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Lord Frost has resigned

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Whitewavemark2 Sat 18-Dec-21 19:58:36

Apparently he disillusioned.

Oh well.

frenchie Sun 19-Dec-21 09:17:41

My friend works at the British ambassade in Paris and said what a horrible man Frost is.

Whitewavemark2 Sun 19-Dec-21 09:17:07

You have more than once posted your political opinion and what you would like to see happen.

Those opinions are alarmingly extreme, and I am saying that your extreme opinions would bring about a political theatre that no one in their right mind would want.

Urmstongran Sun 19-Dec-21 09:10:50

I’m not sure I’m with you WWmk2. Being lost?
Do you mean the opinion of Frost? Or Brexit itself?

vegansrock Sun 19-Dec-21 09:02:26

Linclass where did I say I idolise Khan? I did vote for him and the Green candidate( we get 2 votes) - the Tory candidate was sleazy and has recently resigned due to breaking lockdown rules. Tory cuts to police; CPSOs, Police stations, youth and children's’ services have all contributed to violent crime. More resources which a Tory government won’t give to London are desperately needed to boost these areas - , there are parts of London amongst the poorest and most deprived in Europe- What would be the sainted Tory solution to this?

Whitewavemark2 Sun 19-Dec-21 08:53:26

The argument has been lost ug .

Don’t make the mistake of becoming ever more extreme.

We want a stable country.

Urmstongran Sun 19-Dec-21 08:48:33

I imagine the joy today is unconfined for Remainers and Brussels now Frost has resigned. I get it. If I’d voted the other way I’d feel the same.
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Lincslass Sun 19-Dec-21 08:42:49

vegansrock

I’m a Londoner and Londoners certainly don’t like Johnson now, he was a useless mayor wasting money on vanity projects and getting caught out dishing out jobs to his friends ( nothing new there) , spending time round at pole dancers flats when he was supposed to be working, not to mention his promises of not closing fire and police stations which he then did in spades. He got elected twice as the Labour party put up pretty useless / unpopular candidates.

Suppose you idolise Khan who seems to be doing nothing about the murder capital of Europe.

Lincslass Sun 19-Dec-21 08:40:00

GillT57

Well I for one am feeling a little bit more optimistic about our economic and political future than I did a few days ago. First North Shropshire and now the departure of the non elected Frost. Enjoy your tea and biscuits Urmonstongran, nice mug of hot chocolate before bed for me, sleep well!

A PM elects his own Ministers , didn’t you know that. I heard Frost speaking, he left as he wasn’t happy with plan B . Good riddance to a man who doesn’t want to help protect the people of this country. Sure Macron etc will be wetting themselves laughing though.

vegansrock Sun 19-Dec-21 08:28:27

Plus Tory Party cuts in police numbers don’t help crime figures.

TopsyIrene06 Sun 19-Dec-21 08:28:27

Frost's resignation made my week and his replacement will unmake it and ditto for BJ's replacement. I repeat, be careful what you wish for.

The resignation has huge implications although if you know differently, I am all ears.

vegansrock Sun 19-Dec-21 08:27:13

I’m a Londoner and Londoners certainly don’t like Johnson now, he was a useless mayor wasting money on vanity projects and getting caught out dishing out jobs to his friends ( nothing new there) , spending time round at pole dancers flats when he was supposed to be working, not to mention his promises of not closing fire and police stations which he then did in spades. He got elected twice as the Labour party put up pretty useless / unpopular candidates.

Whitewavemark2 Sun 19-Dec-21 07:55:58

Mamie

I would far rather have a proper career Civil Servant experienced in trade negotiations than some of the elected loonies around at the moment.

Yes but a civil servant who follows the rules, and doesn’t get above themselves.

Whitewavemark2 Sun 19-Dec-21 07:54:41

Mamie

Not really a Civil Servant WW2.
More of an over promoted whisky salesman.

?. Yes in 2016 just before the election he was saying what an utter disaster leaving Europe would be.

These turncoats eh?

Johnson, Frost, Truss none of them bringing an ounce of good to the country.

Urmstongran Sun 19-Dec-21 07:53:43

Under his tenure as London Mayor knife crime went down significantly (look at it now under Sadiq Khan it’s scary) and the 2012 Olympic Games were a huge success. He exceeded the low expectations of him and was elected a second time so it seems most Londoners liked him.

love0c Sun 19-Dec-21 07:49:40

At last someone prepared to vote with their feet.

LadyGracie Sun 19-Dec-21 07:47:46

He's probably suffering from the worst headache from repeatably banging his head against the proverbial brick wall.

Mamie Sun 19-Dec-21 07:44:43

I would far rather have a proper career Civil Servant experienced in trade negotiations than some of the elected loonies around at the moment.

M0nica Sun 19-Dec-21 07:43:44

I cannot understand how anyone ever thought Boris would make a good Prime Minister.

Every Londoner I know and even ones I meet casually, like the driver of the taxi i was in yesterday, think he was a completely useless mayor, from the money wasted on a Thames bridge that was never built onwards.

Mamie Sun 19-Dec-21 07:41:51

Not really a Civil Servant WW2.
More of an over promoted whisky salesman.

Whitewavemark2 Sun 19-Dec-21 07:38:18

Twitter????

“Oven-ready deal now de-frosted”

Whitewavemark2 Sun 19-Dec-21 07:31:07

He was an unelected civil servant who job it is is to serve the government in power.

Not to have opinions of his own.

It has been clear as the nose on your face that what he was proposing was never, ever going to come to fruition. As a result we have completely squandered time, the economy and goodwill.

vegansrock Sun 19-Dec-21 07:28:37

They’ll replace him with some other unelected crony/ dimwit who has swallowed the lies and will get a peerage for doing bugger all.

Mamie Sun 19-Dec-21 04:49:27

Another mediocrity who flounced when faced with political reality and the failure of the sunlit uplands. Good riddance.

vegansrock Sun 19-Dec-21 04:28:30

He was unelected and not even a bureaucrat up against a myriad of people with actual brains who bothered to read the small print of the back of a fag packet so called oven ready bodge up that was Brexit. The U.K. has had to quietly withdraw all the blustering threats about the. ECJ and A16 as it was obviously such a move would be even more disasterous than the sh*t creek we are already in.

GillT57 Sat 18-Dec-21 23:44:46

Well I for one am feeling a little bit more optimistic about our economic and political future than I did a few days ago. First North Shropshire and now the departure of the non elected Frost. Enjoy your tea and biscuits Urmonstongran, nice mug of hot chocolate before bed for me, sleep well!