If he really wants a quasi trade war dissing each other's products, I would advise Johnson to start by reminding the nation that they are not obliged to make Macron happy by buying Renault, Peug… (View Post)

They're trying to target elderly vulnerable people in the UK and deny them a 2nd Pfizer jab, because they were more likely to vote for Brexit. (View Post)

e.g. As here from the Telegraph this morning: "The European Commission is in negotiations with Novavax about the amount of Covid-19 vaccines it is going to order, after a jab trialled in the UK … (View Post)

TBH, looking at all the above, the EU's case for any substantial diversion seems risible. It would seem to rest on the idea that a contract signed 3 months after that which AZ signed with the UK… (View Post)

Yes, of course they are playing politics and it's a fig leaf. That's the point - the contradiction in their positions re AZ and Pfizer exposes it very clearly. Moreover it just confirms tha… (View Post)