Truss Replaces Frost in EU Talks as Covid Clouds Winter: Beyond Brexit

What’s happening? U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson ends the year undermined on Brexit and holds off on extra virus measures – at least before Christmas.

Britain’s Brexit minister quit the government, openly undermining the prime minister over both his negotiations with the European Union and his response to a surge in coronavirus cases. As omicron gripped the U.K., David Frost said he opposed anything that could look like another lockdown. He also urged Boris Johnson to use Brexit to turn the U.K. into “a lightly regulated, low-tax, entrepreneurial economy” but expressed dismay at the direction of travel, a sign that Brexit is disappointing those who saw it as a once-in-a-generation opportunity to roll back government regulation.