Thread by @mafevema

Yes. David Frost is there to implement the deal, nothing more than the deal & to hold the line on sovereignty at any costs.

https://twitter.com/NashSGC/status/1362327350587887616

This will suit not just the UKG but the EU too. At least Frost is unlikely to moan about the direct consequences of his refusal to compromise e.g on mobility or SPS

It may have the advantage that he will tell the brutal truth to businesses. At least business eill know where they stand: in a very lonely place where they are seen as potential casualties for the greater good. Tories like Frost likely think it a benefit to get rid of the "weak"

It is the Phoenix theory: out of the ashes of sinful businesses dependent on the EU will emerge the new shining Britain. The faster they sink, the better.

And he will know how yo implement the deal. But he is an aggressive bully with a deluded folie des grandeurs. His Lordship takes himself & his grandiose vision very seriously. He will relish conflict & will love to be the tabloids darling. Mr Obscure, suddethrust into the light

By his sudden embrace of Brexit after a disappointing career in the FO (where he felt his true talent was never recognised by his peers) will also take his revenge on his former FO colleagues.

Pity those still in the FO who did his career assessments "David isn't top material but a competent second, a safe pair of hands" .

Unfortunatrly the assessment was right. Frost doesn't have the finesse, the agility & cunning of a truly good negotiator. He extracted very little of real benefit from the EU. He would have been better as a diligent second to someone like Ivan Rogers who could outplay the EU.

So now we are stuck with some kind of half-mad scorched earth policy. The more destruction, the more Brexit is indestructible & the forces break with the EU irreparable. It is a plan to oblige businesses to turn away from the biggest & freer trade zone in the world.