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I don't tend to watch women's sport - not unless it's part of the same coverage like the Olympics. I find these days I scarcely find the time to watch sport at all so when I do I am fairly discriminating. I wonder perhaps if team sports could actually manufacture greater interest by combining the re...

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UK discussing a COVID passport to reopen stadium, night clubs and the likes. Hope that it is voted. I understand same discussions is happening in the EU. Countries like Greece desperately need tourist to come back. This is the best way to rein in the anti-vaxxers. I am all for it. I am very much ag...

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iarmhiman wrote: ↑Sat Apr 03, 2021 10:12 pm Stop it. You'll offend eldanielfire

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New 4 week national lockdown in France. The boy Macron is finished We are heading for Le Pen. Fantastic news. I am sure a few of the posters on here would be thrilled. I don't believe she is electable when all said and done. Someone will emerge from the centre if Macron doesn't manage to turn thing...

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hijack wrote: ↑Wed Mar 31, 2021 11:16 am It's done. No point crying over spilt milk. Now the Brexiters have got to get off their arses and show the world ....we are watching .....

That's precisely what they have done with the vaccine rollout.

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-56570364 It'll no doubt fall on deaf ears, but bears repeating. Oxford University's Sir John Bell said Mr Soriot was mystified by the French approach: "He's found dealing with the French one of the most difficult things he's had to do, because they have been so c...

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What is going on in the EU Commission? Apparently 25 world leaders (including the usual European suspects like UK, France, Germany) have signed up to a global treaty on future pandemics. Even Charles Michel (who seems to be a complete waste of space) has signed as EU Council President. However VDL ...

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Petej wrote:I'd be surprised if pharma doesn't make firm commitments with things still in manufacture as holding stock would require storage which is expensive and not lean.

I thought they committed to flow which as we have seen is subject to change due to uncertain nature of vaccine production.

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Novavax have a good vaccine and UK has ordered 60 million doses. Apparently they are refusing to sign a contract with the EU because of the behaviour of the EU towards AZ, according to confidential EU source. Link? We also have the Curevac faciltity in Scotland for mRNA boosters for this winter. BR...

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clementinfrance wrote:It's only the flag waving British boredies associating the UK with AZ.

Yeah it's all in our heads.

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I am in favour of them for international travel but I don't think they should be issued until everyone has been offered a vaccine. By that I mean if there was a global vaccine passport I don't think they should be available to anyone in the UK until everyone here had been offered a shot.

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They’re making a symbolic statement designed to make them understand how much shit people like them have historically put women through. In this way, they will have awareness of the damage that ‘harmless banter’ and general sexist behaviour can do. Does it make them understand or does it just creat...

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claiming they "made a complete mess of trials" is rather ridiculous, seeing as they were one of the first to produce an approved vaccine. they are guilty of overpromising and underachieving in terms of production and delivery, but they are hardly alone in this. There you go defending AZ without bot...

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Claiming they "made a complete mess of trials" is rather ridiculous, seeing as they were one of the first to produce an approved vaccine. they are guilty of overpromising and underachieving in terms of production and delivery, but they are hardly alone in this. AZ and by association the UK have bec...

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Heymans is a frog. The French seem to have avoided a lot of the cultural issues that the anglo-sphere are wrestling with. It helps when you don't share a common language with the yanks.

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shanky wrote: ↑Fri Mar 26, 2021 1:38 pm Indeed terryfinch...

For the most part, they seem like they’re a bunch of sanctimonious, patronising, finger-wagging, know-better cunce

I genuinely feel sorry for the poms. It’d be like having 300m kiwis on your doorstep, instead of 3m.

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The high streets certainly have a competitive disadvantage. It might even need a bigger look at balancing the wider retail picture. Maybe it's time for us to accept the reality that most of us prefer to shop online for items and re-envisage how we use our high streets in future. Many traditional re...

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shanky wrote: ↑Thu Mar 25, 2021 1:12 pm Love that movie, btw

Andrew Strong, ftw.

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The high streets certainly have a competitive disadvantage. It might even need a bigger look at balancing the wider retail picture. Maybe it's time for us to accept the reality that most of us prefer to shop online for items and re-envisage how we use our high streets in future. Many traditional re...

