Current Affairs EU In or Out

[Cool_Blue]

Backtracking fully underway. Throw in riots in Holland and demos in Paris right now and they’ve had an absolute mare this week.

 

[Spadge Vernacular]

Covid: EU 'made a mistake' over vaccines, Gove says

The Cabinet Office minister says he is "confident" the UK can continue with its planned jabs rollout.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[peteblue]

I wonder, when we have inoculated our entire population by the summer, to whom we should give the excess vaccines that we have ordered. I think it would be nice to help the ROI get fully inoculated and perhaps send vaccines to our friends in the commonwealth...

 

[Diogenes the Cynic]

I wonder, when we have inoculated our entire population by the summer, to whom we should give the excess vaccines that we have ordered. I think it would be nice to help the ROI get fully inoculated and perhaps send vaccines to our friends in the commonwealth...

Send them to the great bunch of lads.

Or start innoculating pets.

 

[Jebus_lives]

Note those embarrassing U-turns mate?

Yeah, that.

At least they've had the good sense and maturity to admit the mistake.

Somewhat refreshing when you consider what the UK reaction to it would've been.

 

[NilSatisOptimum]

It's not though is it?

However, pimping/gleefully quoting death figures is a shitheads trick.

Time out for me, it's getting a bit toxic when truth can't speak to power in a polite manner...

One thing for sure China and such like will be running there hands with glee, ta-ra.

 

[GrandOldTeam]

At least they've had the good sense and maturity to admit the mistake.

Somewhat refreshing when you consider what the UK reaction to it would've been.

Just like you did at the time?

Sometimes instead of being so entrenched in a side, you can just call out right and wrong.

 

[Jebus_lives]

It's not though is it?

However, pimping/gleefully quoting death figures is a shitheads trick.

Worthwhile perspective though when you consider the triumphalism of some towards the EU commission gaff...

 

[Jebus_lives]

Just like you did at the time?

Sometimes instead of being so entrenched in a side, you can just call out right and wrong.

What on earth are you talking about?

 

[GrandOldTeam]

What on earth are you talking about?

Pretty simple, really.

Let's look back.

Even I didn't expect the EU's mask to slip quite so much.

You didn't expect a global power to advance their own interests, at a time of economic loss from Brexit and during a global pandemic?

Note those embarrassing U-turns mate?

Yeah, that.

At least they've had the good sense and maturity to admit the mistake.

Somewhat refreshing when you consider what the UK reaction to it would've been.

So yesterday, you was saying why was I surprised - 'it was just a global power advancing their own interest'.

Now they've u-turned - 'it's good sense and maturity to admit the mistake'.

It wasn't a mistake according to you - just a global power doing their thing.

Euroblind at it's very best.

As I said, sometimes instead of being so entrenched in a position - maybe, just maybe try and look an incidents on their merit instead of picking a side.

Tit head behaviour from EU, and it deserved to be condemned without whataboutery - especially when whataboutery includes death numbers.

 

[peteblue]

It’s quite noticeable that some of us on here happily quote the number of vaccines administered daily and the rate of improvement, while others make excuses for the EU, attempt to rubbish the U.K. and keep referring to how many have died, as if we didn’t know...

 

[GrandOldTeam]

Worthwhile perspective though when you consider the triumphalism of some towards the EU commission gaff...

Zero correlation between the EU's antics over the past few days and 105,000 people dying in the UK to coronavirus.

Absolutely none.

 

[peteblue]

Time out for me, it's getting a bit toxic when truth can't speak to power in a polite manner...

One thing for sure China and such like will be running there hands with glee, ta-ra.

Does this make any kind of sense to anyone ? .....

 

[Jebus_lives]

Pretty simple, really.

Let's look back.









So yesterday, you was saying why was I surprised - it was just a global power advancing their own interest.

Now they've u-turned - it's good sense and maturity to admit the mistake.

It wasn't a mistake according to you - just a global power doing their thing.

Euroblind at it's very best.

As I said, sometimes instead of being so entrenched in a position - maybe, just maybe try and look an incidents on their merit instead of picking a side.

Tit head behaviour from EU, and it deserved to be condemned without whataboutery - especially when whataboutery includes death numbers.

One post was related to the contract dispute between AZ and the EU and the other was related to the Art.16 clause.

Maybe you need to check the rearview mirror a bit more clearly when looking back.

And as for the EU...

For a previously sensible and measured EU commission, currently making the Johnson Government look measured and sensible is an incredible achievement.

Oh dear.

The UK approach should be confidence in it's own position but not triumphant at the position of the EU.

I think so far, the UK approach has been absolutely right.

Brexiters should be delighted. The wish for the EU commission to behave more like the UK Government are being delivered.

At least they realised very quickly.

They've had an absolute disaster, as my posting on the matter has indicated.

 

[Jebus_lives]

Zero correlation between the EU's antics over the past few days and 105,000 people dying in the UK to coronavirus.

Absolutely none.

I agree.

Both are a disaster.