The MP says: “Hello management centre, I don’t suppose the younger man who’s with me is essentially a risk to my bodily security, he’s maintaining his distance.
“But we’ve obtained a state of affairs arising on the road so I’d such as you to keep the place you’re on the road please till the gentleman departs.”
Mr Baker tells the person that he’s stopping him from knocking on his constituents’ doorways, explaining: “I don’t suppose I can moderately ask individuals to open their doorways and discuss to me when you find yourself persevering with as you’re.
“I understand how strongly you’re feeling, however simply once more I’d enchantment to you and simply so the general public is aware of, the rationale I’ve pressed the button on this device is as a result of we do routinely get dying threats and that’s why I’m wandering round and I’ve obtained the management centre on the road.
“The motive I would like to stroll round city with this button is that when you plainly are simply following me round with this, I’ve to assume the state of affairs will escalate.”
First time MP had used his ‘SOS device’
After about 15 minutes, the person stops following and Mr Baker is ready to stroll away.
On Saturday, the MP posted on X, previously often known as Twitter, that it was the primary time he had used his “SOS device”.
The incident comes amid heightened concern for MPs’ security, with the Government asserting a £31 million drive in February to shield politicians amid elevated threats following the Israel-Hamas battle.
Two MPs have been murdered within the final eight years, with the Labour MP Jo Cox killed by a neo-Nazi in 2016 and the Tory MP Sir David Amess killed by an Islamist extremist in 2021.