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Hello and welcome to Coffee House Shots, The Spectator's Daily Politics Podcast. I'm

Isabel Hardman and this is the Sunday Roundup. With Christmas soon approaching, one might be

forgiven for thinking

that the year's political arguments could be set aside and wrapped up as neatly as presents under the tree.

But that would be wishful thinking for Boris Johnson, whose already precarious position was rocked even further last night by the resignation of Lord Frost, the government's chief Brexit negotiator.

Frost cited concerns over the government's current direction of travel

and uneasiness about the level of COVID restrictions.

Andrew Maher asked for the health secretary, Sajad Javid,

if the Great Frost's departure was a sign of a new winter of discontent.

Your former colleague, Lord Frost, clearly doesn't like the way this government is going.

He doesn't like the high tax aspect of this government.

He doesn't like the restrictions either.

And he speaks for an awful lot of conservatives.

What do you say to people who look at you now as a government and individually and say,

do you know what, this is no longer a conservative government?

Well, I mean, first I'm sorry to see him go.

I think he's been an outstanding public servant.

He's done great things for this country, not least in helping to get Brexit done.

But he's resigned out of principle.

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