Brexit Minister, Lord David G.H. Frost, has resigned from the UK Government over "concerns about the current direction of travel, regarding the Johnson Government’s handling of COVID-19. Photo: SKY News

The BBC reports that in a letter to UK Primer Minister, Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson aka ‘Boris Johnson’, the peer, who led Brexit negotiations, said he hoped the PM would 'not be tempted' by 'coercive measures' to tackle Covid. Photo: Internet Source

The BBC reports that in a letter to UK Primer Minister, Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson aka ‘Boris Johnson’, the peer, who led Brexit negotiations, said he hoped the PM would "not be tempted" by "coercive measures" to tackle Covid.

But the UK has recorded days of record cases, with 90,418 on Saturday alone. And more than 10,000 on that day were confirmed as Omicron infections.

Scientific advisers have also warned England's hospital admissions could reach 3,000 a day without further restrictions.

The Mail, which first reported the news of the resignation, said Lord Frist handed in his letter week ago, partly in disagreement with COVID curbs.

Johnson Gov't told 'get back on track'

But in his letter to the Prime Minister, Lord Frost said now the arrangement to exit in January had been made public, he would leave with "immediate effect" and left his high regards for a lightly regulated, low-tax, entrepreneurial UK economy, at the cutting edge of modern science and economic change.

Lord Frost moved on to his concerns over the government's handling of the virus, saying the country needed to "learn to live with Covid". "I know that is your instinct too," he wrote. "You took a brave decision in July, against considerable opposition, to open up the country again.”

"Sadly it did not prove to be irreversible, as I wished, and believe you did too,” he said.

Lord Frost in his letter further told the Johnson Government "I hope we can get back on track soon and not be tempted by the kind of coercive measures we have seen elsewhere."

The BBC reports that this latest resignation is yet another blow to an already-bruised PM which will increase the volume of angry MPs in his own party.