‘Frosty-the-No-Man’ or ‘Theresa-the-Appeaser’? We know which one we'd choose

The Europhiles’ icepicks are already out for Lord Frost

A Sunday editorial from Facts4EU.Org

In the years since the EU Referendum vote to leave the European Union, large sections of the UK establishment maintained their pro-EU stance to such a degree that sometimes it seemed that anything the EU Commission said - no matter how outrageous – must be right. Anyone standing up for the United Kingdom’s true interests as a soon-to-be independent country was almost certainly a far right, xenophobic, nationalist, Little Englander.

To this day, the idea that the UK must kow-tow to the petty bureaucrats in Brussels holds credence in many quarters, as if only the EU mandarins have access to some greater truth. These highly-indulged and unelected ideologues are only being reasonable, we are told.

The legacy of the defeatists

This toxic and defeatist narrative is not only highly dangerous, it is precisely why we now have the unworkable Withdrawal Agreement, together with a UK-EU trade deal which not only excludes 80% of the UK economy (services), it is not even working for normal goods trade either.

In essence, the Government’s argument is that it never expected the EU to act in such a hostile manner in its interpretation of the agreements reached. Well, we did.

The weak and ineffective Remainer government of Mrs May, with its Remainer civil servants bypassing every elected Brexit Secretary, defined the path that the UK took on its supposed path to independence. The legacy of that disastrous administration is being felt today, where one part of the country is still under EU law, and where we have an EU administration that still seems to think it can treat the UK as an enemy to be defeated.

Step up Lord Frost

Into this mess steps Lord Frost, the man who secured the best deal he could, in a last ditch attempt to “get Brexit done” as promised by Prime Minister Johnson. Would the Facts4EU.Org team have signed the ‘Trade and Cooperation Agreement’? No. And we would most definitely never have signed the appalling 'Withdrawal Agreement'.

Our position for the last five years has consistently been that the EU Commission would never agree a normal trade deal with the UK, for its own ideological and fanatical reasons. (Here is just one of many examples of our articles on this.) Neither would we ever have signed the abominable Withdrawal Agreement in January 2020. This is why Facts4EU.Org founded the ‘Go WTO’ campaign in 2018.

Nevertheless we are where we are and the question now is how best to extricate ourselves from this mess.

On 02 March Lord Frost took over the job of managing UK-EU relations from the Rt Hon Michael Gove MP. Within days he announced the unilateral postponement of elements of the agreements with the EU – something which has put Brussels into an uproar, with legal action against the United Kingdom now under way.

The ice-picks are already being sharpened for ‘Frosty-the-No-Man’

In Brussels, word is being put about that Lord Frost’s robust attitude is ‘unhelpful’. In our view this is welcome. It means that he is representing British interests, not the European Union’s.

Who can forget Lady Thatcher standing up to the then EU Commission President Jacques Delors with her famous "No. No. No."?

Even in the UK we are now beginning to see articles appearing in the British press from the usual suspects, questioning the wisdom of Lord Frost's appointment. Noises are being made already that he will be too confrontational, that he lacks the requisite diplomatic skills, and that he risks escalating the already-rising tensions in UK-EU relations into a full-blown diplomatic and trade stand-off.

Since the Second World War the majority of the UK Establishment has seen the decline of the United Kingdom to be inevitable - and that this is something to be “managed”. It is precisely this defeatist mentality which forms the back-drop to the attacks on Lord Frost. We consider this thinking to be lily-livered, supine, and spineless.

As proud Britons, we have a lot to be proud about (in an understated, British way of course)

According to the IMF the United Kingdom is still the world’s fifth largest economy. We are the world’s fifth largest military power. We are one of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council. We have seats at the top table of all of the world’s major institutions, and were co-founders of most of them. Our language and legal system are in use worldwide, and we punch far above our weight when it comes to science and to modern culture – particularly music, theatre, and films.

Furthermore, when it comes to the COVID pandemic our vaccine programme is the envy of the world. The UK has now vaccinated the largest percentage of its population than every other country bar Israel.

We sense Lord Frost has backbone

We feel sure that the attacks on Lord Frost will continue – out of Brussels and also from major elements of the British media and commentariat.

We very much doubt Lord Frost will buckle. And we urge the Prime Minister to continue to back him publicly at every opportunity. When the EU finally realise that a resurgent United Kingdom is on their doorstep, they will start to make pragmatic agreements. Until then the seas will be very choppy, but Her Majesty's ship is on course for rich waters.

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Reader Comments 16

11. ste yorks , Monday, March 22, 2021, 09:18:

oh dear in the minds of the sick hate filled twisted left, the road of the Eu which is totalinarianism is a much more attrtactive destination?, can't the woke filth see that having unelected, unaccountable leaders immune from prosecution only leads to EVIL?? i wonder when we had that in europe before?? 1930's germany ??

12. One eyed king , Monday, March 22, 2021, 10:35:

Nr 10, i believe that most ships sink where rocks loiter

13. Adam from london , Monday, March 22, 2021, 13:58:

I blame Gove for treacherous Theresa May becoming the worst prime minister this country has ever seen yet he is still in government unbelievable

14. Not A Tory (ever) , Monday, March 22, 2021, 14:27:

12. The lookout on the Titanic, Frederick Fleet, testified that if he had only been given binoculars - he'd have seen the iceberg before it was unavoidable.
Seems pretty reasonable - until you remember that the stupid people who were to blame for not giving him binoculars blamed
everyone & everything but themselves. Oddly familiar. Almost like history repeating ... or stupid life imitating stupid life.
11. We're having it now - you sleeping dodo. In 1930s Germany, the right to protest was taken away. Many citizens welcomed this. Like the UK is now.
You could only make noise on the streets in support of, not against the machine. Check
Oh, there was also unquestioned actions by the glorious leader - such as awarding contracts to
cronies. Check. Cummings, when he was useful, was unelected. There are others.
Immune from prosecution - let me see:
there is that one time recently when Priti (or taxpayers) paid 6 figures rather than have her face prosecution. Yes, in a court of law, the PM sided with her rather than the law.
The PPE contracts - I don't even have to begin.Not enough time. Grenfell fires, anyone here remember them? Lots of immigrants died due to Tory contractors cutting corners - not due to a lack of common sense as claimed by a Tory official.
So far, no convictions or resignations. Just applause & sarcasm. You're warning about how something or other in the distance leads to evil - too late. The iceberg is under your nose. Time to get woke, whatever that means. It must be hard knowing almost anyone born 20 years ago (& educated) is almost certainly going to vote against you. We've got all the time to wait it out a few years.

15. Derek Lund , Monday, March 22, 2021, 15:51:

What an appalling set of comments. They are scarcely worth reading. Most are off topic and many resort to insults and name calling.

16. Peter , Tuesday, March 23, 2021, 13:38:

Yes Lord Frost is a good man to deal with the EU.
Unfortunately his recommendations will be ignored by Boris Johnson, who waited until Christmas to slip through a poor agreement with little time afforded for review by parliament.
Lord Frost has only been reappointed to give the appearance that Boris is standing up to EU belligerence. Lord Frost provides cover for Johnson and buys him time.
We know, in the end, Boris will simply capitulate again. Otherwise, we would have gone to WTO by now.
Meanwhile, Team Boris will work on a good cover story and spin it as a success.

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