The reaction came as Lord David Frost resigned as a Brexit negotiator and Ms Truss stepped in to complete the ongoing negotiations with the EU over Northern Ireland. Voicing her concerns over the appointment, EU Financial Services Commissioner Mairead McGuinness said: I would hope that the mood will be towards compromise and problem solving, not Conservative Party politics, which I'm afraid takes the eye off real issues, and will drag out next year, which is not good for Northern Ireland. If people in London are of the opinion that there will be no compromise, then there will be no progress and that is untenable. Mrs McGuinness called on Mr Johnson to resist pressure to choose a hardliner as Frost's replacement.
Express.co. expressed their frustration at the EU. The uk readers reminded the bloc exactly where Britain stood on the issue. ByGeorge said: We are free and we can do what we like. The TaxLady pointed out a similar argument saying: We want a hardliner, we never wanted a deal! This was backed up by Sue 1976, who said the EU still doesn't get it. The UK has left, but they still think it is their right to dictate to us. She said: "We are no longer part of the EU, we will do as we see fit." Pino 72 U said that Ms Truss is the right decision and that it has to be a hardliner. This whole long drawn out episode with Article 16 has to be put to bed. The EU wants an easy ride with a softie. Nickbflair said: Liz Truss needs to tell them straight away that they will leave No Deal and the European Court of Judgement will be completely Void in Great Britain. He added that she is not in charge of who is the Minister for Brexit in Britain, and she should tell the new lady Mairead Mcguinness. Stephen West said that the replacement must be strong and I hope that Liz Truss will adopt a Thatcherite approach with such an awful outfit as the EU. Others said they had their own views as to who should have replaced Lord Frost.
Bumpy Grollix said: Replacing Frost with a committed Brexiter is exactly what or we throw away any advantage of leaving the EU. Why is it that Liz Truss should have a new role to pressure the EU and trigg. Several people supported another potential candidate before realizing that Ms Truss had taken the job. Captain Hurricane said: "Elevate Nigel Farage to the Lords and make him a Secretary of State." Duderuffian said that the British government will appoint who they wish, Farage being the best possible candidate. Itsonlyme 44 said that Nigel Farage would be the EU's worst nightmare as the Brexit negotiator. Summing up the selection, and suggesting there are more issues ahead, Platform 3 said : Well we got Liz Truss and although I think she has done well in trade, this job calls for someone in the Nigel Farage mould. They added: "The real shame is that even if Nigel was appointed, he wouldn't do any better than Frosty because our beloved spineless PM would tie his hands and gag him." NATO and EU irrelevant '' bid to stop war EXCLUSIVE UK lockdown fears as Boris holds emergency meeting REPORT EU defiant over hated Brexit deal and still won't budge REVEAL Ms Truss task will now be to avoid a trade war with Brussels on the vexed Northern Ireland Protocol while keeping an increasingly unhappy but influential Euroskeptic wing of her ruling Conservative Party on board. One commentator said that the future requires delicate relation-building by Ms Truss within the Conservative Party. Mujtaba Rahman is the head of Eurasia Group's Europe Practice and said: Truss doesn't need the support of the Euroskeptics alone, she needs the majority of Tory MPs who wouldn't forgive her if she starts a trade war. He added that Johnson does not want to pursue Frost's demand to remove the European Court of Justice from its role in disputes over the protocol.