“Dear Britain, we envy you”

Germany’s best selling newspaper hails the British vaccine rollout and subsequent roadmap for lockdown release, as Merkel warns of a third wave in the country as it lags behind in its vaccination programme.

#brexit-now-what?

It’s in all the mainstream media but here are two to provide binocularity.

Sky News version
https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-germanys-top-selling-newspaper-admits-envy-for-uks-vaccine-rollout-12227957


Europhilic sanitised Guardian version:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/24/germany-frustration-grows-sluggish-rollout-covid-vaccines-falling-behind-uk

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Perhaps you should ask German residents. I’m sure Biffo Plonker will be around at some point to offer some glib europillic anti-British perspectives.

Anyway on another note, the uk has just purchased 30 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine; how’s the EU’s negotiation on that one working out?

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@duchess64 said
Look at the death numbers look at the death numbers look at the death numbers

Shall we give it a few months and look at them in Germany?

So divegester is correct in claiming that there is a certain envy about the announced opening plans.
However this is a specific envy not a general one to the tune of "Oh that we would live there."

Germans are more envious of New Zealand or Australia...by the way.

I personally am not envious of the British.

Perhaps ponderable enjoys duchess64’s style of writing a reply in the third person. Perhaps he is even envious of it.

@ponderable said
So divegester is correct in claiming that there is a certain envy about the announced opening plans.
However this is a specific envy not a general one to the tune of "Oh that we would live there."

Germans are more envious of New Zealand or Australia...by the way.

I personally am not envious of the British.

For a smart person you are pretty good at missing the point at times.

My point is aimed at the EU arrogant and now catastrophic mismanagement of their negotiations, not at Germans or Germany specifically.

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No, I’m hoping the Germany do extremely well despite the debilitating incompetence of the EU.

Beside I don’t regard number of deaths a definitive indicator of pandemic management as there are too many other factors. I can understand why you would though.

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I am a bit fanatical about Brexit I suppose. I am definitely fanatical about the incompetence of the EU.

How many extra deaths does Duchess64 predict will occur due to the EU’s incompetence?

I estimate that the UK being able to independently purchase vaccine will save 10s of thousands of uk lives.

Whatever about the pandemic, it is out of our hands.
What is in your hands Dive was the choice to walk away from the single market.

A tarrif free market of 500 million people.
All because the Brits still have an empire mentality and won't be told what to do by Johnny foreigner.

You now have 2 other problems apart from the pandemic.

1. The thorn in your side which is the North of my country.

2. The consequences of leaving the club but you still expect to get all the privileges as if you are still in the club.

Taxes and tariffs are a reality for you now with more tariffs on the way from April 1.
I'm not a bitter man.
I would like to see you back in the EU.

We are stronger together.

Another factor is tourism.
The majority of tourists here are either British or American.
They come here for different reasons but can't now due to the pandemic.

But when things get better, the British British won't come here anymore in the same numbers because they will not have a favourable currency exchange rate.

Very sad for all.
Everyone loses.

@InstantKarma777

Why would a Brit travel to Ireland?

That's like some guy saying...

"Hey babe, let's go on a vacation to somewhere worse than here"