Chief negotiator during 1980 Iranian Embassy siege dies

The Metropolitan Police’s head negotiator who helped the SAS save the lives of 19 hostages during the Iranian Embassy siege of 1980 has died. Chief Superintendant Max Vernon was part of a six-man team charged with negotiating with six armed terrorists who besieged the diplomatic building in South Kensington, West London and took 26 people … Read more

Chief negotiator during 1980 Iranian Embassy siege dies

Chief negotiator during 1980 Iranian Embassy siege dies: Tributes are paid to Met Police superintendent Max Vernon who was hailed a ‘true hero’ for helping SAS save lives of 19 hostages By Jack Wright For Mailonline Published: 14:47 GMT, 14 February 2021 | Updated: 14:51 GMT, 14 February 2021 The Metropolitan Police’s head negotiator who … Read more

Brexit negotiator Lord Frost hails ‘moment of national renewal’

Brexit negotiator Lord Frost hails ‘moment of national renewal’ after striking historic deal with the EU Lord Frost has now hailed ‘one of the biggest and broadest agreements ever’  Chief negotiator’s euphoria follows almost 12 months of gruelling negotiations  MPs will vote on the deal in Parliament on Wednesday and EU will then ratify it … Read more

Brexit negotiator Lord Frost hails ‘moment of national renewal’

Brexit negotiator Lord Frost hails ‘moment of national renewal’ after striking historic deal with the EU Lord Frost has now hailed ‘one of the biggest and broadest agreements ever’  Chief negotiator’s euphoria follows almost 12 months of gruelling negotiations  MPs will vote on the deal in Parliament on Wednesday and EU will then ratify it … Read more

How Boris Johnson gleefully ordered Brexit negotiator David Frost to sign Christmas Eve agreement

Visibly nervous and decidedly twitchy, the Prime Minister was pacing up and down in his Downing Street study when the mobile phone in his suit pocket started to vibrate. ‘It’s Frosty,’ he bellowed at the handful of officials gathered in his office. It was 2.15pm on Christmas Eve and the newly-ennobled David Frost, the UK’s … Read more

How Boris Johnson gleefully ordered Brexit negotiator David Frost to sign Christmas Eve agreement

Visibly nervous and decidedly twitchy, the Prime Minister was pacing up and down in his Downing Street study when the mobile phone in his suit pocket started to vibrate. ‘It’s Frosty,’ he bellowed at the handful of officials gathered in his office. It was 2.15pm on Christmas Eve and the newly-ennobled David Frost, the UK’s … Read more

Boris Johnson’s chief negotiator warns EU that Britain will not become a ‘client state’ of Brussels

Britain will not ‘blink’ in crunch Brexit talks this week, Boris Johnson’s chief negotiator has declared, in a marked ratcheting up of pressure on Brussels. In an exclusive interview with The Mail on Sunday, Lord Frost warned his EU counterpart Michel Barnier the UK would not become a ‘client state’ of Brussels by accepting restrictions … Read more

Boris Johnson’s chief negotiator warns EU that Britain will not become a ‘client state’ of Brussels

Britain will not ‘blink’ in crunch Brexit talks this week, Boris Johnson’s chief negotiator has declared, in a marked ratcheting up of pressure on Brussels. In an exclusive interview with The Mail on Sunday, Lord Frost warned his EU counterpart Michel Barnier the UK would not become a ‘client state’ of Brussels by accepting restrictions … Read more

Britain’s new Cod War with the EU could sink next week’s Brexit talks, negotiator David Frost warns

Britain’s new Cod War with the EU could sink next week’s Brexit talks as fishing row pushes UK closer to No Deal, negotiator David Frost warns David Frost said Brussels’ demands on fishing could ‘limit progress’ made in talks Bloc wants to retain access for boats but No 10 says British trawlers will be given … Read more

Britain’s new Cod War with the EU could sink next week’s Brexit talks, negotiator David Frost warns

Britain’s new Cod War with the EU could sink next week’s Brexit talks as fishing row pushes UK closer to No Deal, negotiator David Frost warns David Frost said Brussels’ demands on fishing could ‘limit progress’ made in talks Bloc wants to retain access for boats but No 10 says British trawlers will be given … Read more