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Fahrenheit
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2021-05-10, 16:29

An interesting and unforecast side effect of Brexit is that the UK was not within the EU-vaccine procurement programme. The programme was slow to sign contracts, thought it was being clever by trying to negotiate on price (as long as the vaccine costs less than €5000 a dose its probably good value for the economy, surely), and I'm sure looking at the UK and the EU death rates at the moment, has probably killed people. This made a lot of people very angry and has widely been regarded as a bad move. Meanwhile the UK procurement which worked in partnership with the manufacturers, supported the research and didn't quibble too much on price in exchange for first dibs, has been pretty much spot-on.

Therefore, no matter how crappy one might think Brexit was as an idea, it's so far saved a lot more lives than it has ended. And to use the awful right-wing Project fear moniker, a great deal of the problems haven't really come true (so far). Banks haven't abandoned the UK, businesses still want to trade with the UK, and the Erasmus scheme really really didn't benefit UK students like it was designed to (except middle class ones). Anyone who has been to Brussels and seen the vast buildings and tens of thousands of people working there...you do have to wonder...what the hell are you guys doing with our money? They have two parliaments! And nobody knows who represents them...honestly, European Novans....do you know who your MEP is?
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