Political relations between UK-EU

[Cheadle_hulmeBlue]

Over to you president biden ...

biden talked about keeping the peace and not wanting a hard border in Ireland. Surely we should expect to hear from him soon on this.....

 

[Gaylord du Bois]

The EU are just playing the UK at their own game. I doubt it was multinational giant AZ who came up with the idea that vaccine produced in one country should primarily go to that country. I don't think it was the AZ negotiators that sat at the table and said "How about this for an idea..."

Maybe if the UK changed their stance a little and said "vaccine produced in the UK should primarily be used in the UK and the 70 other countries that the UK has spread a more aggressive, more deadly variant to because of our failed Covid policy" everyone might reach an agreement.

Is this some sort of inverted jingoism? The UK is now being blamed for a Chinese disease, imported from the EU, then reimported from Spain, for the now infamous UK variant to piggy back upon?
Nice try.

 

[Tb1981]

Well, yes. AZ will pay for this in some way shape or form, unless they can come up with the vaccines sharpish.

The EU just invoked Article 16 of the NI protocols on us without bothering with the niceties of a formal letter to the JC Committee or the one months notice they are obliged to give. Gove is apparently writing a letter of concern. You reckon they will be any nicer to AZ if this isn’t resolved quickly?

Just because they behave like cunts doesn’t mean they a right and it doesn’t mean they will win the argument.
The more they behave like the bully stamping their feet actually suggests they know they are Probably in the wrong

 

[Tb1981]

Botched the vaccine procurement and ended up turning a dispute with a private company into a diplomatic incident, resulting in a hard border between Ireland and NI.

From a PR perspective, they’ve made a total mess.

They just keep digging.....

 

[BobKowalski]

we have a contract in place for the supply from the UK factory until our order is fulfilled. EU doesn’t have the same with the vaccine made there.

Well, yes. That’s kind of the point. One side contracted to keep the supply for themselves, the other didn’t, so now the the side that didn’t are applying measures to redress that.

 

[Tb1981]

I‘m betting the Article 16 move gets binned by 10pm.

Not binned.
U-turn or backtracking is the word

 

[mancity2012_eamo]

Not binned.
U-turn or backtracking is the word

We’ll see if Coveney or Martin can talk any sense to them.

 

[BobKowalski]

Just because they behave like cunts doesn’t mean they a right and it doesn’t mean they will win the argument.
The more they behave like the bully stamping their feet actually suggests they know they are Probably in the wrong

It doesn’t matter if they are right. What matters is what you can do about it. In the case of Article 16, London can lodge a protest. Dublin can directly pressure the Commission to back down.

That’s the difference between membership and non membership.

 

[BobKowalski]

Not binned.
U-turn or backtracking is the word

Yeah, just seen that Dublin are kicking shit out of someone.

Should have gone for 9pm.

 

[grunge]

To all intensive purposes, yes they did.

Nope they didn’t. Uk gov and Oxford assisted AZ getting uk factory up to speed