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Sephiroth Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > My post was indeed inspired by your posts - but > what was it I wrote that upset you so much? Most of us wait in eager anticipation for an "inspired" post from you. It would make a pleasant change from the usual antagonistic provocations you produce.

Lynne Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Just spotted the first clothes moth of the season > in the bedroom. Does this count? That reminds ne to spray against the box caterpillars. Thanks

Seabag Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > It?s hilarious, as in Bojo being PM is hilarious > > And Hammy over hammed it, again. I rolled my eyes > a few lines in and try as I might didn?t get to > the end of the list. > > Hilarious too, I?m wetting myself. > > Next? > > Ps. I do think many of the EU team are ludicrous, > seriously. But that?s tempered by this sorry lot > running our country into this ideological brick > wall, so much so I find ?laughing? hard to do > lately. > > Surprise surprise, I?m not a remainder till death, > it is what it is. But to leave so badly, that?s > the fcuking problem. > > Oven ready?! if only he?d stuck his head in and > lit the gas. Blimey! You must still be tired and emotional once again.

Seabag Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > In fairness he?s not the only sock puppeteer on > his own thread, there?s another who?s been doing > it like a shagger in a lay-by at night, for some > time. Are we tired and emotional once again or is it just another conspiracy theory of yours?

Couldn't resist this take on the Bayeux tapestry

Brussels opens yet another front in the ongoing war by implying that 29M doses "found" in Italy was a stash destined for the UK. The truth is that this vaccine was made in Holland by AZ and transported in bulk to Italy for filling into vials. AZ have also confirmed that these doses were due for delivery to the EU and countries benefitting under the Covax scheme. More significantly, these Dutch produced vaccines have yet to be approved by the EU Medicines Agency Thankfully, the UK can still claim the moral high ground whilst Brussels keeps on digging that hole. UvdL's days are definitely numbered.

JohnL Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I think Boris's "greed" remarks might have been > aimed at Tory MPs to prepare them that we may have > to share more available vaccines with the EU once > we have done groups 1-9. > > or he might just have been talking rubbish :) Please keep this thread on "wars" path track. Boris surely merits his own thread.

Russia and China are just gagging to get vaccine orders from Brussels. May not happen that way as that would be a massive admission of failure by the EU. More likely individual nations will follow Hungary and Slovakia's lead and buy direct from Moscow and they will end up paying around $10 per jab for Sputnik ( or $29 for Sinovac) as against $3 for the AstraZeneca. Despite knowing AZ were honour bound to supply "at cost", the Commission wasted weeks haggling for a lower price. It beggars belief.

Seabag Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Actually the Horniman Walrus is THE mascot of > Brexit > > A bloated, roughly sketched ?we meant it to be > like this? fcuk up of a blubber mound. Me thinks your analogy is misplaced. Much more like the EU. 1. Bares its tusks to threaten others. 2. Totally bloated and overweight ( 39,000 bureaucrats) 3. Lots of inertia - cannot move quickly when required. 4. Social animal - likes being member of a large herd. 5. Multiple layers of blubber ( Commission, Parliament, Council, COJ etc) 6. Poor hearing - dissenting voices cannot be heard. 7. Poor eyesight - cannot see where it is going ( hence washes up in Ireland) 8. No legs, so has to resort to throwing its weight around to get any movement. 9. No hands or fingers - so cant get a grip on things ( vaccine procurement) 10. Migrates short distance ( like between Brussels and Strasburg) 11. Status - endangered due to internal issues and problems with its extremities (Greece, Hungary etc) :)

JohnL Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > So if/when a second vaccine is required due to a > mutation - who has the orders in first EU, UK or > USA. > Going forward, competition to get orders in for a second generation vaccine will be less intense because you can bet every advance nation is investing deeply in vaccine production capacity so as not to be caught short next time. https://www.vmicuk.com/vmic-facility One major consideration is the sheer number of specialist items/products/chemicals/ etc that are required to produce a vaccine. Hence the marginal cost per vaccine will increase significantly. As this new capacity comes on stream the one business that will feel the pain is Serum Institute of India currently the largest manufacturer in the world. The future area of competition will be for these new manufacturing plants to negotiate licences from the research labs that produce the most efficacious vaccines. Developing an efficacious vaccine is massively difficult and this was borne out by the failure of the Sanofi candidate.

