I love the idea that Boris is the only 1 who habitually lies. They all do.
I am sure that Boris would prefer to lie than tell the truth, even when it makes no real difference.
The cynic in me suggests the following:-
1. EU falling behind so pretend AZ vaccine not safe to buy time;
Or they were just concerned at the lack of data in respect of older people.
3. UK gets going, and manages to get a whole month ahead of schedule;
No argument.
5. Purely coincidentally (of course) as the EU finally follows its own experts, we do not receive a large AZ shipment for exactly 1 month
From India, stopped by the Indian Government and denied by Boris.
The UK and EU cannot politically be seen to be working together. But they are...
Your position is that all politicians around the world are telling the truth, and that Boris Johnson is unique as a lying politician. Good luck with that
I am not. I care less about politicians around the world than I do about our lying piece of sh1t of a Prime Minister. Two wrongs dont make a right. Are really trying to say that because other politicians lie it is ok for Boris to follow suit? I am not sure that any other politician in the world gets caught lying as much as Boris.
The UK and the EU cannot currently be seen to be giving ground. But behind the scenes various countries in the EU are facing a devastating 3rd wave.
And AZ are withholding supplies of vaccine.
AZ fund the Indian operation. You choose to believe Boris, who you believe to be a habitual liar, when he gets all woolly about the Indian delivery. At a time when deceiving a Parliament is looking fatal to the First Minister in Scotland.
How does Nicola Sturgeon get into this? Whether you like it or not, the Indian Government has restricted the supply of AZ vaccines to the UK. Boris has not only lied about this, he is very warm and fluffy towards the Indian Government. On the other hand he has demonised the EU for merely threatening to do exactly what the Indian Government has done. You seem to be in agreement with him. I think that the EU are quite right to threaten when AZ, are completely taking the pi55 out of them. They are 60 million doses short of the AZ vaccine, while the UK supply is uninterrupted. What do you think they should say? Perhaps ok fair enough Boris?
You believe the Indian position, that a massive 5 million vaccine order, had no date placed on it. And that a country of some 1.4 billion people, definitely needs 5 million vaccines but no more than that.
Unlike Boris, I believe the Indian position that they have made no secret of, which is that UK deliveries will be delayed, while they use the AZ vaccine in India. The EU just want AZ to honour deliveries that they have contracted to. We expect the EU to put up with a 60 million dose shortfall, believe that Boris the liar has clean hands in this, and continue to allow Pfizer to honour its obligations to the UK.
Whereas I believe they have been persuaded to say all this to save the careers of various EU (and to a lesser extent, UK) politicians.
Dont understand this bit. Who has been persuaded to say what? Boris said yesterday that the Indian vaccine was delayed by technical issues. Matt Hancock claimed that the supply of vaccine is always "lumpy", I suppose that explains everything. The Indians have made no secret of why they are breaking their contract with the UK, and it has nothing to do with technical issues.
I am no conspiracy theorist. But ask yourself this:-
1. Why did we have priority groups going down to age 50? 50-59s are much lower risk than the other 7 groups. Odd that that is the exact time the unexpected pause happens
Or they have just been let down by the Indians.
3. Why is it, when this is the biggest logistical operation for decades, that we managed to get a whole month ahead of schedule? Funny how that is the exact same time period as this delay
?
5. Why is there no mention of the amount of vaccines produced anywhere? You'd think that is vital info.
Because they would just be confirming that they have stitched the EU up.
I think my ideas are very clear. Not necessarily right, but clear.
I do appreciate that you steadfastly refuse to believe that there are any benefits (as opposed to the undoubted downsides) to Brexit. 3 million posts show that
You are happy to believe that, if 1 foreign politician says the opposite, than that is proof that Boris is lying.
Whereas I prefer to believe that all politicians lie unless proven otherwise.
Boris isn't a bigger liar than most politicians-the difference is that he is confident that the public can't see through him. And, rightly or wrongly, the election and opinion polls show that he is currently right.
I remember you saying that you have only recently become interested in politics. I've followed it for decades. Believe me, Boris is not unusual. Other than the harrumphs, and the hair.
I love the idea that Boris is the only 1 who habitually lies. They all do.
I am sure that Boris would prefer to lie than tell the truth, even when it makes no real difference.
The cynic in me suggests the following:-
1. EU falling behind so pretend AZ vaccine not safe to buy time;
Or they were just concerned at the lack of data in respect of older people.
3. UK gets going, and manages to get a whole month ahead of schedule;
No argument.
5. Purely coincidentally (of course) as the EU finally follows its own experts, we do not receive a large AZ shipment for exactly 1 month
From India, stopped by the Indian Government and denied by Boris.
The UK and EU cannot politically be seen to be working together. But they are...
Your position is that all politicians around the world are telling the truth, and that Boris Johnson is unique as a lying politician. Good luck with that
I am not. I care less about politicians around the world than I do about our lying piece of sh1t of a Prime Minister. Two wrongs dont make a right. Are really trying to say that because other politicians lie it is ok for Boris to follow suit? I am not sure that any other politician in the world gets caught lying as much as Boris.
The UK and the EU cannot currently be seen to be giving ground. But behind the scenes various countries in the EU are facing a devastating 3rd wave.
And AZ are withholding supplies of vaccine.
AZ fund the Indian operation. You choose to believe Boris, who you believe to be a habitual liar, when he gets all woolly about the Indian delivery. At a time when deceiving a Parliament is looking fatal to the First Minister in Scotland.
How does Nicola Sturgeon get into this? Whether you like it or not, the Indian Government has restricted the supply of AZ vaccines to the UK. Boris has not only lied about this, he is very warm and fluffy towards the Indian Government. On the other hand he has demonised the EU for merely threatening to do exactly what the Indian Government has done. You seem to be in agreement with him. I think that the EU are quite right to threaten when AZ, are completely taking the pi55 out of them. They are 60 million doses short of the AZ vaccine, while the UK supply is uninterrupted. What do you think they should say? Perhaps ok fair enough Boris?
You believe the Indian position, that a massive 5 million vaccine order, had no date placed on it. And that a country of some 1.4 billion people, definitely needs 5 million vaccines but no more than that.
Unlike Boris, I believe the Indian position that they have made no secret of, which is that UK deliveries will be delayed, while they use the AZ vaccine in India. The EU just want AZ to honour deliveries that they have contracted to. We expect the EU to put up with a 60 million dose shortfall, believe that Boris the liar has clean hands in this, and continue to allow Pfizer to honour its obligations to the UK.
Whereas I believe they have been persuaded to say all this to save the careers of various EU (and to a lesser extent, UK) politicians.
