Brexit

[LurkerJ]

dark_gh0st_b0y said:

LurkerJ said:

Nice screenshot you got there, with two articles from a website that is ever so slightly less reliable than the guardian. She's not acting desperate, she's deluded. 

And what is your point, really? the UK decided in early last year that they wanted to secure their own deals with vaccines manufacturers, broke the mold with the one-shot strategy, and not budged to the EU veil threats. All sound decisions, if anything, the EU can benefit by following our footsteps soon adopt our vaccination tactic. 

my point is the overall matter is exaggerated in the UK to support Brexit, talked more than in the EU itself

anyhow it is much easier for companies to keep up with production for UK demand rather than 7x bigger EU demand 

the UK is doing a great job with vaccination, no doubt, and I just found out that 'express' readers share has droppped to 7%, good sign!

https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20210206-how-the-eu-s-covid-19-vaccine-rollout-became-an-advert-for-brexit

The matter is exaggerated? It's a way two street, if the guardian jumps on every opportunity to call Brexit a failure (Ed Sheeran has to do some paper work before touring now, the horror), you will get outlets that will do their best to celebrate the UK vaccine program success. Moreover, the EU is the one responsible for why this keeps making the news cycles. From downplaying how effective AZ is (quasi ineffective? a description more suited to Macron's policies), the Irish border debacle, the heavy PR campaign to paint AZ in a bad light whenever possible (in the hopes other countries cancel their orders? who knows), to threatening to block vaccine exports just because AZ is abiding by the rules of the contract they singed with the UK and other countries.

Notice how most of EU decisions don't involve taking AZ to courts, it speaks volumes about what's going on. No one outside of the EU media is backing their childishness anyway, and the dispute will soon involve other countries like Australia. You say it doesn't matter in the end because everyone will catch up, and I and the New York Times agree, but go ahead tell it the EU?

We're hardly the ones throwing tantrums here, the implication that the UK had to be involved in foul play to be prioritised by AZ is heavily rejected and has no basis whatsoever. It's just like the New York times article said, the EU isn't in terrible position, they'll get there by the summer, but their moaning can only be explained that the fact that they're just really stung watching the UK succeed.

Not to mention, dumbing it down to "production is finalised in the EU, it's an EU product" is like saying the iPhone and iOS are Chinese products, silly. This is business, you sign contracts and you get what you paid for when it's time for you to get it. The UK isn't the only country that are getting the vaccines produced in the EU before Europeans, but you don't hear about it because the EU media is hell bent on selling a lie that the UK is cheating their way in the vaccine race, and judging by the comments above, it's working  

Hope the EU keeps this up, the remainers in my circle are disgusted by the union for once, Scottish polls are swinging in the right direction now  

Last edited by LurkerJ - on 21 March 2021