Yes, but as you say individual governments are also perfectly capable of screwing things up. For example, the Blair government's Rural Payments Agency was quite extraordinarily incompetent, and … (View Post)

A good article from @Philip_Thompson, especially the penultimate paragraph. The issue of the vaccine procurement failure was, I think, very particular particular to the circumstances, and I'm no… (View Post)

Yes, exactly. I do understand why for the moment the government is emphasising that it wants people to get jabbed without pressure being put on them, but the crucial point about vaccine 'passpor… (View Post)

Be that as it may, this decision by the BoE is a no-brainer. What the hell does the European Banking Authority think it is doing? If they want to reduce the capital banks have to hold, they should do… (View Post)

It certainly seems to cause more of a short-term reaction than the Pfizer one, presumably because you actually get infected with a live (but harmless) virus, which isn't the case with the mRNA j… (View Post)