Dont understand this bit. Who has been persuaded to say what? Boris said yesterday that the Indian vaccine was delayed by technical issues. Matt Hancock claimed that the supply of vaccine is always "lumpy", I suppose that explains everything. The Indians have made no secret of why they are breaking their contract with the UK, and it has nothing to do with technical issues.
I am no conspiracy theorist. But ask yourself this:-
1. Why did we have priority groups going down to age 50? 50-59s are much lower risk than the other 7 groups. Odd that that is the exact time the unexpected pause happens
Or they have just been let down by the Indians.
3. Why is it, when this is the biggest logistical operation for decades, that we managed to get a whole month ahead of schedule? Funny how that is the exact same time period as this delay
?
5. Why is there no mention of the amount of vaccines produced anywhere? You'd think that is vital info.
Because they would just be confirming that they have stitched the EU up.
I think my ideas are very clear. Not necessarily right, but clear.
I do appreciate that you steadfastly refuse to believe that there are any benefits (as opposed to the undoubted downsides) to Brexit. 3 million posts show that
I eagerly await news of them.
You are happy to believe that, if 1 foreign politician says the opposite, than that is proof that Boris is lying.
Absolute nonsense. Many of his lies are well documented.
Whereas I prefer to believe that all politicians lie unless proven otherwise.
That is your right.
Boris isn't a bigger liar than most politicians-the difference is that he is confident that the public can't see through him. And, rightly or wrongly, the election and opinion polls show that he is currently right.
I am not sure how long it will last.
I remember you saying that you have only recently become interested in politics. I've followed it for decades. Believe me, Boris is not unusual. Other than the harrumphs, and the hair.
I love the idea that Boris is the only 1 who habitually lies. They all do.
I am sure that Boris would prefer to lie than tell the truth, even when it makes no real difference.
The cynic in me suggests the following:-
1. EU falling behind so pretend AZ vaccine not safe to buy time;
Or they were just concerned at the lack of data in respect of older people.
3. UK gets going, and manages to get a whole month ahead of schedule;
No argument.
5. Purely coincidentally (of course) as the EU finally follows its own experts, we do not receive a large AZ shipment for exactly 1 month
From India, stopped by the Indian Government and denied by Boris.
The UK and EU cannot politically be seen to be working together. But they are...
Your position is that all politicians around the world are telling the truth, and that Boris Johnson is unique as a lying politician. Good luck with that
I am not. I care less about politicians around the world than I do about our lying piece of sh1t of a Prime Minister. Two wrongs dont make a right. Are really trying to say that because other politicians lie it is ok for Boris to follow suit? I am not sure that any other politician in the world gets caught lying as much as Boris.
The UK and the EU cannot currently be seen to be giving ground. But behind the scenes various countries in the EU are facing a devastating 3rd wave.
And AZ are withholding supplies of vaccine.
AZ fund the Indian operation. You choose to believe Boris, who you believe to be a habitual liar, when he gets all woolly about the Indian delivery. At a time when deceiving a Parliament is looking fatal to the First Minister in Scotland.
How does Nicola Sturgeon get into this? Whether you like it or not, the Indian Government has restricted the supply of AZ vaccines to the UK. Boris has not only lied about this, he is very warm and fluffy towards the Indian Government. On the other hand he has demonised the EU for merely threatening to do exactly what the Indian Government has done. You seem to be in agreement with him. I think that the EU are quite right to threaten when AZ, are completely taking the pi55 out of them. They are 60 million doses short of the AZ vaccine, while the UK supply is uninterrupted. What do you think they should say? Perhaps ok fair enough Boris?
You believe the Indian position, that a massive 5 million vaccine order, had no date placed on it. And that a country of some 1.4 billion people, definitely needs 5 million vaccines but no more than that.
Unlike Boris, I believe the Indian position that they have made no secret of, which is that UK deliveries will be delayed, while they use the AZ vaccine in India. The EU just want AZ to honour deliveries that they have contracted to. We expect the EU to put up with a 60 million dose shortfall, believe that Boris the liar has clean hands in this, and continue to allow Pfizer to honour its obligations to the UK.
Whereas I believe they have been persuaded to say all this to save the careers of various EU (and to a lesser extent, UK) politicians.
Dont understand this bit. Who has been persuaded to say what? Boris said yesterday that the Indian vaccine was delayed by technical issues. Matt Hancock claimed that the supply of vaccine is always "lumpy", I suppose that explains everything. The Indians have made no secret of why they are breaking their contract with the UK, and it has nothing to do with technical issues.
I am no conspiracy theorist. But ask yourself this:-
1. Why did we have priority groups going down to age 50? 50-59s are much lower risk than the other 7 groups. Odd that that is the exact time the unexpected pause happens
Or they have just been let down by the Indians.
3. Why is it, when this is the biggest logistical operation for decades, that we managed to get a whole month ahead of schedule? Funny how that is the exact same time period as this delay
?
5. Why is there no mention of the amount of vaccines produced anywhere? You'd think that is vital info.
Because they would just be confirming that they have stitched the EU up.
I think my ideas are very clear. Not necessarily right, but clear.
I do appreciate that you steadfastly refuse to believe that there are any benefits (as opposed to the undoubted downsides) to Brexit. 3 million posts show that
I eagerly await news of them.
You are happy to believe that, if 1 foreign politician says the opposite, than that is proof that Boris is lying.
Absolute nonsense. Many of his lies are well documented.
Whereas I prefer to believe that all politicians lie unless proven otherwise.
That is your right.
Boris isn't a bigger liar than most politicians-the difference is that he is confident that the public can't see through him. And, rightly or wrongly, the election and opinion polls show that he is currently right.
I am not sure how long it will last.
I remember you saying that you have only recently become interested in politics. I've followed it for decades. Believe me, Boris is not unusual. Other than the harrumphs, and the hair.
You believe there is no evidence of any benefit relating to Brexit. As most of mainland Western Europe is going into a 3rd lockdown, and hospitals are running out of space. While we have 5 times as many people vaccinated, and can clearly see light at the end of the tunnel.
There can only be 2 logical reasons for this:-
1. Boris Johnson and his Government have massively outperformed the EU in general, and each European nation in particular; or
2. Our not blindly following the EU route (as everyone else has) has meant that we have invested in our own vaccine (as opposed to the EU, which is only the junior partner in the American Pfizer vaccine), had our own regulator, which has acted quicker and more decisively, and spent our time vaccinating people rather than moaning the whole time in contravention of the advice of their own regulators.
