The Light Was Yellow Sir
Well-Known Member
From Cummings blog last year and sums it all up really.
”It wasn't until October 2020 that he finally understood even vaguely
what leaving the Customs Union meant. I will never forget the look on
his face when, after listening to Frost in a phones-out meeting on the
final stage of the negotiation, he said, 'No no no Frosty, fuck this,
what happens with a deal?' And Frost looked up from his paper and
said, 'PM, this is what happens with a deal, that's what leaving the
Customs Union means.' The PM's face was priceless. He sat back in
his chair and looked around the room with appalled disbelief and
shook his head. Horrified officials' phones pinged around the Cabinet
table. One very senior official texted me, 'Now I realise how you
managed to get Brexit done’”.
”It wasn't until October 2020 that he finally understood even vaguely
what leaving the Customs Union meant. I will never forget the look on
his face when, after listening to Frost in a phones-out meeting on the
final stage of the negotiation, he said, 'No no no Frosty, fuck this,
what happens with a deal?' And Frost looked up from his paper and
said, 'PM, this is what happens with a deal, that's what leaving the
Customs Union means.' The PM's face was priceless. He sat back in
his chair and looked around the room with appalled disbelief and
shook his head. Horrified officials' phones pinged around the Cabinet
table. One very senior official texted me, 'Now I realise how you
managed to get Brexit done’”.