The immediate departure of David Frost, 56, revealed Saturday night by the Mail on Sunday, leaves a great void on the British side in the complex negotiations with the European Union (EU) to implement post-Brexit agreements on North Ireland, which have not yet been finalized.
Two years after an electoral victory supported by the promise of achieving Brexit, Johnson is surrounded by scandals and this week suffered a revolt on his political side due to the measures against Covid-19, followed by the loss of a conservative stronghold in a by-election in England.
It is also facing an outbreak of Covid-19 cases, caused by the Omicron variant.
In his resignation letter, released Saturday night by Downing Street, Frost pointed out the new restrictions to combat the coronavirus, the increase in taxes and the policy applied to achieve carbon neutrality in 2050, thus explaining his departure.
Boris Johnson said he “regretted” the resignation of David Frost, expressing his gratitude for the work done.
In Radio Times, the former Northern Irish Prime Minister, Arlene FosterPressured to leave her post last April as too moderate, she called David Frost’s departure “very, very disappointing” as he “understood” the problems created by the new post-Brexit deals in Northern Ireland. .
For its part, the number two of the Labor opposition, Angela RaynerHe tweeted that the government is “in absolute chaos, precisely as the UK is going through weeks of uncertainty.”
“Boris Johnson is not up to the task. We deserve better than this buffoonery,” he added.
In the conservative majority bench, Congressman Andrew Bridgen said the day before that for Johnson it was a “decisive moment.” “You must change or go,” he told Radio Times. This fervent ‘Brexiter’ also tweeted: that the prime minister “is running out of time and friends to fulfill his promises and the discipline of a true conservative government.”
A hardliner with the EU, David Frost led the London negotiations on the Brexit deal, as well as its launch, especially with regard to the implementation of the controversial protocol for Northern Ireland.
The latter establishes a new customs regime for the British province, which ‘de facto’ maintains it in the single market and the European customs union.
The UK and the EU have been trying for months to agree on how to implement the text, in force since the beginning of the year. Although Frost had taken an inflexible position, demanding that all recourse to European justice for the resolution of disputes be bypassed, instead the government lately seems to have softened its position on the matter.
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