Fan The Flames

Two days ago the EU were complaining that AZ were honoring deals that were paying a higher price for the vaccine. The CE of AZ came out and denied the suggestion that they were selling to the 'highest bidder'.

I'm all over the place, tomorrow I'm going to re-commit, I'm going to have to wear my ally rainbow lanyard and 'Some people are gay, get over it badge'.

Their purchase price is lower than ours, because they committed to buying more and possibly because they paid more up front (this is just an educated guess and maybe the reason why they are so pissed with AZ and Pfizer). Their larger buying power got a better deal, you know ordinary economics stuff that shouldn't be beyond even you.

Listening in a bit on Radio 4, they really did fuck it up, took far too long to finalise their advanced payment agreements and wanted the same delivery schedule as the Brits for a cheaper cost. AZ said they would make their best efforts and now the EU have to own the position they are in, the next move will be interesting. Amoungst all the covid fuck ups the government have driven the vaccine procurement process well.

Is that all you've got, the rest of my post must have been spot on then. I guess either my brain read 'Stelios' or my unconscious bias thought it would be a man, must be time to renew my public sector mandatory training.

WTF are you whittering on about. The EU working as a collective have negotiated some better terms then we did for purchasing the different vaccines and the Cypriot bloke is stating a fact (I know you hate facts), that by working as a block smaller countries like his are not disadvantaged by the buying power of bigger neighbours. The other bit is just the EU wanting the terms of the deal to be honoured by the pharmaceutical companies, standard contractual stuff and certainly nothing to get so upset by. As for unelected, are you saying that you would get all angsty if Dido Harding or Kate Bingham, our bureaucrats, came out and said this. So if the EU stops exports if vaccine to us, is Kate Bingham expected to stay mute? You just moan out loud without silently stress testing any of your thoughts.

Clinton's deplorables was a Ratner moment, although the 6 Jan proved she had a point.

No Bundesliga title just the domestic cup.

There's a difference, Arsenal's approach wasn't to maximise their chance to win things. The board were content in staying in the top 4 and Wenger gave them CL every season.

One of the factors that Ralph would consider briefly before accepting the job.

It was always going to end this way for Frank.

I love the Hummel reply on that thread.

I didn't mind the idea of it, but the kits were average at best. Hated the first one, loved the red sleeve one. Probably most don't give a shit, but if you do have a view on kits, I would guess that most would prefer a non-stock kit, I was just ahead of the curve in the late 80's.

My point wasn't that it was a rehash of Coventrys but that we had the same stock kit as another team at the same time, just a different colour. I would have prefered a unique kit. I had forgotten about Villa, I'm even more outraged. Football fan with fallacious views shock horror. I also didn't like having Sanderson at the same time as Sheffield Wednesday, book me in to the nearest mental home now.

This sort of thing gets said about many young players. Young player used to success, bigged up all his short life, his sometimes cocky behaviour gets misinterpreted by some middled aged ordinary bloke who still harbours an erroneous idea that he could have made it if he had the luck and the attention these youngsters get. The same was said about Harrison Reed, he's gone on to be a prem player.

The 6-1 ten days before hand fucked us up.

Our Hummel kits of the past were ok, the Danish one was just a rebadged kit and the striped one was ok but ordinary. I the hated the Danish one at the time, thought it was shit, just rebadged and the red version of Coventrys kit and the follow up striped shirt was ordinary.

and it's only the 1st Jan

You want to try getting a life, at 11 last night I was having a drink and a laugh with the family with brexit and all that shit furthest from my mind.

Farage's kids have German passports, they all retain their freedom of movement. I'll get my Paddy one now.

Yes, yes and yes.

Missed the 'white', yeah that's bang to rights, no aussie would wear that.

No doubt there were Brits there, but to use English football tops as evidence is a bit thin, my Aussie nephew is often in his Man U top and my cousin's son in his Brighton top.

No he's not, he's just relieved that it's not no deal and that it's over, he knows that the window for a second referendum is well gone. In the year of covid, businesses are desperate for any springboard.

I thought we were talking about Labour abstaining, you've just thrown in a load of surplus bollocks. Whilst you've bought it up, the threat of a no deal is over exaggerated, everyone on the EU side knew we wouldn't go down that path. If there is one consensus in all of this, is that is no one in the UK wanted a no deal. Apart from the very small group of Brexit purist and their keyboard followers.