Riots, risk-management and the tortured arc of Brexit
velouté with scallops, followed by filet of sea bass with a barigoule of vegetables, and rounded off by a dessert of mascarpone, eau de fraise, meringue and vanilla ice cream. At the table were David Frost, the uncompromising lead UK minister on Brexit and the Northern Ireland Protocol, and Maroš Šefčovič, a former Slovak diplomat and his EU opposite number. They were joined by Marie Simonsen, a Danish official in the European Commission who has taken over as head of the UK task force, and her opposite number Rebecca Ellis. Before the dinner, which lasted three hours, Mr Frost and Mr ...