We should think of intellectual property controls then eh?

I really do not know because this is now into politically unchartered waters.

My understanding is that the law is actually on AZ's side with regards to this contract. The EU is taking extra-ordinary measures to try and bring this export ban about. I sense they are trying to provoke HMG into turning it into a tit-for-tat battle because they think that will enable them to somehow come out of this intact.

But it is desperate, desperate stuff we are seeing. Beyond any kind of rational response on all kinds of levels. Which makes me wonder just what the hell this is about?

It's not like the EU top bods can be sacked, is it? Or be voted out? That's the point of their s***ty organisation, deliberately set up in this manner.

This is all weird now and ironically HMG are probably doing more harm to the EU by not reacting. But this is now moving forward at a pace. Not sure how much longer the UK can stay out of the fray.

"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." - 1984 - George Orwell.

Raids on vaccine factories. Export controls now in place.

Article 16 of the NI protocol enacted barely weeks after agreement (just to make sure no vaccine can slip through into NI).

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Under Northern Ireland's Brexit deal all products should be exported from the EU to NI without checks or controls.

Are these people still our "friends and allies"? No. No they are not.

This s*** is now getting scary. And I don't use that word lightly. The way in which Brussels is acting is beyond any kind of rational explanation now.

They actually want a vaccine war. Which they lose in terms of the actual supply of the vaccine in question because the UK just cuts off exports of a vital ingredient while we still produce significant amounts of our own here. Yes it will slow down our vaccination progress but its a blip, not a disaster (apart from the extra lives lost of course).

But they NEED London now to become the bad guys in all of this. The only explanation for what they are doing. It is actually a war of a sort now. s***, this is really moving quickly.

"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." - 1984 - George Orwell.

Actually, this is correct on 2 points, no punters because of CONservative boris-tick.(he did a deal with uber when London mayor to break 300 year old taxi law with CON servative pm david and CONservative chancellor george). No taxi money because of CON servative boris-tick. The afore mentioned law break has finished the taxi game- nothing to do with corona virus-thats just the icing on the cake! These facts are with my legal team in a lawsuit against uber.(no win-no fee). Point 3. i had my properties before the CONS got to power, so no credit afforded to boris! Just saying mate, just saying.

Tell me how effectively making the Irish border a 'hard' one helps anybody? How many vaccines or related products cross over there? A serious question.

How many Southern Irish exports cross that border? Seriously, who does this actually help? Can you offer a single positive for Southern Ireland from this turn of events?

It is a shocking development. Utterly insane.

"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." - 1984 - George Orwell.