Patrick Baker

Host of Westminster Insider @POLITICOEurope🎙️[email protected] Preston North End ultra 🐑

[Patrick Baker @patrickxrbaker]

Trump’s final two years: Is the UK ready?

How are British diplomats are gearing up for Trump’s final act?

Find out on this week’s Westminster Insider pod

With exFCDO chief @SimonMcDonaldUK and exEmbassy comms head Ed Roman @UKspoxUSA

Listen here!

https://t.co/dO2a575xqu

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When designing policies, the U.K. government sometimes relies on inaccurate “dahta.”

Or is it “dayta”?

🎙️ Our Aussie Westminster Insider host @saschaosullivan explains why she switches between the two 👇

Listen to the full episode 👉 https://t.co/5eZYNQO8MM

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"It's an existential matter of personal survival for @netanyahu"

Everything you need to know on Israel's elections with @Freedland

Follow Westminster Insider @POLITICOEurope on YouTube for the latest on all the overseas elections that matter to Sw1

https://t.co/PKKF2QrWrV

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🎙️ Donald Trump is a “man who responds to … flattery,” former top Foreign Office civil servant Simon McDonald said on Westminster Insider.

That’s why U.K. PM Andy Burnham should continue the charm offensive started by Keir Starmer, the diplomat added 👇

https://t.co/0zZeIfE9NC

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Dayta v Dahta ?!?!?

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For everyone that messaged me about the way I pronounce “data” in the other week’s episode. Producer John is looking out for you ⬇️

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🎙️ Having suffered a crushing defeat in the midterms, Donald Trump is now a “wounded bear” who may “lash out,” former top Foreign Office civil servant Simon McDonald told Westminster Insider.

🎥 Watch the full episode: https://t.co/josEviTSrx

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“We would be, I think, ill-advised to draw the conclusion that any form of normalcy will return”

So recently departed British Diplomat Ed Roman @UKspoxUSA tells me on Westminster Insider
+
@SimonMcDonaldUK
@estwebber and @saschaosullivan

Listen here!
https://t.co/rPvBFnbl0a

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🎙️ Donald Trump is bruised after this week’s U.S. midterm trouncing.

But British diplomats must avoid looking like they’re going all-in on jubilant Democrats, former U.K. Embassy in Washington communications director Ed Roman tells Westminster Insider 👇
https://t.co/vtE8IqFtzQ

[Esther Webber @estwebber]

It was a lot of fun to be on this week's podcast talking about the midterms + how the UK deals (or not)

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After a Democratic wave in the U.S. midterms, London is wondering how Britain should handle the final two years of Donald Trump’s presidency.

🎙️ @patrickxrbaker discusses it with @SimonMcDonaldUK, diplomat Ed Roman and @estwebber on Westminster Insider:

https://t.co/uY4TYW6d8h

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@annemcelvoy @bbc5live That mic needs Mounjaro

[Patrick Baker @patrickxrbaker]

Always great to be back at BBC News.
Tune into @bbc5live now for PMQs (or Deputy PMQs even better!) with Adrian Chiles!

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🇺🇸 The Democrats have won the U.S. Senate and the House. What does the blue wave mean for Britain and its European allies?

On this special episode of #WestminsterInsider, @patrickxrbaker is joined by @Jack_Blanchard_ to unpack the midterm results. 👇
https://t.co/AWMxlUMyKD

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https://t.co/F4RamkEMNq

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🚨US midterms… Dems win big 🌊

The beginning of the end for Trumpism?

What could it all mean for the UK and Europe?

Listen to my Westminster Insider special with @POLITICOEurope’s @Jack_Blanchard_
🇺🇸🤠😎
https://t.co/Q6MDdxD9zx

[Patrick Baker @patrickxrbaker]

Spoiler - no

Full pod here:

https://t.co/z3kwOh20b2

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Can we trust the numbers behind the U.K. budget?

🎙️On Westminster Insider, the U.K.’s former chief data advisor Ben Warner explains to host @saschaosullivan why uncertainty around data spells chaos for political decision-making.

Listen 👉 https://t.co/StHKirkyNw

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On this episode of Westminster Insider, the U.K.’s former chief data advisor Ben Warner tells our host @saschaosullivan just how much government policy is made up of guesswork, rather than solid measurements.

🎙️Listen now 👉
https://t.co/QXv4t6GcYk

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https://t.co/6LqcOIN3ff

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“I think the whole thing’s mental”

Former No10 Data Chief on how the country is run on numbers that are highly questionable.

Enjoy our latest assumption-shredding episode of Westminster Insider which suggests no one really has much idea of what’s actually going on in the UK!

[Sascha O'Sullivan @saschaosullivan]

NEW ep: Britain by numbers — everything we don’t know about the country

Had a lot of fun pulling this together on just how uncertain we are on the basics of our economy, from immigration to welfare and workforce.

w/ex No10 data chiefs Laura Gilbert & Ben Warner

https://t.co/a1EaszkPDB

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Budgets are all about numbers: growth, inflation, unemployment.

But how much of British government policy is really made up of guesswork rather than solid measurements?

🎙️ @saschaosullivan + @patrickxrbaker look into it on Westminster Insider 👇
https://t.co/kcGlKy7gCp