issues shows he’s really crap at politics. My favourite line of this episode was Ruth saying ‘what an idiot, you are Prime Minister’!

It's been another turbulent week in Westminster that saw Olly Robbins sacked by Keir Starmer over the appointment of Peter Mandelson as U.S. Ambassador. @BethRigby, @RuthDavidsonPC and @HarrietHarman discuss where it now leaves the PM. 🎧 podfollow.com/electoraldysfu…

@chrisshipitv @RepublicStaff I don’t think that’s fair. I’ve always been a monarchist but I’m not now because of Andrew so I’m supportive of Republic for the first time. I guess you mean, did a member of Republic turn up especially but they are still members of a concerned public.

Heckler (member of the public) ? Or heckler (supporter of @RepublicStaff) ? Because there is a distinction… 👇

Queen Camilla had Epstein victims at the forefront of her mind as she told abuse survivors today they are not alone. She spoke at a Women of the World event at St James Palace in what appears to be her strongest intervention yet into the scandal which also involved her brother-in-law, Andrew itv.com/news/2026-03-1…

@BBCWorld Has she read Virginia’s memoir too? It makes me angry that she’s using Mme Pelicot to try to save her reputation. You can’t pick and choose which survivors you believe and call yourself an advocate for women.

Queen tells Gisèle Pelicot her new memoir left her 'speechless' bbc.in/3MZqIdB

@chrisshipitv It makes me angry that she’s using Mme Pelicot to try to save her reputation. You can’t pick and choose which survivors you believe and call yourself an advocate for women.

NEW: After the years of work Queen Camilla has carried out for victims and survivors of domestic abuse, today she met the brave Madame Gisèle Pelicot. Her husband is serving 20 years for drugging and raping her with other men. Camilla has previously written to Gisèle to express her support 👇

@RoyalFamily Don’t use Mme Pelicot to try to save your reputation. You are not on the side of survivors.

This afternoon, The Queen received Madame Gisèle Pelicot at Clarence House. Mme Pelicot was awarded the Legion of Honour in 2025, following the incredible courage, grace and dignity with which she waived her right to anonymity in France’s largest rape trial. Mme Pelicot’s courage to speak up on behalf of all victims has won her global admiration, and earlier this month, she published a memoir. The Queen has worked to support survivors of sexual and domestic abuse for many decades, and wrote to Mme Pelicot following the trial in 2024.

Time for the U.K. Government to release the files they’ve kept hidden about Andrew’s time as U.K. Trade envoy

@charliebelllive Thank you for your heartfelt speech, I found it very moving to watch and as a member of the LGBTQIA community I really appreciate it.

Good to see the sheer level of hate here being addressed at me. At least it will have given some other target a moment or two off whilst these rather sad individuals attack a fellow human being that they do not know. And yes, this is the direct result of Christian homophobia.

@SkyNews @BethRigby I can’t see anything wrong with these messages - Streeting isn’t as close to Mandelson as I thought.

EXCLUSIVE: Read Wes Streeting's messages with Mandelson in full trib.al/YyYjRYb 🔗

Epstein didn’t traffic women for sex. Epstein trafficked children for rape.

Unless he’s moved into prison, I’m struggling to care.

What a fucking choice to step out and go riding where you know paps are set up. The fucking arrogance of this man. He knows he’s protected. He knows he’s untouchable. He knows he won’t even be held accountable for what he did. And a huge chunk of the blame falls on Queen Elizabeth, Charles and William for covering up his crimes and protecting him

That photo of Andrew circulating is one of the most disgusting things I’ve seen. We need a full inquiry into what the Royal Family did and didn’t know. This is a national disgrace.

@Channel4News He needs to be prosecuted not in a mansion in Norfolk

Photos included in the latest Epstein files, released by the US Department of Justice, appear to show Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor on his hands and knees over a female lying on the floor.

@patrickkmaguire Is it unusual not to have the deputy PM on a list of contenders? Is Lammy never seen as a possibility or is it recent PMQs & jury trials etc that keeps him off the list? He’s one of the longest serving MPs and Foreign Sec but he’s not here.

Members are asked to rank how likely they'd be to vote for Starmer, Shabana Mahmood, Wes Streeting, Darren Jones, Andy Burnham, Angela Rayner, Ed Miliband, Lucy Powell and Bridget Phillipson in a leadership contest thetimes.com/uk/politics/ar…

EXC: Labour Together, the think tank that ran Keir Starmer's leadership campaign, is canvassing party members on the contenders to replace him Survey sent to CLPs this weekend asks whether they think others are more likely to win a general election thetimes.com/uk/politics/ar…

@DrFrancesRyan Happy 40th birthday!

I’m officially no longer a young columnist. Watch out for my new era in the British commentariat with pieces including, “why house prices are very reasonable, actually” and “keep your hands off my pension.”

@PolitlcsUK @TheSun This is absolutely outrageous

🚨 BREAKING: Shabana Mahmood will tomorrow announce that asylum seekers will have their valuable assets like jewellery seized and sold to pay for their accommodation costs [@TheSun]

@MEAssociation Are you re-stocking the rainbow Christmas tree cards?

It's not too late to buy our beautiful Christmas cards from our website - only £4.50 for a pack of 10, including envelopes! meassociation.org.uk/product-catego… #ChristmasCards #CharityChristmasCards #Christmas2025 #pwME #MECFS

Please can someone make this beautiful ‘Each Peach Pear Plum’ blanket? Really want it! @book_tokens @Waterstones @PenguinUKBooks @PenguinBooks #hiddenbooksgame

I met @rejectedjokes today completely by accident and I was too starstruck to speak! I’m such a huge fan of his. Ben, if you’re reading this, I wanted to tell you that I chose the name Ben for myself and you were one of the reasons why. So cool that you called me Ben today 😊🏳️‍⚧️