Might there not be a danger in parts of Europe that a natural fall in case numbers and deaths caused by seasonality will significant boost vaccine hesitancy (and at a more dangerous overall level tha… (View Post)

It was clearly intended to be meant literally. That's not the same as saying they believed it. The message being "our love is pure". The whole "official" wedding itself was j… (View Post)

On a semi serious note - i explain van der Leyen by Merkel wanting somebody she could control as EU President as the Brexit talks went down to the wire. With the bonus that she got her out of her own… (View Post)

I suspect the discussion on here was not challenging the impression that it was intended to give. Just speculating (accurately) on what actually happened. As somebody else said, why say it otherwise?… (View Post)

To be fair, i would argue that often where the UK have made (assumed) mistakes they have largely been reasonably well motivated through a desire to weigh up a balance of risks aware that the politica… (View Post)