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Originally Posted by Chris
You say it because you have never grasped how the EU functions. Consensus is everything, and vetoes and opt-outs are always controversial. The UK would not have been treaty-bound to participate in the EU scheme had we remained, however to suggest that we would not have participated is simply not credible.
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Vaccines are a matter of life and death. Britain with its strong history of EU opt-outs would not have blinked twice at not opting into such a programme following the same analytical path that Kate Bingham took.
To pretend otherwise does this great country of ours a grave disservice. Our track record on taking an independent line in the EU and making difficult decisions when in the country's best interests was a proud one.