Mr Baker said: “Hundreds of thousands of people hate my guts over one issue or another and I am accustomed to it. His appearance at the conference led to questions over whether he was planning a return to politics – something Mr Baker strongly denies. Through their new firm, called The Provocation People, Mr Baker and Mr Dolan plan to help firms to feel empowered to embrace differences in opinion, and even hostility. Mr Baker said: “I’ve spent 14 years living in the teeth of ferocious disagreements and I’ve always tried to disagree in a civil fashion. I don’t want animosity.”As well as his hardline stance in support of Brexit, Mr Baker also courted controversy with his fierce opposition to repeated Covid lockdowns at the height of the pandemic.

Source: The Herald October 14, 2024 11:11 UTC