Now I am sure that some people think it is 1. I think it is 2. I'm not alone in that. Longstanding Europhiles from Ian Hislop to Ursula von der Leyen say the same. As Ian Hislop said on Question Time-it is very much 1 in the eye for us Remoaners.
I'm not saying BoJo doesn't lie. I'm saying that another politician is likely to tell just as many. If I shake a politician's hand, I count my fingers afterwards.
How long will Boris get away with it? Hard to say. He does sometimes have a talent for snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. What is certain is that the Government's performance in the last 6 months has been miles better than the preceding 6 months. He is more secure now than he was 6 months ago.
GILES COREN Ouch! That little ****’s made me all Brexity If, like me, you’re feeling Faragist and foreigner-hating after your Oxford jab don’t worry: the side-effects soon wear off
Giles Coren Friday March 19 2021, 5.00pm, The Times Share
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I had my Covid vaccination on Wednesday, becoming the first person in Britain to go to his local health centre, roll up his sleeve and accept a small **** in the arm without getting a photo of the moment and putting it on social media.
They were so grateful. The nurse said, “Thank you, Mr Coren, I can’t tell you what a drain on resources it has been having to stop and pose, mid-injection, for a photograph of literally every single jab so that these virtue-signalling nobodies can post it on social with a soppy platitude about how much they love the NHS. Do you know, if people could just come in here and take the jab without having to stop everything for a stupid picture of their ugly fat arm, we could have vaccinated the whole world thrice over by now and would all be down the pub with a pint of Guinness and a packet of nuts.”
But that’s just me, quietly and heroically doing my bit. And it was **** marvellous. I came out wearing my little sticker and looked at the queue — orderly, spaced out, masked, chatting about the weather, manned by cheery volunteers — and my first thought was how it reminded me of the London Olympics in 2012, which I covered every day for this newspaper.
It was the same glorious thing back then: orderly queues, smiling complicity with slightly annoying public order regulations, people from all walks of life giving their time pro bono in the name of getting something brilliant done in Britain . . . and then I started to think about Dunkirk and how wonderfully well ordered that was, too, and how similar: making a massive logistical task, a huge movement of people, look relatively easy because although we British are all about freedom and personal responsibility, in ways that our identity-card carrying, quasi-socialist former pals in the European Union are not, we are absolutely brilliant at mass compliance when it really, really matters.
And then I paused and thought, “this is weird — I don’t usually think things like this”. I fingered my little vaccination ticket, rubbed the painless spot where the juice had gone in and then turned to one of the nurses, an older lady who had slipped out for a ****, and said, “Out of interest, ma’am, which vaccine is it I’ve just had?”
“Oh,” she said, pulling on her Rothmans. “I’m afraid it’s the controversial one. The Oxford- AstraZeneca.”
I reeled back, staggered, clutched at my heart, leant against a lamppost and gasped: “The controversial one? The CONTROVERSIAL ONE? I’m sorry, my dear. I am tremendously grateful for all that you are doing but, please, do not call this triumph of science and medical genius, ‘controversial’! Because it isn’t. It is a vaccinaceous protection against an evil foe that is entirely without side-effects, whose good name is being besmirched on the Continent by weak and bitter and cowardly people for no known reason!”
I paused, breathless, and felt that glorious Oxford Kool-Aid coursing through my veins. Then I raised my recently stabbed arm aloft, wagging my finger at the stars, like the great Cato, and declared: “No, actually, the reason is perfectly well known.
“They are rejecting this vaccine in Europe because they are timid, risk-averse little turds with no stomach for the fight. We know about their hypochondria. You only have to walk out of the Gare du Nord and see four giant pharmacies at every crossroads, each one with its blaring cross of green, to know that this is a continent that falls to its knees in the face of the merest summer cold.
“And so you’d think they would want protection from the coronavirus. But you forget their suggestibility and superstition, their adherence to the conspiracies and whispered lies of the more primitive belief systems.
“There is no more chance of getting a blood clot from this vaccine than of the Madonna in the village church weeping blood, but if one European says it, they’ll all believe it.
“And, of course, there is their racism. They absolutely hate us British and just as a Jew or a Muslim will shy from a vaccine with a pork derivative in it, so the French or the Belgian will squirm and puke at the thought of anything British running through his veins.
“And then there is their fear of having to be grateful to us. We saved their humiliated arses in two world wars, so the last thing they want, just as we turn our back on their poxy Union, is to be saved by us again. You think they want our football fans at the Euros this summer singing, ‘Two world wars and one world cup — and a vaccine — doo dah, doo dah’?
“You can see this from the fact that even though the Europeans are too wet to get vaccinated themselves, they want to stop us importing any of the vaccines they don’t want.
“Dominic Raab is right to say they are acting like a dictatorship. I voted to remain in the European Union in 2016 and I cried a plague upon Gove and Johnson’s heads for what they did. But I doff my cap to them now, by God, and am so, so happy to be out.
“Imagine being tied to those pathetic, superstitious, needle-shy, medieval death bunnies at a time like this! Even when they do get a vaccine they’re prepared to take — no doubt a suppository — the red tape around it will be so complex they’ll all be dead before the rollout begins.
“And they certainly won’t be forming orderly queues like my neighbours did on Wednesday, because Europeans don’t know how to queue. They’ll all be gathered in a great, roiling, garlicky mass around the hospital doors, clawing at each other’s eyes and screaming ‘Moi! Moi! Moi!’
“All these Britain-hating lefty Europhiles who blame Boris for the deaths but thank the NHS for the vaccine, and whang on about ‘Brexshit’ and, oh dear, how are they going to take their stupid cockapoo on holiday to their poxy gîte in the Dordogne . . . I wonder how they like their beloved **** European Union now, eh? EH?”
I looked over at the old nurse, who was sucking the last dribble of power from her cigarette. “You poor lamb,” she said, pinging it down a drain. “They do say that one of the side-effects of the Oxford can be a sudden frothing conversion to Brexit. But don’t worry, it’ll pass. What you want to do is swallow a couple of paracetamol and have a nice little nap. You’ll be right as rain by teatime.”
GILES COREN Ouch! That little ****’s made me all Brexity If, like me, you’re feeling Faragist and foreigner-hating after your Oxford jab don’t worry: the side-effects soon wear off
Giles Coren Friday March 19 2021, 5.00pm, The Times Share
Save
I had my Covid vaccination on Wednesday, becoming the first person in Britain to go to his local health centre, roll up his sleeve and accept a small **** in the arm without getting a photo of the moment and putting it on social media.
