Baldwin was educated at the comprehensive Lord Williams's School, Thame, and studied philosophy, politics and economics at Balliol College, Oxford.
He was responsible for breaking the scandal of Bernie Ecclestone's secret donation to the Labour Party[3] and was injuncted by the Home Office when he leaked the report of the Macpherson inquiry into the murder of Stephen Lawrence.
In October 2019, he was controversially sacked along with the campaign's director, James McGrory, by Roland Rudd, the chair of one of the groups in the People's Vote alliance, just days after organising a protest march in London.
[8] More than 40 members of staff walked out in protest at the sackings and Baldwin attacked Rudd for putting a "wrecking ball" through the campaign at a crucial moment in politics.
[12] In June of the same year, the New Statesman named Baldwin 44th in The Left Power List 2024, the magazine's "guide to the 50 most influential people in progressive politics", citing his "nuanced portrait" of Starmer.