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I love how some people don't think a pay rise makes people be more motivated to work hard. Despite all the evidence happier people are more motivated to work hard or effectively. Perhaps they should state this when they are offered pay rises of their own in future As a self-employed person I lose m...

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Fair summary of the current situation here... https://twitter.com/BBCRosAtkins/status/1374830047480184841 I like Ros but I think he's being a bit misleading here. You cannot equate the US blanket ban on exporting vaccines and constituent ingredients with the UK's contract with a single supplier in ...

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DAC_ wrote:But it's a really vocal section. Aided and abetted by organisations like the BBC.

Folk with strongly held views will always gravitate towards places of influence.

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If people think that's something worth ridiculing, there's something seriously wrong in your country. A lack of national pride is more indicative of an insular worldview than the opposite IMO, especially for a Brit of all things. An awareness of what the rest of the world is like would inform you j...

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Sawtooth the Beaver wrote:Oh dear oh dear oh dear. You think I'm a Scots National - even after 1000s of posts on this thread railing against nationalism. I genuinely thought you were brighter than that.

Weren't you recently quoting stories from The National?

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eldanielfire wrote:Apparently for export to Canada and other places. Not the UK.

A tad inconvenient given the overriding narrative. Still yet more examples though of EU vaccine largesse..

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Clucking bells these folk have really lost the plot.

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Very good to hear. Get well soon.

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The EU seem to be behaving as if the UK was still part of the Bloc in the sense they think that it's perfectly normal to seek to rebalance the vaccine strategy across the region by redirecting doses from the haves to the have-nots.

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Short Man Syndrome wrote:edit: it still amazes me that Joe Launch isn't one of the first names on the English teamsheet. Ewels? Jonny HIll? Get. Tae. Fock.

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Germany tells it's people it's the UK's fault for the latest round of lockdown. "Essentially, we have a new virus," Chancellor Merkel said after marathon talks with the leaders of Germany's 16 states. The highly contagious UK (Kent) variant of coronavirus had become dominant in Germany, she explain...

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England seem to play terribly in a Lions year in particular. Whereas the Welsh appear to grow an extra pair. Is that just coincidence or could there be more to it?

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La soule wrote:I really wonder what type of EU/uk relationship will emerge from the current situation.

Lowercase eh.

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Despite what Brits might think IS an issue between AZ and the EU. It would seem that the EU is (wrongly in my opinon) prepeared for the UK to suffer collateral damage as part of the dispute, but hey this is unfortunately the reality post-Brexit. I don't know what to think on this subject to be hone...

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I wonder with COVID Vaccinations, social distancing, people being more cautious with clean hands and the prior deaths of vulnerable people if deaths rates will be lower this year as a result. I speculated last year (as did others) that COVID would consume many Flu and respiratory deaths that would ...

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So what do the EU actually want to happen with regards to the AZ vaccine? They already have millions of unwanted doses sitting in fridges. The public trust has gone and I cannot see how that will return when there are alternatives which are deemed to be far more desirable. This threat of blocking va...

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If the EU get their act together EVERYONE will be better off.

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Petej wrote:Spent the most on a crap test and trace system ran by those clowns deloittes and serco.

Is testing an abject failure? I appreciate the farce surrounding the tracing app. but isn't the UK's testing capability one of the most comprehensive in the world?

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Have you ever tried to sign a ham sandwich? A pen tears the bread and a pencil won't leave a mark. Your only real option is a felt tip. You are far better using Docusign on a bagel. Much harder trying to sign with a ham sandwich. You don't want to know about it, but believe me. Surely a lot would d...

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That the SNP would have a death hold on Scottish politics forever is something that independence opponents are keen to promote. That way they can conflate independence and the SNP and use things that are SNP specific to attack the concept of independence. The piece I read was by an ardent supporter...

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Mercedes F1 and Airbus were involved technically in Ineos’ entry. In the past we’ve beaten American teams with input from Lockheed Martin. Mercedes F1 had some involvement which they hope to build on in future cups - largely as a result of Ineos being shareholders of the racing team. Airbus were wo...

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