Re: To Make You Smile?
Originally Posted by
swimfeeders
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Hi
Well I do know people who believed the message on the bus.
It was meant to be believed and targeted at those who would believe it.
It worked.
It was a very clever piece of electioneering.
It was as accurate as project fear, the world has not collapsed.
But covid did work some magic, like:
In what the Daily Express described as a “Brexit backtrack”, UK officials are thought to be considering the advantages of being part of the EU plan because the bloc would have greater purchasing power to strike deals with multinational drug companies.
Whether the benefits would outweigh a broader political desire to cut ties with Brussels is reportedly still being evaluated.
UK ponders joining EU's coronavirus vaccine scheme
https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...vaccine-scheme
The UK is seeking “something akin to membership” of the EU’s early warning and response system (EWRS), which has played a critical role in coordinating Europe’s response to the coronavirus, as well as to earlier pandemics such as bird flu. According to an EU source, this would be “pretty much the same” as membership of the system.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics...of-coronavirus
The UK has since decided to join an EU procurement scheme to obtain intensive care medicines, such as antibiotics and anaesthetics, the Guardian has learned.
EU commission rejects Raab's claims in medical procurement row
https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...rocurement-row