They were so grateful. The nurse said, “Thank you, Mr Coren, I can’t tell you what a drain on resources it has been having to stop and pose, mid-injection, for a photograph of literally every single jab so that these virtue-signalling nobodies can post it on social with a soppy platitude about how much they love the NHS. Do you know, if people could just come in here and take the jab without having to stop everything for a stupid picture of their ugly fat arm, we could have vaccinated the whole world thrice over by now and would all be down the pub with a pint of Guinness and a packet of nuts.”
But that’s just me, quietly and heroically doing my bit. And it was **** marvellous. I came out wearing my little sticker and looked at the queue — orderly, spaced out, masked, chatting about the weather, manned by cheery volunteers — and my first thought was how it reminded me of the London Olympics in 2012, which I covered every day for this newspaper.
It was the same glorious thing back then: orderly queues, smiling complicity with slightly annoying public order regulations, people from all walks of life giving their time pro bono in the name of getting something brilliant done in Britain . . . and then I started to think about Dunkirk and how wonderfully well ordered that was, too, and how similar: making a massive logistical task, a huge movement of people, look relatively easy because although we British are all about freedom and personal responsibility, in ways that our identity-card carrying, quasi-socialist former pals in the European Union are not, we are absolutely brilliant at mass compliance when it really, really matters.
And then I paused and thought, “this is weird — I don’t usually think things like this”. I fingered my little vaccination ticket, rubbed the painless spot where the juice had gone in and then turned to one of the nurses, an older lady who had slipped out for a ****, and said, “Out of interest, ma’am, which vaccine is it I’ve just had?”
“Oh,” she said, pulling on her Rothmans. “I’m afraid it’s the controversial one. The Oxford- AstraZeneca.”
I reeled back, staggered, clutched at my heart, leant against a lamppost and gasped: “The controversial one? The CONTROVERSIAL ONE? I’m sorry, my dear. I am tremendously grateful for all that you are doing but, please, do not call this triumph of science and medical genius, ‘controversial’! Because it isn’t. It is a vaccinaceous protection against an evil foe that is entirely without side-effects, whose good name is being besmirched on the Continent by weak and bitter and cowardly people for no known reason!”
I paused, breathless, and felt that glorious Oxford Kool-Aid coursing through my veins. Then I raised my recently stabbed arm aloft, wagging my finger at the stars, like the great Cato, and declared: “No, actually, the reason is perfectly well known.
“They are rejecting this vaccine in Europe because they are timid, risk-averse little turds with no stomach for the fight. We know about their hypochondria. You only have to walk out of the Gare du Nord and see four giant pharmacies at every crossroads, each one with its blaring cross of green, to know that this is a continent that falls to its knees in the face of the merest summer cold.
“And so you’d think they would want protection from the coronavirus. But you forget their suggestibility and superstition, their adherence to the conspiracies and whispered lies of the more primitive belief systems.
“There is no more chance of getting a blood clot from this vaccine than of the Madonna in the village church weeping blood, but if one European says it, they’ll all believe it.
“And, of course, there is their racism. They absolutely hate us British and just as a Jew or a Muslim will shy from a vaccine with a pork derivative in it, so the French or the Belgian will squirm and puke at the thought of anything British running through his veins.
“And then there is their fear of having to be grateful to us. We saved their humiliated arses in two world wars, so the last thing they want, just as we turn our back on their poxy Union, is to be saved by us again. You think they want our football fans at the Euros this summer singing, ‘Two world wars and one world cup — and a vaccine — doo dah, doo dah’?
“You can see this from the fact that even though the Europeans are too wet to get vaccinated themselves, they want to stop us importing any of the vaccines they don’t want.
“Dominic Raab is right to say they are acting like a dictatorship. I voted to remain in the European Union in 2016 and I cried a plague upon Gove and Johnson’s heads for what they did. But I doff my cap to them now, by God, and am so, so happy to be out.
“Imagine being tied to those pathetic, superstitious, needle-shy, medieval death bunnies at a time like this! Even when they do get a vaccine they’re prepared to take — no doubt a suppository — the red tape around it will be so complex they’ll all be dead before the rollout begins.
“And they certainly won’t be forming orderly queues like my neighbours did on Wednesday, because Europeans don’t know how to queue. They’ll all be gathered in a great, roiling, garlicky mass around the hospital doors, clawing at each other’s eyes and screaming ‘Moi! Moi! Moi!’
“All these Britain-hating lefty Europhiles who blame Boris for the deaths but thank the NHS for the vaccine, and whang on about ‘Brexshit’ and, oh dear, how are they going to take their stupid cockapoo on holiday to their poxy gîte in the Dordogne . . . I wonder how they like their beloved **** European Union now, eh? EH?”
I looked over at the old nurse, who was sucking the last dribble of power from her cigarette. “You poor lamb,” she said, pinging it down a drain. “They do say that one of the side-effects of the Oxford can be a sudden frothing conversion to Brexit. But don’t worry, it’ll pass. What you want to do is swallow a couple of paracetamol and have a nice little nap. You’ll be right as rain by teatime.”
He is unlikely to get any splinters in his ar5e from sitting on any fences.
Getting a bit sick and tired of the EU using NI as a political pawn. The UK has made it quite clear that it will not put a hard border on the island of Ireland. The EU are effectively attempting a land grab.
Brexit explained: What is the problem with the Irish border?
I love the idea that Boris is the only 1 who habitually lies. They all do.
I am sure that Boris would prefer to lie than tell the truth, even when it makes no real difference.
The cynic in me suggests the following:-
1. EU falling behind so pretend AZ vaccine not safe to buy time;
Or they were just concerned at the lack of data in respect of older people.
3. UK gets going, and manages to get a whole month ahead of schedule;
No argument.
5. Purely coincidentally (of course) as the EU finally follows its own experts, we do not receive a large AZ shipment for exactly 1 month
From India, stopped by the Indian Government and denied by Boris.
The UK and EU cannot politically be seen to be working together. But they are...
Your position is that all politicians around the world are telling the truth, and that Boris Johnson is unique as a lying politician. Good luck with that
I am not. I care less about politicians around the world than I do about our lying piece of sh1t of a Prime Minister. Two wrongs dont make a right. Are really trying to say that because other politicians lie it is ok for Boris to follow suit? I am not sure that any other politician in the world gets caught lying as much as Boris.
The UK and the EU cannot currently be seen to be giving ground. But behind the scenes various countries in the EU are facing a devastating 3rd wave.
And AZ are withholding supplies of vaccine.
AZ fund the Indian operation. You choose to believe Boris, who you believe to be a habitual liar, when he gets all woolly about the Indian delivery. At a time when deceiving a Parliament is looking fatal to the First Minister in Scotland.
