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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.

MaizieD Mon 20-Dec-21 22:00:21

Mine was really in response to the ridiculous suggestion that people who voted remain want the UK represented by someone who will just roll over and not serve our interests properly.

I think that the person who made that statement would say that any negotiator who achieved an accommodation with the EU which was advantageous to both the UK and the EU was actually one that 'rolled over' and therefore to be condemned.
Those who are influenced by the Clean Global Brexit group thinking want conflict and threat to be the negotiating modus operandi. Frost is being condemned for giving in too easily.

So, while we could both use the same form of words, the underpinning ideas are vastly different.

Katie59 Tue 21-Dec-21 07:21:29

I don’t really understand why Frost and the other rebels voted against the latest Covid restrictions, they were the “least worse” measures that could be taken, they seem to have wanted less restrictions and certainly I cannot support that. Yesterday despite predictions there is no lockdown before Christmas which will at least enable a normal family celebration for most.

We don’t know what is going to happen next, my own expectation is that a lockdown similar to last year will start on the 27th, that is what I am planning for,

Alegrias1 Tue 21-Dec-21 08:19:18

Frost didn't vote for or against. He's not even an MP.

Kali2 Tue 21-Dec-21 11:04:08

He is one of those dreadful 'unelected' Civil Servants the Brexiters wanted to get rid of ... and he is now a Peer for life, with all the trimings and ribbons!

MayBee70 Tue 21-Dec-21 11:59:02

I think it’s shameful that he’s using covid restrictions as the reason for his resignation when it’s obvious that it’s because he couldn’t solve the Irish problem ( the one that we remainders were pointing out years ago). Am I right in thinking that he actually wrote his letter of resignation before the vote anyway and it’s only just been made public?