The EU are so impressed in the way that the UK has put one over on the EU that they'll probably be ready to make significant concessions on the bureaucratic red tape that is strangling many UK businesses.
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OOPs EU get the lawyers in and miss out?
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Arlene Foster urges Boris Johnson to replace NI protocol | Coronavirus | The Guardian
Repeal and Replace innitLast edited by AtW; 30 January 2021, 12:20.Comment
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Originally posted by AtW View PostArlene Foster urges Boris Johnson to replace NI protocol | Coronavirus | The Guardian
Repeal and Replace innitMaybe tomorrow, I'll want to settle down. Until tomorrow, I'll just keep moving on.Comment
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“Brexit is having a wee in the middle of the room at a house party because nobody is talking to you, and then complaining about the smell.”Comment
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UK quietly restricted Covid medicine exports to EU | The Week UK
The government last year placed export restrictions on medicines that could be used to treat Covid-19, despite criticising the EU for considering its own controls on vaccines produced on the continent.
Exports of around 100 drugs that have been suggested as possible treatments were banned because they “are needed for UK patients”, Politico reports.
Analysis by the news site found that the government “imposed controls on the export of over 170 medicines to other countries” since March last year.
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Boris Johnson this week attacked the EU amid reports that the bloc was considering imposing export controls on the Pfizer Covid vaccine produced in Belgium. The prime minister said he strongly opposed “restrictions on the supply of drugs across borders” and “restrictions on vaccines or their ingredients across borders”.“Brexit is having a wee in the middle of the room at a house party because nobody is talking to you, and then complaining about the smell.”Comment
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Originally posted by darmstadt View PostAlright for some: Protocol promise: PM in vow to trigger Article 16 if trading difficulties worsen - BelfastTelegraph.co.uk
Pot, kettle...
Brussels has one bad week in the press over its mishandling of their disaster of a vaccine programme, and just says 'sod it' and pushes the button without even discussing with ROI or NI before hand.Comment
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Originally posted by CheeseSlice View PostThat's because its a nuclear option, only used when nothing else can be done.Comment
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Originally posted by CheeseSlice View PostYep but he hasn't gone through with it, even considering how much disruption has occurred, and how much noise has been made about it. That's because its a nuclear option, only used when nothing else can be done.
Brussels has one bad week in the press over its mishandling of their disaster of a vaccine programme, and just says 'sod it' and pushes the button without even discussing with ROI or NI before hand.“Brexit is having a wee in the middle of the room at a house party because nobody is talking to you, and then complaining about the smell.”Comment
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France and Germany threaten AstraZeneca over vaccine shortage | Coronavirus | The Guardian
Looks like individual EU members (France and Germany) are now threatening AZ.
To be fair the Commission screwed them over."You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JRComment
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