United Kingdom: David Frost, Brexit negotiator, slams the door of the Johnson government

David Forst, then Brexit negotiator, arriving at the European Union headquarters in Brussels on November 19, 2021. AP - Geert Vanden Wijngaert

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A key ally of the British Prime Minister has resigned, reveals the

this Saturday, December 18.

David Frost, now a former Brexit minister, had become an expert in negotiations with the European Union.

His departure is yet another hard blow for Boris Johnson, whose authority is increasingly weakened.

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With our correspondent in London,

David Frost

says he is " 

" by the directions of the British government, according to a high level government source. He sent in his resignation last week. The

newspaper

revealed the information on the evening of that Saturday. Prime Minister

convinced David Frost to wait until January to leave. 

But earlier this week, in the United Kingdom, a health pass was voted for the first time to fight the Covid-19 pandemic and more particularly against the spread of the Omicron variant.

It was too much for David Frost.

About a hundred Conservative MPs opposed it, subjecting Boris Johnson to the biggest rebellion of his tenure as prime minister.

The tenant of 10 Downing Street had never before faced

.

Reigning instability among the Tories

David Frost, on the right of the Conservative Party, also criticizes the increase in taxes and the cost of environmental policies.

walked alongside Boris Johnson for years.

He negotiated the exit of the United Kingdom from the European Union.

Difficult to find a replacement with the same experience.

His departure reveals the instability that reigns in the ruling party.

More and more conservatives are turning away from their leader Boris Johnson, who has accumulated controversy in recent weeks.

Frosty night in No.10 pic.twitter.com/jP4qbXMG77

- MoS_Politics (@MoS_Politics) December 18, 2021

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