Vaccine Wars: EU invoke and uninvoke Article 16

[ocides]

See what happens when you stand up to bullies and fight back.

More kudos for the Brits.

looking east with puppy like eyes? How cute.

 

[Stacky]

See what happens when you stand up to bullies and fight back.

More kudos for the Brits.

Over 100,000+ dead and the worst infection rate on the planet?

 

[westieboyo]

Most polls show about 51% in favour of maintaining the union with 25% in favour of a united Ireland. Theres an increasingly large amount of nordies, who don't identify as unionist or nationalist. They are up for grabs but lean towards stability i.e don't like the unpredictability of big change so would stick with the UK if it remains stable, socially and economically.

That's the big challenge for SF. They can't win a border poll without persuading that group that they'd be better off in a UI and that it wouldn't lead to loyalist violence.

The other problem for SF is that they are not in power in the Free State and will never be in our lifetime, so any promises they make to the Prods in the black North are as useless as tits on a bull.

 

[Stacky]

UK quietly restricted Covid medicine exports to EU

Around 100 medications banned from export amid criticism of EU vaccine threats
CHAS NEWKEY-BURDEN
28 JAN 2021

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.

Two of the most recent additions to the list, added in November last year, were dabigatran etexilate, a blood thinner used on some coronavirus patients, and semaglutide, which doctors believe could help ease the impact of Covid-19 on patients’ hearts. The list also includes flu vaccines and a “host of medicines associated with intensive care and long periods of intubation”, the site adds

The Department of Health and Social Care said that medicines “manufactured and intended for markets abroad are not subject to the export restrictions”.

“We have restricted the exporting and hoarding [of] medicines that have been placed on the market in the UK for UK patients to ensure the uninterrupted supply for NHS patients,” it added. “If medicines in the UK may be needed by our patients, they should not be diverted to other countries for financial gain.”

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”.

 

[Coach and Six]

The other problem for SF is that they are not in power in the Free State and will never be in our lifetime, so any promises they make to the Prods in the black North are as useless as tits on a bull.

Given their showing in the last election that's a big call. Voters, especially under 35s, will be very tired of FG/FF next time round, and will vote them out, mainly by voting SF. They don't have the hangups about SF that older generations do.

I heard Donnacha O'Leary on radio 1 yesterday and he was articulate, impressive and sounds reasoned (even though his proposal to give LC students a choice of exam or assessment seems unworkable).

Hes also a generation removed from the 'RA element. The likes of OLeary appeal to middle class voters much more than Tommy Gould or some of the other older Shinners that appeal to Celtic jersey barstoolers. SF know this and the strategy is working for them.

 

[Bishop Con Lucey]

Anyone impressed by Donncha Donuts hasn't a brain in their head.

He sounds like the slow lad in first year being asked to read.

 

[Coach and Six]

Says the racist dunce with an Idiot of the Year Award from the local talk page sitting on his mantlepiece!

 

[SoundMan]

The other problem for SF is that they are not in power in the Free State and will never be in our lifetime, so any promises they make to the Prods in the black North are as useless as tits on a bull.

Jees, you must be really fearful of covid if you think SF won't be in power here in your lifetime. How old are you? :lol: