19/03/2025

Podcast

Lord Frost: Brexit Five Years On | Danube Politics

Dr. Calum T.M. Nicholson | Gavin Haynes
David Frost, Lord Frost of Allenton, was Britain’s Chief Brexit Negotiator. Five years ago, as Britain exited the European Union, David Frost was sent to Brussels, to made a landmark speech, setting out the country’s position on the next the kind of trade policy we’d want, and to some extent the kind of country we’d be. Five years on, it feels as though we’re way off course. Brexit is remembered with bitterness by some, and wistfulness by others. But few think it has fulfilled its purpose. This month, Lord Frost returned to Budapest, to the Danube Institute, to deliver a kind of sequel speech, setting out a vision for Europe’s institutions. For how we lost our way — and how we might recover it. In this exclusive podcast, he talks to the DI’s Director of Research, Calum Nicholson, about the timeline of the past five years. From “Get Brexit Done” to the Windsor Agreement, to Keir Starmer’s subtle Rejoin-ism. Danube Politics is the current affairs strand of Danube Podcasts, a product of The Danube Institute. Connecting Hungarian conservatism to the english speaking world and beyond.

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