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Spartacus Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It gets better > > The EU are going to discuss stopping the plants > producing the AstraZeneca vaccine from exporting > it to countries like the UK. > > It really smacks of panic over there at the moment > and could result in a situation of > It's your ball as you paid for it, it's got a > puncture..... oh sorry we didn't pump it up so > it's okay to use now, but we don't agree with you > using it so we're taking it away from you .... Like it! Jokes aside though , UvdL needs to a dose of RealPolitik to make her realise that there would be no Pfizer-Biontek vaccines whatsoever if they are prevented from receiving a key ingredient from Croda International, a chemicals firm based in Snaith, Yorkshire. They produce the vital "fatty molecules" for Pfizer's factories in the EU. It would be the nuclear option but I don't see it being used by Boris because Pfizer is an American business and he doesnt want to upset Biden. UvdL is simply a bully and she keeps making knee-jerk decisions which inevitably backfire. She's toast!

... to come to UK. ;-)

Sue Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Anyone got ways which work to keep cats (a > particular cat) out of my garden? > Urine! Yes, it works because animals such as cats, foxes etc etc are territorial and mark their territory in the way they are accustomed. Mark your own territory (suggest after dark) in a manner that is akin to that used by the animals.

malumbu Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Over here, taking our women, then our funerals, > and now our NHS. > > Haven't got anything useful to say, but worked > with the funeral trade twenty years ago when the > American's were buying up businesses. Not sure if > that is still the case. Well they didn't get too far with that. The two biggest funeral operators, by a wide margin, are The Co-operative Group (CWS Ltd) and Dignity Caring. Both are UK based and the latter is a listed company on the London Stock Exchange.

As Spartacus said " NHS consultants also do private work" and the reality is that they are naturally biased towards doing private consultations/surgery because that's where the real money is. So one could suggest that the NHS is disadvantaged because of these divided loyalties. Don't forget also most GP's are partners in practice based partnerships. They also do private consultations. A private hospital with private investment from the USA will doubtless be staffed initially with specialists from the USA where there is a higher level of medical expertise. Also, in all probability, a large percentage of their patients will be expatiates - particularly from the Middle East and they are prepared to pay unlimited amounts for top grade treatment. These M.E. expats already make massive use of the existing private hospital capacity. This demand provides employment opportunities here in the UK. Any new large scale medical investment, such as this, would further enhance London's chances of becoming a global centre for health services. Rather than being detrimental, it would be of significant benefit to the UK! The article in The Standard is every bit of a scare story that helps sell newspapers.

Jules-and-Boo Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Very ominous for NHS and our healthcare. > Opening in the summer and recruiting doctors from > NHS on US style pay packages... > Literally draining resources from our underfunded > NHS and increasing the division between free and > private healthcare. > Tell us more about it. If it is a private hospital funded by investment from the USA then that's nothing new about that. There are plenty of Private Healthcare Hospitals in the UK already. In most advanced countries, health care is provided by a blend of public and private (via insurance) funding. Check out the Australian, Israeli and German health systems. In all three of these the Covid death rate in hospital has been a fraction of the rate in the UK. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/nhs-world-ranking-uk-healthcare-worse-ireland-spain-slovenia-30th-lancet-a7744131.html

It's virtue signalling basically. It should also prompt some creative thinking about other barriers that could be created to limit imports of items from the EU post Brexit. Exports from the UK have been plagued with nit-picking (and penalties) by French/Dutch/Irish Customs officials since January. The latest, as mentioned by the BBC R4 today, is the case of second-hand clothes being exported by UK charities to Eastern Europe where they are recycled or sent to developing countries. Because some of the clothes came from say Bangladesh or China many years ago, they are still classed as non-UK and non-EU manufactured. So the containers have to be unstuffed, contents inspected and then import duty is imposed. If these sort of spiteful and petty tactics persist then it becomes inevitable that the UK will retaliate. Then nobody wins.

There's been better SPD's https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1403446/Ireland-lockdown-protest-Dublin-latest-news-police-flare-clash-update-arrest-video

Not being content with the EU Commission failing with the centralised procurement, most of the member states now want to mess up their vaccination roll-out by suspending the Oxford AZ jabs. It defies belief, but then truth is often stranger than fiction. https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/michael-mcdowell-is-vaccine-suspension-misguided-insurance-against-blame-1.4512267 Latest:- UvdL now throwing a hissy fit and says she is going to stop exports to UK.

It would assist if you describe the problem and identify the make and model.

The numbers returning to the EU will be influenced greatly by their country of origin and particularly the comparison of wages between the UK and their country. I would expect a high percentage of expats from Poland will remain here. Checkout this comparison https://countryeconomy.com/countries/compare/poland/uk?sc=XEAB I would guess the same would apply to Romanians, Portuguese, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia, Bulgaria etc

Had my second jab a week ago and no side effects from either.

Delighted to have half a dozen goldfinches come to the feeder this morning.

Barely credible bearing the current inclement weather. On the other hand, it could have been the "Beast from the East" that you saw.