Lord David Frost resigns as Brexit minister in Britain, Sky News reports.
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As Brexit minister, Lord David Frost negotiated the agreement on Britain’s exit from the EU.
He is said to have handed over his resignation application to Prime Minister Boris Johnson a week ago, but was persuaded by Johnson to remain in the position until January.
According to the newspaper, a central government source has Daily Mail stated that Frost’s resignation was prompted by the introduction of the government’s new pandemic measure, after Boris Johnson implemented his “Plan B” to combat the growing omicron infection.
– He was disillusioned with the government’s policy, according to the Daily Mail.
On Friday, December 10, the United Kingdom introduced mandatory use of face masks indoors in most public buildings. The order applies to cinemas, theaters and churches, among other places.
–Corona passports have also been introduced in some places, and everyone who has the opportunity to do so has been asked to work from home.
However, this should only have been the drop that made the cup overflow for Frost, according to the Daily Mail.
The Minister is said to have been dissatisfied with the approved tax increases, and large costs associated with an environmental policy with zero-emission ambitions.
In recent weeks, Frost has had intense discussions with the European Commission’s Vice-President Maros Sefcovic in connection with the United Kingdom and the EU trying to close gaps in agreements entered into after the United Kingdom left the EU.
Labor’s shadow minister for Brexit, Jenny Chapman, wrote on Twitter after her departure:
– As if we did not already know, Lord Frost’s departure shows that the government is in chaos. The country needs leadership, not a lame prime minister whose MPs and cabinet have lost faith in him. Boris Johnson must apologize to the public and explain what his plan is for the next few weeks, Chapman writes.
In June, Britain’s Health Secretary Matt Hancock resigned. He urged the British to distance themselves from each other through the pandemic, but resigned from the government after a video showed the married health minister kissing one of his advisers.
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