Never Mind Covid - Brexit Minister Resigns!

[Peter Pedant]

Bored with reading the same old things? - covid, LFTs, omicron and how to say it?
well read this!
Lord Frost the Brexit minister has resigned
I wonder why that is

https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1538197/brexit-news-lord-frost-resigns-boris-johnson-cabinet-eu-negotiations-minister-protocol

as TTT will gasp again (and again) - does this mean we will go back into the EUSSR ?
His head will explode like in that scene from Scanners

yup checked - todays news

[davebro]

Yes the Rejoin-EU campaign has been much in the news lately!

[bobbinwales]

Nothing to se ehere as far as Brexit is concerned, He;s just another out of touch Tory who dosn't see that Covid and Omicron is still a problem that needs tackling before it gets out of hand, hes a newjudge type who dosnt want masks or testing or vaccine/testing passport's or any retrictions that effect the economy

[douglas9401]

'Swimmingly' comes to mind. :-)

[Peter Pedant]

golly thx chaps
wasnt expecting any of those answers

[gulliver1]

It's on the cards to rejoin the E/U , But they might not want the UK to be a member again,and who could blame them after all the lies Boris told about the E/U just to get himself the PMs job

[bobbinwales]

//It's on the cards to rejoin the E/U //
well its not Tory policy or Labour policy so hows that going to happen. Specially as them Torys who want to ditch Boris are mainly brexiters anyway

[jno]

he used to be so funny on TV, with Ronnie Corbett and Richard Nixon and all. But I'm afraid it only strengthens my belief that the government is a coalition of knaves and fools.

[gulliver1]

This could well be a last stand for Boris's to save his job ..
...A referendum to rejoin the E/U . But with different terms..

[gulliver1]

Must say it would be nice to see the E/U Flag standing next to the Union Jack
again.
...When Boris makes his speeches to the nation on TV.

[bobbinwales]

In your mind yes, in the real world no, gulliver. He may go but Brexits nothing to do with it and is done, dusted, and theres no way back. But dream on -, looks like youll after join Liberals Greens or SNP

[gulliver1]

So you believe all the lies Boris told to get Brexit through then,do you Bobin?

[bobbinwales]

Maybe theres mor eto this than I first thought. Id read all about his concern over draconian Covid plan B restrictions that allied him to the Tory Covidplan B rebels but anither report says it was about the NI protocol. Certainly his supporters seem to include Farage whose tweeted his support and other brexiteers who think Boris doing enough to get a true UKIP style Brexit.
Maybe its a bit of both

[bobbinwales]

//So you believe all the lies Boris told to get Brexit through then,do you Bobin??

Ah the use of SO followed by something I didnt say in any way.

Nice try gulliver. I voted Remain,,,, but its over, we lost, move on, make the best...the chaos thered be in trying to turn it around,,,, and going back with a begging bowl we'd be the laughing stock and treated even worse.

[Hymie]

It was obvious that Boris backed the ‘Leave campaign’ knowing this would give him the best chance to get the PMs job – not because he thought leaving the EU would be good for the UK.

In the fullness of time, when he comes to write his memoir, I wonder if he will admit this – but then Boris and the truth have never made happy bedfellows.

Talk of a referendum to re-join the EU is just a pipe dream; all that would happen is a bigger number will be plastered on the side of a big red bus.

[jourdain2]

He's an honest man. This is very bad news. His negotiations have been undermined (as I read) by pressure to put off confrontation until next year. Then he has found (as have I) that the last straw is the introduction of vaccine passports.
I wrote to my M.P. over this issue. He is one of the 'rebels' and has written back very cogently. This single issue of 'freedom of choice' is far more important than most people seem to understand.

Without Lord Frost at the helm - we are probably sunk. Boris is presiding over a disaster i.m.o. - and has slid into it through lack of awareness.

[davebro]

//It was obvious that Boris backed the ‘Leave campaign’ knowing this would give him the best chance to get the PMs job//

I doubt he thought that far ahead! Maybe he looked at the remainers & leavers & chose those he was most in tune with (then tossed a coin!).

[Peter Pedant]

wow
thx again
unexpected thoughts

[diddlydo]

Boris is done. Why on earth doesn't he step down gracefully? Because he's an old Etonian and Oxford t***.

[gulliver1]

When Cameron first put the Brexit referendum on the agenda Boris was all for remaining . Then when the result was announced one of his (advisers) realised if he switched sides he could get elected....I say (advisers) because Boris wouldn't have been able to think that one up on his own ..

[Peter Pedant]

I am aware Gully - that Boris wrote one side of A4 stay
and another A4 leave -

and decided on the leave A4 - and of course if it is not true, it sure sounds true