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Inside Politics: David Frost put back in charge of Brexit talks

The negotiating chief – given a new cabinet role – takes over protocol talks at a delicate moment, writes Adam Forrest

Thursday 18 February 2021 08:13 GMT
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Chief negotiator Lord Frost arrives for trade talks in Brussels
Chief negotiator Lord Frost arrives for trade talks in Brussels

Britney Spears fans believe the star may be sending them “coded messages” after she shared an image of a jumbled-up Scrabble board full of made-up words. Boris Johnson has Westminster hunting for clues after he talked about “data not dates” for lockdown lifting. Brussels will be looking for coded signals in the PM’s decision to make David Frost a cabinet member in charge of EU relations. Keir Starmer, meanwhile, will try to clarify Labour’s somewhat scrambled messaging in a big speech on the economy today.

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