kreuzberger wrote: ↑Tue May 18, 2021 9:22 pm
Is he another of these bristlingly self-confident but stodgily average Eton fuckwits? Fits the bill.
Nottingham High School (public school) the Oxford, where he read mediaeval history and mediaeval French, Noble subjects both, but of fuck all vocational value, though history is good for thinking. He must have been off sick that day.
Straight into the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
Wiki wrote:Frost was promoted Economic Counsellor to the British Embassy, Paris, in 2001, where he was responsible for reporting and lobbying on all aspects of French economic and commercial life, together with its EU policy. He returned to London to be Head of the EU (Internal) Department and then Director for the European Union in the Foreign Office. In this period he led work on a range of economic and social issues, notably the resistance to the initial Working Time Directive, and the negotiation on the EU's multi-annual Budget framework. He was a member of the UK's leadership team during its EU Presidency in 2005
Hmm. I wonder why we were having trouble with the EU at that time?
Then sent to the Lords, adviser to Johnson, head EU negotiating weasel.
Never really shown any signs of outstanding talent. (In the terms of the FCO where some of the people are
really talented.) But a genius in terms of Johnson's Tories, where the ability to put your underpants on without getting both legs in one hole is lauded to the rooftops.
And
Wiki again wrote:On 28 June 2020, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced his nomination of Frost for a life peerage and as UK National Security Adviser, succeeding Lord Sedwill. The Financial Times reported that this was unpopular with military and security services, who felt Frost was underqualified. The appointment received criticism from former Cabinet Secretary Lord O'Donnell and former National Security Adviser Lord Ricketts due to concerns that the Civil Service's impartiality was being eroded by appointing a special adviser in this role. The appointment was also criticised by previous PM Theresa May in Parliament, who highlighted its political nature, and said that Frost does not have proven expertise in national security.
Talent and experience not necessary, loyalty essential.
In short a timeserving career diplomat of the ordinary kind with a bee in his bonnet about Europe grounded in the policies of Henry V (or possibly Richard II) and a belief that the Song of Roland is top ten material. A man with the confidence of a goat on a donkey's back and the analytical and economic skills of a donkey with a goat on its back.
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