We have made the EU leaders look like the useless pricks they are.

They don't like it.

Of course I applaud the vaccine development and roll-out, but it raises as many questions as it solves.
Yes, it will undoubtedly save a lot of lives. If only because it reduces the severity of impact on the infected.
However, some people will still get very ill/ die from being infected with Covid, even after vaccination.
And the two critical issues are (for me) after vaccination
1. You can still be a carrier/spreader of Covid
2. We have no idea how long the vaccination is going to stay effective for. (even without considering mutations of the virus)

So ultimately, after all the endeavours, we seem to be more accepting of the "herd immunity" thing, that people wanted to initially avoid.
Some people are still going to get long-term sickness, others will die, but a lot lot more will survive.
And although a lot of people have lost jobs/careers/family/educations/health/accomodation, looking on the bright side, a fair few people have got exceptionally rich from Covid

I disengage, I turn the page.

The EU are utterly rabid at the moment.

As if raiding factories after (heavily press-leaked) "tip-offs" concerning secret stashes of vaccines destined to the UK (that were in fact due to be distributed to Belgium, oops)...

...they are now seizing shipments of GlaxoSmithKline (no COVID vaccine) Meningitis vaccines (not a COVID vaccine) destined to the US (not in the EU), because they think the vials might (reason?) contain COVID vaccine (that they aren't vaccinating with anyway).

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They have gone beyond deranged at this point. Just imagine the line of reasoning.

"We're banning exports of COVID vaccines"
"Look! There's a shipment from GSK leaving for the US"
"Hey, that's outside the EU, right?"
"YES!"
"OMG - is it a COVID vaccine?"
"No, they say it's for 'meningitis'"
"But GSK is British - they're the bad guys!"
"Yeah, right. I bet it's secretly COVID vaccine"
"Too right - let's seize it!"

They are now going to have to test the vaccines (private property) to see that it is indeed meningitis vaccine. I hope the US customer sues them to oblivion for possible violation and contamination of the shipment.

Then, once again, they will be humiliated that their delusional paranoia has exposed them as the deranged nutjobs they currently are.

God they’re so childish. If they aren’t careful we could end up boycotting French wine and cheese and anything else we either make ourselves or buy elsewhere. It won’t take that many to boycott their produce to get European businesses to start grilling the EU to cut this out.

COYP

I have no problem - in fact I relish us finding other ways to skin the cat and if that helps UK business's to grow then brilliant.
Far better we source what we can from our own shores wherever possible.
It has many benefits and few downsides.
I also favour us striking deals with those who want to deal as opposed to petulant children who don't.
Weirdly enough I am sure that in general that the good people of Europe have no issue with Brexit - it is only their bigoted Leaders who do and who will cause problems for their own people just to be vindictive to the UK.
When it starts to affect Porsche, BMW and the like then some common sense may return but in the meantime I am proud to be a Little Englander!

Nice one. Well deserved too since you're more than doing your bit!