So Liz Truss is in charge of the UK-EU relationship. May seem obvious but in February @ThimontJack and I argued that @cabinetofficeuk was the right place to coordinate the relationship instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publications/m…
we assume the "Europe" side of Frost's team transfer to @FCDOGovUK - its a long time since the FCO had serious heft on Europe. That will provide some continuity
But managing the relationship is entwined with lots of domestic issues, way away from FCDO's normal areas of interest. It also requires managing relations with devolveds. Hmm
There's a big day-to-day task of knocking Whitehall heads together. But can @chhcalling do that - Frost was in the Cabinet, with clear PM backing (most of the time). @trussliz won't have the time.
and what of the other side of the Frost empire. The Review of EU Law he just launched - @CSBarnard24 here. Doesn't look like FCO legislation.ukandeu.ac.uk/reul-lord-fros…
Or will govt make Catherine v happy and bin it? and what about the big job Team Frost saw on realising "Brexit opportunities". FCDO? @hmtreasury (the only dept apart from @DefraGovUK really doing much on this yet).
on that watch out for next @UKandEU @joelreland divergence tracker. Is that ditched? downgraded? Or @beisgovuk. Lots of questions.
Does not give the impression of a well thought out MOG change - even though they had time to plan...
That's all folks.
That's all folks.
No its not --new Divergence Tracker published while I was threading... ukandeu.ac.uk/research-paper…
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