[Youngian]

Using the word ‘provincial’ in relation to NI would be seen as snide and inappropriate, if someone brighter than Frost uttered it.

[Malcolm Armsteen]

Just look at the fucking state of it.

[RedSparrows]

OVEN READY

[mattomac]

As in burnt

[Tubby Isaacs]

Are Labour anywhere on this stuff?

I know they have to tread careful around Brexit, but "oven ready" v "provisional" is surely a point that won't alienate too many people in Blyth Valley?

[Tubby Isaacs]

Missed this at the time. The first line rather surprised the questioner, David Anderson QC (the former independent reviewer of terrorism legislation).

Presumably Frosty sprinted out of the chamber soon afterwards shouting "Can't stop, the Lewisham Mob have done another blag, it's like a jungle out there!"

[Tubby Isaacs]

If this is accurate, Frosty's gone from hardball to touch rugby in about a week.

[Youngian]

Ready to compromise

Give me a loads of cake
Sod off
OK, let’s settle on a half a dozen buns
Are you deaf?

[Youngian]

Lord Frost would like to make it clear he’s just a simple merchant who has never heard of Steve Bannon. Its certainly the sort of thing a hard core Brexiter would say. And their dim servants would repeat without thinking through its meaning.

[Boiler]

I think Šefčovič's getting bored with David "Unelected Bureaucrat" Frost.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-59365412

"We have been putting proposals on the table on solving the uninterrupted supply of medicines to NI since June and I remember Lord Frost telling me that what is important for him is not only content but also process.

"I was waiting to see if he can deliver on that solution jointly and I have to say that until today that has not been the case," he said.

"If we would still be in the mode of political posturing and bringing new problems to the table, I don't think we will solve the most pressing issues for Northern Ireland and so we may be acting alone to ensure the Northern Ireland people have the medicines they need," he added.

[Andy McDandy]

Yeah, I've met a few Frosts in my time. They know some management buzzwords, and anything you bring to them, they go "no, not like that".

[Tubby Isaacs]

Bloke whose policy is leading to higher taxes warns about higher taxes.

[Youngian]

Frost is now neoliberalism’s cabinet heavyweight? He has Davis’s blessing and he’s wrong about everything

[Tubby Isaacs]

Shouldn't this prompt awkward questions about Cabinet collective responsibility?

[Tubby Isaacs]

Frosty is settling in nicely to his role as the new Nick Timothy.

Man who was cronyed into a top civil servant role and failed at it wants civil service reform.

[mattomac]

Yeah I agree, Lord Frost being one of them.

[Nigredo]

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/p ... 02257.html

Unelected (failed) bureaucrat borrows Jordan Peterson's scrabble bag to dictate that the prime minister has a clear out, presumably because Alex Scott works in Downing Street?

[mattomac]

Maybe one day they will realise that his drop in popularity has nothing to do with being far right shits.

I do think the more nasty they get the smaller the rump gets.

[Andy McDandy]

And this is what happens when you decide not to engage with anyone even a little bit critical of you.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Frosty continues to broaden his political interests. You'll be amazed to hear it's in Telegraph-friendly direction.