{"id":1132047,"date":"2021-12-19T11:19:51","date_gmt":"2021-12-19T16:19:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1132047"},"modified":"2021-12-19T11:19:53","modified_gmt":"2021-12-19T16:19:53","slug":"brexit-minister-frost-resigns-over-boris-johnsons-tax-hikes-lockdown-lunacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/brexit-minister-frost-resigns-over-boris-johnsons-tax-hikes-lockdown-lunacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Brexit Minister Frost Resigns over Boris Johnson&#039;s Tax Hikes, Lockdown Lunacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbrexit-minister-frost-resigns-over-boris-johnsons-tax-hikes-lockdown-lunacy%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1132047&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1232214779-640x335-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Boris Johnson\u2019s future as Prime Minister was thrown into further question late Saturday night after it emerged that Brexit negotiator Lord David Frost has resigned over the government\u2019s leftist policies on taxes, the Build Back Better green agenda, and the push for more coronavirus lockdown restrictions.<\/p>\n<p>Questions over Prime Minister Johnson\u2019s leadership have swirled in London in the wake of a disastrous&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/12\/17\/another-blow-for-boris-conservatives-lose-ultra-safe-north-shropshire-seat-in-special-election\/\">election defeat<\/a>&nbsp;to the Liberal Democrats in North Shropshire this week, as well as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/12\/14\/tory-rebels-crushed-by-combined-weight-of-government-and-opposition-in-uk-lockdown-vote\/\">large scale Tory rebellion<\/a> against the latest round of COVID restrictions earlier this month in Parliament.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The problems facing Mr Johnson\u2019s administration were amplified on Saturday following a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-10324429\/Brexit-minister-Lord-Frost-walks-Boris.html\">report<\/a> from the <em>Mail on Sunday<\/em>, which pre-empted an announcement that Lord Frost had resigned from the government. While his resignation was reportedly intended to officially take place next month, the report brought the move forward to have \u201cimmediate effect\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Lord Frost, who spearheaded the negotiations during the United Kingdom\u2019s separation from the European Union, first publicly criticised the government in November, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/11\/23\/lord-frost-brexit-will-fail-if-boris-pushes-high-tax-european-social-model\/\">warning<\/a> that Johnson\u2019s high tax \u201cEuropean social model\u201d policies would jeopardise the benefits of gaining independence from the EU.<\/p>\n<p>The Minister of State for the Cabinet Office was also reportedly concerned about the Prime Minister\u2019s Build Back Better agenda, under which Johnson has pledged to reduce British carbon emissions to net-zero by 2050 \u2014 a project which is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/10\/21\/nyet-coming-vladimir-putin-to-snub-boris-big-climate-summit\/\">expected<\/a> to run costs in the trillions.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.0645161290323\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Exclusive \u2013 China and Russia Laughing at Boris Johnson\u2019s \u2018Net-Stupid\u2019 Green Agenda: Richard Tice <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NiDLVOqynk\">https:\/\/t.co\/NiDLVOqynk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1459948494383243272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 14, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The last straw for Lord Frost was reportedly the push from the PM to introduce Covid passports and more lockdown restrictions. While Johnson had previously professed to have libertarian leanings, he has openly supported the idea of introducing Covid passports in England, and even having a \u201cnational conversation\u201d about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/12\/08\/farage-slams-boris-for-calls-to-have-national-conversation-on-mandatory-vaccination\/\">compulsory vaccination<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In his resignation letter, released by Downing Street, Lord Frost wrote that the country needs to \u201clearn to live with Covid and I know that is your instinct too. You took a brave decision in July, against considerable opposition, to open up the country again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSadly it did not prove to be irreversible, as I wished, and believe you did too. I hope we can get back on track soon and not be tempted by the kind of coercive measures we have seen elsewhere.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know my concerns about the current direction of travel. I hope we will move as fast as possible to where we need to get to: a lightly regulated, low-tax, entrepreneurial economy, at the cutting edge of modern science and economic change,\u201d Frost added.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.75\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Seven Times Boris\u2019s Govt Promised a Route Back to Normality Since March 2020 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WawSal4FYP\">https:\/\/t.co\/WawSal4FYP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1471876088188051460?