How does Nicola Sturgeon get into this? Whether you like it or not, the Indian Government has restricted the supply of AZ vaccines to the UK. Boris has not only lied about this, he is very warm and fluffy towards the Indian Government. On the other hand he has demonised the EU for merely threatening to do exactly what the Indian Government has done. You seem to be in agreement with him. I think that the EU are quite right to threaten when AZ, are completely taking the pi55 out of them. They are 60 million doses short of the AZ vaccine, while the UK supply is uninterrupted. What do you think they should say? Perhaps ok fair enough Boris?
You believe the Indian position, that a massive 5 million vaccine order, had no date placed on it. And that a country of some 1.4 billion people, definitely needs 5 million vaccines but no more than that.
Unlike Boris, I believe the Indian position that they have made no secret of, which is that UK deliveries will be delayed, while they use the AZ vaccine in India. The EU just want AZ to honour deliveries that they have contracted to. We expect the EU to put up with a 60 million dose shortfall, believe that Boris the liar has clean hands in this, and continue to allow Pfizer to honour its obligations to the UK.
Whereas I believe they have been persuaded to say all this to save the careers of various EU (and to a lesser extent, UK) politicians.
Dont understand this bit. Who has been persuaded to say what? Boris said yesterday that the Indian vaccine was delayed by technical issues. Matt Hancock claimed that the supply of vaccine is always "lumpy", I suppose that explains everything. The Indians have made no secret of why they are breaking their contract with the UK, and it has nothing to do with technical issues.
I am no conspiracy theorist. But ask yourself this:-
1. Why did we have priority groups going down to age 50? 50-59s are much lower risk than the other 7 groups. Odd that that is the exact time the unexpected pause happens
Or they have just been let down by the Indians.
3. Why is it, when this is the biggest logistical operation for decades, that we managed to get a whole month ahead of schedule? Funny how that is the exact same time period as this delay
?
5. Why is there no mention of the amount of vaccines produced anywhere? You'd think that is vital info.
Because they would just be confirming that they have stitched the EU up.
I think my ideas are very clear. Not necessarily right, but clear.
I do appreciate that you steadfastly refuse to believe that there are any benefits (as opposed to the undoubted downsides) to Brexit. 3 million posts show that
You are happy to believe that, if 1 foreign politician says the opposite, than that is proof that Boris is lying.
Whereas I prefer to believe that all politicians lie unless proven otherwise.
Boris isn't a bigger liar than most politicians-the difference is that he is confident that the public can't see through him. And, rightly or wrongly, the election and opinion polls show that he is currently right.
I remember you saying that you have only recently become interested in politics. I've followed it for decades. Believe me, Boris is not unusual. Other than the harrumphs, and the hair.
Didn't bother with the NI one. No need. anyone who thinks the NI situation isn't a massive downside needs help.
But the 2nd one. Not unbalanced. But overtaken by events.
I'm going to keep returning to the massive differences between vaccine responses. The 3rd lockdown in Mainland Europe. The massive further hit to their economies. The tens of thousands of people who are not going to die here, as opposed to Europe.
Anyone who thinks that Covid vaccination is not a massive upside to Brexit is just as deluded as people ignoring Northern Ireland.
People are still in their bunkers, lobbing rocks at their opponents. While steadfastly ignoring the major downsides in their own position.
Didn't bother with the NI one. No need. anyone who thinks the NI situation isn't a massive downside needs help.
I posted that in response to another post, it is quite old, but a clear explanation.
But the 2nd one. Not unbalanced. But overtaken by events.
Almost a month out of date.
I'm going to keep returning to the massive differences between vaccine responses. The 3rd lockdown in Mainland Europe. The massive further hit to their economies. The tens of thousands of people who are not going to die here, as opposed to Europe.
There is no argument that our response has been far superior, but leaving the EU has not helped in any way.
Anyone who thinks that Covid vaccination is not a massive upside to Brexit is just as deluded as people ignoring Northern Ireland.
There have been many articles pointing to the fact that we could have responded in exactly the same way as we have, while still being members of the EU.
What action do you think we could have taken that we couldnt have taken while still members of the EU?
People are still in their bunkers, lobbing rocks at their opponents. While steadfastly ignoring the major downsides in their own position.
Many peoples opinion will be affected by the side they are on. Although others will take a balanced view.
There is no doubt that the EU have made a pigs ear of their vaccines programme.
Although here are some facts.
The EU is 60 million doses short of the contracted amount of AZ vaccine in the first quarter. UK supplies from AZ remain on target for the same period. The Indian Government have also withheld supplies of AZ from the UK.
They are facts.
The EU may feel that their shortfall may have been caused by an intervention from the UK Government, they may have proof of this. Although I am not aware of any. In a move that they may well see as tit for tat, they have merely threatened to interfere with the UK supply. The Indians definitely have done this. Boris has not condemned the Indians, but poured scorn on the EU. How is it possible for AZ to be completely on target with UK supplies, and 60 million short of the EU contract?
Didn't bother with the NI one. No need. anyone who thinks the NI situation isn't a massive downside needs help.
I posted that in response to another post, it is quite old, but a clear explanation.
But the 2nd one. Not unbalanced. But overtaken by events.
Almost a month out of date.
I'm going to keep returning to the massive differences between vaccine responses. The 3rd lockdown in Mainland Europe. The massive further hit to their economies. The tens of thousands of people who are not going to die here, as opposed to Europe.
There is no argument that our response has been far superior, but leaving the EU has not helped in any way.
Anyone who thinks that Covid vaccination is not a massive upside to Brexit is just as deluded as people ignoring Northern Ireland.
There have been many articles pointing to the fact that we could have responded in exactly the same way as we have, while still being members of the EU.
What action do you think we could have taken that we couldnt have taken while still members of the EU?
People are still in their bunkers, lobbing rocks at their opponents. While steadfastly ignoring the major downsides in their own position.
Many peoples opinion will be affected by the side they are on. Although others will take a balanced view.
There is no doubt that the EU have made a pigs ear of their vaccines programme.
Although here are some facts.
The EU is 60 million doses short of the contracted amount of AZ vaccine in the first quarter. UK supplies from AZ remain on target for the same period. The Indian Government have also withheld supplies of AZ from the UK.
They are facts.
The EU may feel that their shortfall may have been caused by an intervention from the UK Government, they may have proof of this. Although I am not aware of any. In a move that they may well see as tit for tat, they have merely threatened to interfere with the UK supply. The Indians definitely have done this. Boris has not condemned the Indians, but poured scorn on the EU. How is it possible for AZ to be completely on target with UK supplies, and 60 million short of the EU contract?
