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Moronic. That’s the term that decribes the commissions move.

They’re getting a fair bollocking from every angle. First the vaccine debacle and now this Northern Ireland malarkey.
They were even warned before they opened their gobs and spewed forth stupidity.

Me reckons heads will roll on this one.

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What the hell are you jibbering on about now?
Don’t let’s get the English narrative on incompetence, please! That would be hypocrisy at such a blatant level it will make me poop my pants in laughter.

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It wasn’t incredibly hostile. It was incredibly stupid, short-sighted, short-lived and panicky.

@ghost-of-a-duke said
Leaving aside the fact that the EU temporally lost the plot, would you not agree that Brexit has already demonstrated the maneuverability of an independent state (as opposed to a block of 27) to get vaccines approved and rolled out?

After 103.000 deaths...

There is something fishy about this vaccine makarkey. The commission’s knee-jerk reaction aside.

@shavixmir said
After 103.000 deaths...

There is something fishy about this vaccine makarkey. The commission’s knee-jerk reaction aside.

The UK secured (and approved) vaccines months before the EU. In what way is that fishy?

@ghost-of-a-duke said
The UK secured (and approved) vaccines months before the EU. In what way is that fishy?

I couldn’t care less what England does or doesn’t do with the vaccines.

I’m on about the deals made by the EU with the pharma companies. And them not delivering.

@shavixmir said
I couldn’t care less what England does or doesn’t do with the vaccines.

I’m on about the deals made by the EU with the pharma companies. And them not delivering.

Because of the problems in Belgium?


'AstraZeneca warned the European commission on Friday that there would be a significant shortfall in the promised 100m vaccine doses this quarter, of up to 60%. It says this is due to a technical issue: not enough vaccine is being produced by the main plant making the supplies destined for Europe, which is in Belgium.'

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/26/why-has-astrazeneca-cut-vaccines-to-eu-and-will-it-impact-uk-

@ghost-of-a-duke said
Because of the problems in Belgium?


'AstraZeneca warned the European commission on Friday that there would be a significant shortfall in the promised 100m vaccine doses this quarter, of up to 60%. It says this is due to a technical issue: not enough vaccine is being produced by the main plant making the supplies destined for Europe, which is in Belgium.'

https ...[text shortened]... /www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/26/why-has-astrazeneca-cut-vaccines-to-eu-and-will-it-impact-uk-

That’s the company’s side of the saga.
EU officials have questioned it.

I do not know why.

@shavixmir said
That’s the company’s side of the saga.
EU officials have questioned it.

I do not know why.

There was a poor yield in Belgium and the EU has been slow off the mark when it came to vaccines. (In a number of key areas). The knee-jerk reaction was a direct result of this.

There's no mystery here.