Mild Rover wrote:But the idea that the EU doesn’t want use their vaccine because it is too British is laughable paranoia. They’re more frustrated that they can’t get enough of it.

The Ghost of '99 wrote:100% this.
The weird patriotism BS being spread about the AZ, sorry err "Oxford" vaccine is mind-boggling. If people can't see they're being fed a line with that one I truly despair at what they'll believe.

Scarlet Pimpernell wrote:How can a variant first found in Kent and sweeping through the EU and many other countries be washed up on our shores because we have it already.

Scarlet Pimpernell wrote:How can a variant first found in Kent and sweeping through the EU and many other countries be washed up on our shores because we have it already.

The Ghost of '99 wrote:Well yes the EU has elected representatives and delegates with the key players all needing approval from our own elected government and the parliament being directly elected and major decisions requiring vote by the nation states. I do wonder what fantasy world you're talking about half the time.

Again, as if you're really upset about "protectionism" and all you've ever wanted in life is a bit of old liberal laissez-faire free trade. Really? Or is it just something to latch on to to beat the EU?

The world has divided into a number of regional trading blocs, regional because you trade most with those nearest at hand. Those blocs reduce or eliminate trade friction within. They don't massively raise friction externally.

You can believe that the UK is best served living outside this global reality. And I'm sure we could make a go of it as a low tax, low regulation, low pay economy as that's the best way to operate if you decide being inside your bloc isn't for you. (And especially if at the same time you passionately refuse to believe in making the investments which would differentiate us as a high knowledge, high skill, high wage economy).

The low tax and regulation route would work out just fine for some, maybe for you; not so much for the many however.

Scarlet Pimpernell wrote:How can a variant first found in Kent and sweeping through the EU and many other countries be washed up on our shores because we have it already.

Superblue wrote:I just don’t get the Nationalistic hype the tories are pushing with the covid vaccine rollout, but I guess it’s not aimed at me, as they know I won’t swallow it.

They make it sound like we’ve never undertaken a vaccination programme before.
The NHS has administered millions of jabs for donkeys years now, with about 20 million flu jabs in the 3 months before Christmas every year.

As the local doctor said, the NHS was already set up for vaccination programmes, all that was needed was bigger premises, which were quickly identified as the sports stadiums, and taxpayers money to implement.

The Ghost of '99 wrote:I dunno, you're the one who keeps mentioning them. Obsessed or deflecting attention, whichever. The reality is they've never been in power so what they would or would not have done is utterly irrelevant.