Facts can be used to try and say most things.
1. The EU is 60 million doses short of the contracted amount of AZ vaccine in the first quarter.
People keep clinging to this as if this is the answer. The population of the EU is 448 million. roughly 10% of them have been vaccinated. So-c.45 million. The population of the Uk is roughly 67 million. And 25-30 million have been vaccinated. Over 50% of the adult population. The EU has 7 times our population. Add that whole 60 million to the current 45 million. And you will see that the vaccination rate would still be half that of the UK.
2. UK supplies from AZ remain on target for the same period.
Who can imagine why? Just as examples:-
(1) We have provided £billions in investment. As opposed to £0 (2) We haven't tried to say (without medical regulator backing) that they are sh1t (3) We came to an agreement while the EU were sitting on their hands (4) We opened UK plants in good time. Teething troubles in UK plants could be overcome without shortfall (5) We don't go running around saying their rivals are better than them
3. The Indian Government have also withheld supplies of AZ from the UK.
I suspect that was all pre-arranged. But even if not, nice and easy to wait a month when you are a month ahead of schedule. Perhaps, just perhaps, we don't pour scorn on people we need going forward. As opposed to the monumentally stupid alternative. Because that is the right thing to do for your country. And shows Boris in a much better light than other world leaders.
Those "lots of articles" you mention. All written by Remoaners. And all ignoring the fact that, if that were so easy, why did the Germans, the French, the Italians, not do it? There can only be 2 reasons, as I mentioned before. That Boris is better than all Western Europe leaders. Or Brexit. And you appear to be making a case for the former.
Didn't bother with the NI one. No need. anyone who thinks the NI situation isn't a massive downside needs help.
I posted that in response to another post, it is quite old, but a clear explanation.
But the 2nd one. Not unbalanced. But overtaken by events.
Almost a month out of date.
I'm going to keep returning to the massive differences between vaccine responses. The 3rd lockdown in Mainland Europe. The massive further hit to their economies. The tens of thousands of people who are not going to die here, as opposed to Europe.
There is no argument that our response has been far superior, but leaving the EU has not helped in any way.
Anyone who thinks that Covid vaccination is not a massive upside to Brexit is just as deluded as people ignoring Northern Ireland.
There have been many articles pointing to the fact that we could have responded in exactly the same way as we have, while still being members of the EU.
What action do you think we could have taken that we couldnt have taken while still members of the EU?
People are still in their bunkers, lobbing rocks at their opponents. While steadfastly ignoring the major downsides in their own position.
Many peoples opinion will be affected by the side they are on. Although others will take a balanced view.
There is no doubt that the EU have made a pigs ear of their vaccines programme.
Although here are some facts.
The EU is 60 million doses short of the contracted amount of AZ vaccine in the first quarter. UK supplies from AZ remain on target for the same period. The Indian Government have also withheld supplies of AZ from the UK.
They are facts.
The EU may feel that their shortfall may have been caused by an intervention from the UK Government, they may have proof of this. Although I am not aware of any. In a move that they may well see as tit for tat, they have merely threatened to interfere with the UK supply. The Indians definitely have done this. Boris has not condemned the Indians, but poured scorn on the EU. How is it possible for AZ to be completely on target with UK supplies, and 60 million short of the EU contract?
Facts can be used to try and say most things.
1. The EU is 60 million doses short of the contracted amount of AZ vaccine in the first quarter.
People keep clinging to this as if this is the answer. The population of the EU is 448 million. roughly 10% of them have been vaccinated. So-c.45 million. The population of the Uk is roughly 67 million. And 25-30 million have been vaccinated. Over 50% of the adult population. The EU has 7 times our population. Add that whole 60 million to the current 45 million. And you will see that the vaccination rate would still be half that of the UK.
2. UK supplies from AZ remain on target for the same period.
Who can imagine why? Just as examples:-
(1) We have provided £billions in investment. As opposed to £0 (2) We haven't tried to say (without medical regulator backing) that they are sh1t (3) We came to an agreement while the EU were sitting on their hands (4) We opened UK plants in good time. Teething troubles in UK plants could be overcome without shortfall (5) We don't go running around saying their rivals are better than them
3. The Indian Government have also withheld supplies of AZ from the UK.
I suspect that was all pre-arranged. But even if not, nice and easy to wait a month when you are a month ahead of schedule. Perhaps, just perhaps, we don't pour scorn on people we need going forward. As opposed to the monumentally stupid alternative. Because that is the right thing to do for your country. And shows Boris in a much better light than other world leaders.
Those "lots of articles" you mention. All written by Remoaners. And all ignoring the fact that, if that were so easy, why did the Germans, the French, the Italians, not do it? There can only be 2 reasons, as I mentioned before. That Boris is better than all Western Europe leaders. Or Brexit. And you appear to be making a case for the former.
An incredible reply. You seem to come from the Donald Trump school of alternative facts. A fact used to be undeniable because it was true. The EU population etc, is completely irrelevant in regards to their AZ contract. I dont think that the EU are disputing the numbers of those that have been vaccinated. You would have to be completely blind not to see that production delays that have caused a two thirds shortage to the EU supply, but leaves the UK supply uninterrupted, is pathetic excuse, and one that would be unlikely to stand up in court.
Your claim that the EU did not invest in AZ, is untrue, or maybe an alternative fact. The article below detailing the EU investment is dated August last year.
As far as the Indians are concerned I am disappointed that you cant see the hypocrisy in demonising the EU for only threatening to do something that the Indians have actually done, and making excuses for the Indians. Some may conclude that the EU are entitled to make threats under the circumstances. The EU have supplied the UK with 10 million doses in the last 2 weeks, despite their shortage.
COVID-19: Three reasons why the EU is so angry with AstraZeneca The EU is furious about AstraZeneca's vaccine delays - not least as there's currently no similar threat hanging over UK supplies.
A spokesperson for the Serum Institute said: "Five million doses had been delivered a few weeks ago to the UK and we will try to supply more later, based on the current situation and the requirement for the government immunisation programme in India."
India has to balance the needs of its own population, which is set to receive the first shots this weekend, with that of foreign countries, Jaishankar said, speaking from Delhi at the virtual conference.
“The policy of course is we will start the rollout in India. We have our own challenges,” Jaishankar said.
Prime Minister to call on EU leaders to veto vaccine export blocks
Meanwhile, Ms McGuinness told BBC1’s The Andrew Marr Show that European citizens were “growing angry and upset” that the vaccine rollout had “not happened as rapidly as we had anticipated”.
She said: “Both the EU and the UK have contracts with AstraZeneca and my understanding is the company is supplying the UK but not the European Union.
