Reflections: Steve Baker

Steve Baker was a pivotal figure in the Brexit turmoil that engulfed the Conservatives. Becoming a Conservative MP in 2010 order to help achieve Britain's severance from the European Union, he came to prominence as chair of an influential group of Eurosceptic rebels who helped bring down the prime ministership of Theresa May. Having lost his seat in the general election of 2024, the former Royal Air Force engineer talks to James Naughtie about how to organise a rebellion, his Christian faith, the state of the Conservative Party and the toll political life took on his mental health