U.K. Brexit minister resigns over new COVID policies

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20 Dec 2021, 5:50 am

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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson faced yet another challenge from within his own Conservative Party when Brexit Minister David Frost resigned, effective immediately, from Johnson's Cabinet on Saturday, BBC Nws reports.

Frost, who holds a life peerage that entitles him to sit in the House of Lords, had planned to resign next month but moved his timetable up to protest Johnson's new COVID-19 restrictions, including a requirement to show proof of vaccination or a negative test to enter many public venues, according to The Associated Press.

Instead of implementing vaccine passports, Frost wrote in his resignation letter, the U.K. should "learn to live with COVID."

Earlier this week, 99 Conservative members of Parliament voted against the passports in the largest defection of Johnson's premiership. Johnson also suffered defeat Thursday when the Liberal Democrats won a by-election in North Shropshire, long considered a safe seat for the Conservatives.


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20 Dec 2021, 10:00 pm

It must be nice to be able to resign from your job just because you don't agree with something, without having to worry how you're going to pay the bills.

But really, what does the man expect the gov to do when the case numbers are going through the roof and everybody's worried that the NHS might get completely overwhelmed?