“We are supplying the UK with other vaccines, so I think this is just about openness and transparency.”
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I do appreciate that you steadfastly refuse to believe that there are any benefits (as opposed to the undoubted downsides) to Brexit. 3 million posts show that
You are happy to believe that, if 1 foreign politician says the opposite, than that is proof that Boris is lying.
Whereas I prefer to believe that all politicians lie unless proven otherwise.
Boris isn't a bigger liar than most politicians-the difference is that he is confident that the public can't see through him. And, rightly or wrongly, the election and opinion polls show that he is currently right.
I remember you saying that you have only recently become interested in politics. I've followed it for decades. Believe me, Boris is not unusual. Other than the harrumphs, and the hair.
There can only be 2 logical reasons for this:-
1. Boris Johnson and his Government have massively outperformed the EU in general, and each European nation in particular; or
2. Our not blindly following the EU route (as everyone else has) has meant that we have invested in our own vaccine (as opposed to the EU, which is only the junior partner in the American Pfizer vaccine), had our own regulator, which has acted quicker and more decisively, and spent our time vaccinating people rather than moaning the whole time in contravention of the advice of their own regulators.
Now I am sure that some people think it is 1. I think it is 2. I'm not alone in that. Longstanding Europhiles from Ian Hislop to Ursula von der Leyen say the same. As Ian Hislop said on Question Time-it is very much 1 in the eye for us Remoaners.
I'm not saying BoJo doesn't lie. I'm saying that another politician is likely to tell just as many. If I shake a politician's hand, I count my fingers afterwards.
How long will Boris get away with it? Hard to say. He does sometimes have a talent for snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. What is certain is that the Government's performance in the last 6 months has been miles better than the preceding 6 months. He is more secure now than he was 6 months ago.
Slapdown queue I mean
GILES COREN
Ouch! That little ****’s made me all Brexity
If, like me, you’re feeling Faragist and foreigner-hating after your Oxford jab don’t worry: the side-effects soon wear off
Giles Coren
Friday March 19 2021, 5.00pm, The Times
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I had my Covid vaccination on Wednesday, becoming the first person in Britain to go to his local health centre, roll up his sleeve and accept a small **** in the arm without getting a photo of the moment and putting it on social media.
They were so grateful. The nurse said, “Thank you, Mr Coren, I can’t tell you what a drain on resources it has been having to stop and pose, mid-injection, for a photograph of literally every single jab so that these virtue-signalling nobodies can post it on social with a soppy platitude about how much they love the NHS. Do you know, if people could just come in here and take the jab without having to stop everything for a stupid picture of their ugly fat arm, we could have vaccinated the whole world thrice over by now and would all be down the pub with a pint of Guinness and a packet of nuts.”
But that’s just me, quietly and heroically doing my bit. And it was **** marvellous. I came out wearing my little sticker and looked at the queue — orderly, spaced out, masked, chatting about the weather, manned by cheery volunteers — and my first thought was how it reminded me of the London Olympics in 2012, which I covered every day for this newspaper.
It was the same glorious thing back then: orderly queues, smiling complicity with slightly annoying public order regulations, people from all walks of life giving their time pro bono in the name of getting something brilliant done in Britain . . . and then I started to think about Dunkirk and how wonderfully well ordered that was, too, and how similar: making a massive logistical task, a huge movement of people, look relatively easy because although we British are all about freedom and personal responsibility, in ways that our identity-card carrying, quasi-socialist former pals in the European Union are not, we are absolutely brilliant at mass compliance when it really, really matters.
And then I paused and thought, “this is weird — I don’t usually think things like this”. I fingered my little vaccination ticket, rubbed the painless spot where the juice had gone in and then turned to one of the nurses, an older lady who had slipped out for a ****, and said, “Out of interest, ma’am, which vaccine is it I’ve just had?”
“Oh,” she said, pulling on her Rothmans. “I’m afraid it’s the controversial one. The Oxford- AstraZeneca.”
I reeled back, staggered, clutched at my heart, leant against a lamppost and gasped: “The controversial one? The CONTROVERSIAL ONE? I’m sorry, my dear. I am tremendously grateful for all that you are doing but, please, do not call this triumph of science and medical genius, ‘controversial’! Because it isn’t. It is a vaccinaceous protection against an evil foe that is entirely without side-effects, whose good name is being besmirched on the Continent by weak and bitter and cowardly people for no known reason!”
I paused, breathless, and felt that glorious Oxford Kool-Aid coursing through my veins. Then I raised my recently stabbed arm aloft, wagging my finger at the stars, like the great Cato, and declared: “No, actually, the reason is perfectly well known.
“They are rejecting this vaccine in Europe because they are timid, risk-averse little turds with no stomach for the fight. We know about their hypochondria. You only have to walk out of the Gare du Nord and see four giant pharmacies at every crossroads, each one with its blaring cross of green, to know that this is a continent that falls to its knees in the face of the merest summer cold.
“And so you’d think they would want protection from the coronavirus. But you forget their suggestibility and superstition, their adherence to the conspiracies and whispered lies of the more primitive belief systems.
“There is no more chance of getting a blood clot from this vaccine than of the Madonna in the village church weeping blood, but if one European says it, they’ll all believe it.
“And, of course, there is their racism. They absolutely hate us British and just as a Jew or a Muslim will shy from a vaccine with a pork derivative in it, so the French or the Belgian will squirm and puke at the thought of anything British running through his veins.
“And then there is their fear of having to be grateful to us. We saved their humiliated arses in two world wars, so the last thing they want, just as we turn our back on their poxy Union, is to be saved by us again. You think they want our football fans at the Euros this summer singing, ‘Two world wars and one world cup — and a vaccine — doo dah, doo dah’?
“You can see this from the fact that even though the Europeans are too wet to get vaccinated themselves, they want to stop us importing any of the vaccines they don’t want.
“Dominic Raab is right to say they are acting like a dictatorship. I voted to remain in the European Union in 2016 and I cried a plague upon Gove and Johnson’s heads for what they did. But I doff my cap to them now, by God, and am so, so happy to be out.
“Imagine being tied to those pathetic, superstitious, needle-shy, medieval death bunnies at a time like this! Even when they do get a vaccine they’re prepared to take — no doubt a suppository — the red tape around it will be so complex they’ll all be dead before the rollout begins.
“And they certainly won’t be forming orderly queues like my neighbours did on Wednesday, because Europeans don’t know how to queue. They’ll all be gathered in a great, roiling, garlicky mass around the hospital doors, clawing at each other’s eyes and screaming ‘Moi! Moi! Moi!’
