Chris

Her butt is on the line and she’s desperately trying to deflect attention from the mess she has presided over - including the slackly worded contract with AZ. She has by now accepted she has no contractual right to AZ vaccines from the UK and is trying to turn it into a governmental issue. I.e. the UK government could, and should, be doing something to see vaccines shipped to the EU. This is of course based the fact that Pfizer vaccines are being shipped to the UK from the EU - though Von Der Lying appears to want to give the impression that this is down to EU largesse rather than a commercial supplier fulfilling their contract. There is no basis in contract, in law or in treaty for what she’s demanding.

And, of course, the real problem in the EU right now is member states bizarre, ongoing refusal to use the AZ doses they already have.