stick about’.”

Meanwhile, a former ambassador to Denmark and Foreign Office official is being tipped as Johnson’s new Brexit negotiator.

David Frost is a career diplomat and was head of Europe at the Foreign and Commonwealth office and and a former special adviser to Boris Johnson when he was foreign secretary.

He is currently chief executive of the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry but has years of experience working with the EU.

“He believes there is a deal to be done and will pursue that,” said one source who knows Frost.

However there are also concerns, if his appointment is confirmed, that the key “sherpa” role is going to someone who is not a full-time member of the civil service.

“David is good, he knows Europe inside out, but Johnson will need someoneBag Man Begins

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