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 17, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The former Brexit negotiator did praise Johnson\u2019s efforts to secure Britain\u2019s freedom from the European Union, saying \u201cBrexit is now secure. The challenge for the Government now is to deliver on the opportunities it gives us.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Responding to resignation the prime minister related his sadness over the move, but thanked Lord Frost for his \u201cunique contribution towards getting Brexit done.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Frost\u2019s positive take on the government\u2019s Brexit policy is perhaps unsurprising given his role in executing it, but in fact it is far from an unqualified success, with the EU continuing to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2020\/12\/29\/even-worse-than-i-had-feared-farage-on-scrutiny-of-boriss-brexit-fishing-deal\/\">plunder British fishing waters<\/a> and having a great deal of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/09\/05\/brexit-isnt-done-boris-govt-happy-to-let-eu-law-apply-in-northern-ireland-keep-internal-border-for-eus-sake\/\">control over Northern Ireland<\/a>, leading to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/11\/08\/northern-ireland-another-bus-hijacked-and-set-on-fire-as-anger-over-eu-sellout-grows\/\">unrest at home<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/10\/28\/france-detains-uk-fishing-boat-threaten-export-ban-on-british-fish\/\">frequent clashes<\/a> with Continental Europe abroad.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, Frost was hailed by Brexit leader Nigel Farage after news of his resignation broke,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Nigel_Farage\/status\/1472299546386513920\">writing<\/a> last night: \u201cLord Frost is leaving the government because he is a conservative and true Brexiteer. Boris Johnson is neither.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"5.9487179487179\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Lord Frost: Brexit Will Fail if Boris Pushes High-Tax \u2018European Model\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TiFPlzAhlT\">https:\/\/t.co\/TiFPlzAhlT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1463191614415941652?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 23, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Further demonstrating the growing dissatisfaction within the Conservative Party with the Prime Minister\u2019s leadership, leaked WhatsApp messages from a group of over 100 Tory MPs revealed that Andrew Bridgen described Frost\u2019s departure as \u201cdisastrous\u201d and Theresa Villiers said that it was \u201cvery worrying,\u201d Sky News <a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/nadine-dorries-kicked-off-tory-mps-whatsapp-group-after-defending-hero-boris-johnson-12499621\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>When Culture Minister Nadine Dorries attempted to defend Johnson, describing him as a \u201chero\u201d for delivering Brexit, she was removed from the group by Steve Baker MP, who wrote \u201cEnough is Enough\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>It remains to be seen if an actual challenge to Johnson\u2019s leadership is imminent, with it being unlikely that any possible successor would want to take the helm of the government during a potential winter wave of the Omicron variant of the Chinese coronavirus.<\/p>\n<p>While many names have been floated, the current favourites to replace Johnson should he step down are Chancellor of the&nbsp;Exchequer Rishi Sunak and Foreign Secretary Liz Truss \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/independentpremium\/liz-truss-conservative-conference-boris-johnson-b1930782.html\">a former Liberal Democrat who backed Remain<\/a> during the EU referendum.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.4769230769231\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;Local authorities are required to fully comply with the [European Regional Development Fund] Branding and Publicity Guidelines &#8221; the Boris Johnson government insists, despite Brexit <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/178uqeNLT8\">https:\/\/t.co\/178uqeNLT8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1419348746421342211?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 25, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em><strong>Follow Kurt Zindulka on Twitter here <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KurtZindulka\">@KurtZindulka<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boris Johnson\u2019s future as Prime Minister was thrown into further question late Saturday night after it emerged that Brexit negotiator Lord David Frost has resigned over the government\u2019s leftist policies &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1132047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1132047","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/123"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1132047"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1132047\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1132047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1132047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1132047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}