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Originally Posted by 1andrew1

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.

So, let's assume that we are in the EU but Bingham/Boris decided to opt out of the EU procurement.

The screw-up would still have occurred and VdL would still have demanded British produced vaccine. A referendum at that point would have produced an even greater Leave margin!

It's no use being in a consensus group of 28 countries, unable to decide our own destiny and being royally stiffed by France on Fishing, Agriculture and the WTD.