“All these Britain-hating lefty Europhiles who blame Boris for the deaths but thank the NHS for the vaccine, and whang on about ‘Brexshit’ and, oh dear, how are they going to take their stupid cockapoo on holiday to their poxy gîte in the Dordogne . . . I wonder how they like their beloved **** European Union now, eh? EH?”
I looked over at the old nurse, who was sucking the last dribble of power from her cigarette. “You poor lamb,” she said, pinging it down a drain. “They do say that one of the side-effects of the Oxford can be a sudden frothing conversion to Brexit. But don’t worry, it’ll pass. What you want to do is swallow a couple of paracetamol and have a nice little nap. You’ll be right as rain by teatime.”
Hope he gets over his side effects soon.
Didn't bother with the NI one. No need. anyone who thinks the NI situation isn't a massive downside needs help.
But the 2nd one. Not unbalanced. But overtaken by events.
I'm going to keep returning to the massive differences between vaccine responses. The 3rd lockdown in Mainland Europe. The massive further hit to their economies. The tens of thousands of people who are not going to die here, as opposed to Europe.
Anyone who thinks that Covid vaccination is not a massive upside to Brexit is just as deluded as people ignoring Northern Ireland.
People are still in their bunkers, lobbing rocks at their opponents. While steadfastly ignoring the major downsides in their own position.
Although others will take a balanced view.
There is no doubt that the EU have made a pigs ear of their vaccines programme.
Although here are some facts.
The EU is 60 million doses short of the contracted amount of AZ vaccine in the first quarter.
UK supplies from AZ remain on target for the same period.
The Indian Government have also withheld supplies of AZ from the UK.
They are facts.
The EU may feel that their shortfall may have been caused by an intervention from the UK Government, they may have proof of this.
Although I am not aware of any.
In a move that they may well see as tit for tat, they have merely threatened to interfere with the UK supply.
The Indians definitely have done this.
Boris has not condemned the Indians, but poured scorn on the EU.
How is it possible for AZ to be completely on target with UK supplies, and 60 million short of the EU contract?
1. The EU is 60 million doses short of the contracted amount of AZ vaccine in the first quarter.
People keep clinging to this as if this is the answer. The population of the EU is 448 million. roughly 10% of them have been vaccinated. So-c.45 million. The population of the Uk is roughly 67 million. And 25-30 million have been vaccinated. Over 50% of the adult population.
The EU has 7 times our population. Add that whole 60 million to the current 45 million. And you will see that the vaccination rate would still be half that of the UK.
2. UK supplies from AZ remain on target for the same period.
Who can imagine why? Just as examples:-
(1) We have provided £billions in investment. As opposed to £0
(2) We haven't tried to say (without medical regulator backing) that they are sh1t
(3) We came to an agreement while the EU were sitting on their hands
(4) We opened UK plants in good time. Teething troubles in UK plants could be overcome without shortfall
(5) We don't go running around saying their rivals are better than them
3. The Indian Government have also withheld supplies of AZ from the UK.
I suspect that was all pre-arranged. But even if not, nice and easy to wait a month when you are a month ahead of schedule. Perhaps, just perhaps, we don't pour scorn on people we need going forward. As opposed to the monumentally stupid alternative. Because that is the right thing to do for your country. And shows Boris in a much better light than other world leaders.
Those "lots of articles" you mention. All written by Remoaners. And all ignoring the fact that, if that were so easy, why did the Germans, the French, the Italians, not do it? There can only be 2 reasons, as I mentioned before. That Boris is better than all Western Europe leaders. Or Brexit. And you appear to be making a case for the former.
You seem to come from the Donald Trump school of alternative facts.
A fact used to be undeniable because it was true.
The EU population etc, is completely irrelevant in regards to their AZ contract.
I dont think that the EU are disputing the numbers of those that have been vaccinated.
You would have to be completely blind not to see that production delays that have caused a two thirds shortage to the EU supply, but leaves the UK supply uninterrupted, is pathetic excuse, and one that would be unlikely to stand up in court.
Your claim that the EU did not invest in AZ, is untrue, or maybe an alternative fact.
The article below detailing the EU investment is dated August last year.
EU pays 336 million euros to secure AstraZeneca's potential COVID-19 vaccine
Francesco Guarascio
August 27, 2020
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/eu-signs-contract-astrazeneca-supply-112529149.html
As far as the Indians are concerned I am disappointed that you cant see the hypocrisy in demonising the EU for only threatening to do something that the Indians have actually done, and making excuses for the Indians.
Some may conclude that the EU are entitled to make threats under the circumstances.
The EU have supplied the UK with 10 million doses in the last 2 weeks, despite their shortage.
COVID-19: Three reasons why the EU is so angry with AstraZeneca
The EU is furious about AstraZeneca's vaccine delays - not least as there's currently no similar threat hanging over UK supplies.
https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-three-reasons-why-the-eu-is-so-angry-with-astrazeneca-12200500
A spokesperson for the Serum Institute said: "Five million doses had been delivered a few weeks ago to the UK and we will try to supply more later, based on the current situation and the requirement for the government immunisation programme in India."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-56438629
India has to balance the needs of its own population, which is set to receive the first shots this weekend, with that of foreign countries, Jaishankar said, speaking from Delhi at the virtual conference.
“The policy of course is we will start the rollout in India. We have our own challenges,” Jaishankar said.
https://www.reuters.com/article/india-foreign-minister-vaccines-idUSKBN29H0L3
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/line-of-duty-adrian-dunbar-s-brexit-fury-as-leave-vote-too-england-centric/ar-BB1ePvha?ocid=msedgntp
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/other/even-no-deal-might-make-more-sense-than-this-unstable-brexit-agreement/ar-BB1ePt25?ocid=msedgntp
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/helen-whately-refuses-to-rule-out-retaliation-against-eu-if-astrazeneca-jabs-blocked/ar-BB1ePxgN?ocid=msedgntp
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/furious-eu-chief-lashes-out-at-uk-in-new-trade-deal-row-uk-chose-to-leave/ar-BB1eNN6N?ocid=msedgntp
Meanwhile, Ms McGuinness told BBC1’s The Andrew Marr Show that European citizens were “growing angry and upset” that the vaccine rollout had “not happened as rapidly as we had anticipated”.
She said: “Both the EU and the UK have contracts with AstraZeneca and my understanding is the company is supplying the UK but not the European Union.
“We are supplying the UK with other vaccines, so I think this is just about openness and transparency.”
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/prime-minister-to-call-on-eu-leaders-to-veto-vaccine-export-blocks/ar-BB1eOMLK?ocid=msedgntp