BOLLEAUX TO THE EU: IT'S UNBELIEVABLE

THe Eu wants us to send vaccines to them and they have now banned all exports of the vaccine out of the EU and guess what
Johnson and Johnson have just produced a new one shot vacccine.
ANOTHER shot in the arm for Britain's vaccine efforts: Scientists hail 'extraordinary breakthrough' as Johnson and Johnson say world's first single dose jab is 66% effective and prevents 100% of deaths - and UK has already ordered 30MILLION doses

Jab also prevented severe symptoms in 85% of people, and no-one who got vaccine needed hospital care
Britain has already secured 30million doses of the vaccine and has the option to purchase 22million more
Potential to turn tide on UK's crisis because it can be easy transported and stored and needs single injection

Johnson and Johnson produces this new vaccine in Belgum, but the bloody EU has stopped them exporting it. To export vaccines any company must apply and wait 48 hours and does anyone think that the EU will allow them to export to the UK.
It is time for Boris to act and also invoke article 16 of the brexit agreement!

The European Union has confirmed it is introducing export controls on coronavirus vaccines made in the bloc, amid a row about delivery shortfalls.

The so-called transparency mechanism gives EU countries powers to deny authorisation for vaccine exports if the company making them hasn't honoured existing contracts with the EU.

"The protection and safety of our citizens is a priority and the challenges we now face left us with no choice but to act," the European Commission said.

The controls will affect some 100 countries worldwide - including the UK, the US, Canada and Australia - but many others, including poorer nations, are exempt.

Britain on Friday expressed its "concern" after the EU also suspended terms of the Brexit deal allowing goods to flow across the Irish border.

The EU insists its controls are a temporary scheme, not an export ban. But the World Health Organization is among those criticising the move, saying it could have a knock-on effect around the world.

If they have stopped exports to the US, they must be thankful that Trump is no longer there. Biden doesnt what day it is even on a good day. So they wont get a reaction from him

The EU has not got a leg to stand on

The EU's public position is legally unsustainable, and they have made public comments that are demonstrably wrong,' he said.

Pulling apart the EU contract, Mr Barrett a Lawyer pointed to section 5.1 as the most damning, saying that it 'clearly shows' the company is only under a 'Best Reasonable Effort' clause to supply the EU - as boss Pascal Soriot has stated.

While section 5.4 does state that factories in the UK are considered to be part of the EU under the terms of the contract, he called this 'a distraction' that 'is not relevant to the EU's point'.

'This is actually a mildly embarrassing climbdown from the EU, who have a rule that all vaccines used in the EU have to be made in the EU.

'What they have done in that clause is say, for the purposes of this contract, the UK counts as the EU.' But, he added, it does not mean they are entitled to doses made in UK factories.

In addition, clause 6.2 of the contract states that 'competing agreements' signed by AstraZeneca might affect the supply of vaccines to the EU.

'They knew there would be competing agreements,' Mr Barrett said. 'Everyone in the world knew there would be competing agreements. They knew that might mean doses were delayed.

'I believe the EU is publicly asserting that it now has a right to jump the queue and take doses that belong to other people. That is expressly wrong,' he added.

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Completely agree that the EU are totally out of order, and they should be condemned for their actions relating to the vaccine recently.

But I think saying "it's war" is an unhelpful term.

EU vaccine export row: Bloc backtracks on controls for NI -

The EU has reversed its decision to temporarily override part of the Brexit deal amid an ongoing row over Covid vaccine supplies.

In a statement, the EU Commission said it would ensure the Northern Ireland Protocol is "unaffected".

Boris Johnson had called on the bloc to "urgently clarify its intentions" over the move.

The EU had said it would trigger a clause to introduce export controls on vaccines to Northern Ireland.

Under the Brexit deal, all products should be exported from the EU to NI without checks.

On Friday, the bloc invoked Article 16 of the Northern Ireland Protocol in a bid to prevent the region becoming a backdoor for EU vaccines to be sent to the wider UK. The EU previously said its actions were "justified" to avert problems caused by a lack of supply.

It was not thought that the move would directly disadvantage Northern Ireland, which gets its vaccine supplies through the UK procurement system.

Despite backtracking on Northern Ireland, the EU is still introducing new controls giving member states the power to block exports of the coronavirus vaccine to countries including the UK - should they want to.

It was the latest development in a deepening dispute over the vaccine producer AstraZeneca's delivery commitments to the EU.
The bloc agreed to buy up to 400m doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine last year, and on Friday the EU's drugs regulator approved the vaccine's use for all adults.

But the firm said that due to problems at one of its EU factories, supplies would be reduced by about 60% in the first quarter of 2021.

Listening to them yesterday, with the old " we funded institutes and sciences with billions, so we deserve the vaccines" Eh ! Excuse me but a fair chunk of the EU billions was paid in by us anyway !!!! Think we were one of the top contributors.
Remainers, hang your heads in shame, they even was willing to suddenly forget the GFA when it suits.

Completely agree that the EU are totally out of order, and they should be condemned for their actions relating to the vaccine recently.

But I think saying "it's war" is an unhelpful term.

Ned I changed the heading , but it is going to get nasty, although backtacking on ireland article 16, they are still going to stop exports to outside of the EU

Looks like the EU has backed down on exporting to countries that have contractual obligations to suppy the vaccine

Following talks with UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the UK and EU had "agreed on the principle that there should not be restrictions on the export of vaccines by companies where they are fulfilling contractual responsibilities".

She said the backtrack came after "constructive talks" with Mr Johnson in which he had expressed "grave concerns" about the initial plan.

Imagine taking the side of the EU scum against your own country. As a Kraut paper said the EUs handling of this is a great advert for Brexit.

They won’t admit it but the EU has been creaking at the seems for quite a while now and it’s becoming more and more evident that it’s not the “we are all equal and in this together “ super state it is trying to portray

Macron tried to give it the “big I am” during the Brexit negotiations but was told to back down by other leaders a few times

Lack of help to Spain and Italy during the early stages of the pandemic when they asked for it

Shambolic vaccine roll out

Richer countries not willing to be part of the euro debt bonds to help the poorer countries pay the cost of the pandemic

And it’s just lost one of its main net contributors which will add to the net contribution bill for the other states

Not the idilic super state they are making out

Don't think EU last another decade and that is being generous. As soon as we get beyond the pandemic it will crumble.

Italy and Spain will be first in the queue to leave and Ireland won't be far behind.

Completely agree that the EU are totally out of order, and they should be condemned for their actions relating to the vaccine recently.

But I think saying "it's war" is an unhelpful term.

Ned I changed the heading , but it is going to get nasty, although backtacking on ireland article 16, they are still going to stop exports to outside of the EU

Very true and I don't think anyone can legitimately disagree with that sadly.

Not sure anyone can genuinely defend the EU on this either.

Completely agree that the EU are totally out of order, and they should be condemned for their actions relating to the vaccine recently.

But I think saying "it's war" is an unhelpful term.

Ned I changed the heading , but it is going to get nasty, although backtacking on ireland article 16, they are still going to stop exports to outside of the EU

Very true and I don't think anyone can legitimately disagree with that sadly.

Not sure anyone can genuinely defend the EU on this either.

The EU have now said that contracted obligations re vaccines will now be allowed after a call of boris, what they do not realize is that their own rules prohibit all vaccines produced outside of the be used in the Eu, so they cannot use any of our vaccines produced in the uk contracts or not