Baker has infuriated some Tories, but others regard him as the rising hope of the stern unbending Austrian economists.
He was placed under no real pressure by the Leader of the Opposition, whose questions were far too long.
There are real, viable answers to this sticky problem. But rebuilding trust may be as hard as resolving technical questions.
In trying to find a way across, and to secure the votes she needs from Labour MPs, the Prime Minister risks unintended consequences.
There are four steps she must take, successfully and in short order, to be in with any chance of seeing it fly.
EU leaders should recognise that May is serious in trying to reach a negotiated deal that has a chance of passing Parliament.
By combining all the Cabinet approval ratings for the year, we can see the true scope of members’ dissatisfaction.
“No-one had a pop at her”, I’m told – but equally her answers don’t seem to have won round the assembled Association officers.
There is still time for adoption of a comprehensive free trade deal on offer from the EU and applied to the entire UK, which even now could provide a way forward.
The DExEU minister says she has “a lot of respect” for Davis, but that she’s “here in the government”.
She said the bare minimum on Brexit and Corbyn has no idea how to get anything more out of her.
“We should…switch to Canada +++ and deliver an outcome that is good for the UK, acceptable to Parliament, and negotiable with Brussels.”
We need to deliver a more robust, and more balanced, outcome than we could in 2019.