Yes there have been a few victories, not sure that it has resulted in any sanction or corrective action though and Johnson’s response is to start to limit the powers that the judiciary has over the executive.
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I suspect it will take the break away of at least one country of the UK to penetrate the teflon coating of this sewer dweller.
My MT said my 2nd dose would be in early June, 12 weeks away. As I understand it, the results of trials (now available on a large scale with millions of vaccinations in the UK) have shown that a 12 week gap gives a higher efficacy.
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Yes, we got ours two weeks ago and the date for the second is in May.
Exactly, now following the UK model which was totally decried at first.
My MT said that the AZ was the best vaccine.
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…as likely third national lockdown looms and no social summer…I can’t think you really mean that
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and the same here re Macron. The center left are in disarray in many parts of Europe
The WHOLE of the EU struggles to do this in a day!
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We had a good summer last year John, I think the bug retreats in hot weather and by the time the cold returns enough people will be vaccinated to keep things under control. I’m very optimistic.
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The only thing I find depressing at the moment is that this thread is also descending into vaccine wars!
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Sorry but there is no scientific evidence that,summer/ hot weather reduces the spread of coronavirus
why do you say that…vaccine war suggests to me that “we will keep what we have” whereas as this thread is all about Boris not delivering prior to vaccine roll out
hope you are proved right, all we can do is keep crossed
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Eddie, let me give you the evidence, we have had one summer with Covid and it went well.
I’m not sure I follow your logic. No evidence that AZ doesn’t work for over 65s is good, but no evidence that Covid (like most respiratory illnesses) retreats in summer is bad.
Dead right John. We’ll keep on keeping on 
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A year,and you still think covid is like all the other respiratory viruses,while we have been going through winter,has covid died out in Southern Hemisphere countries that haven’t had strict public health measures? Over their summer?
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Yawn. Don’t take my dreams away 
Talking of wars, Larry Elliott draws an interesting analogy in today’s Guardian…
To the dates 4 August 1914 and 3 September 1939 can now be added a third: 23 March 23 2020, the day the government declared war on Covid-19 and announced a lockdown to combat the virus.
It’s strange how history repeats itself. The same mixture of overconfidence and under-preparedness that marked the start of the first and second world wars was evident a year ago. Basic kit was in short supply and the country’s leaders were in denial about the threat.
Recruiting officers were surprised at the physical condition of the men who signed up to fight in 1914. In 2020 the pandemic similarly put those who were poor and in ill-health in particular danger. Even so, the message from the top was that victory would be swift.
As in 1914, that view proved wrong. The government’s initial insouciance about the threat posed by Covid-19 proved disastrous. Rather like in a Thomas Hardy novels, from that one mistake tragedy followed.
Delay in imposing restrictions meant the lockdown was brutal when it arrived. The state has operated as it did in wartime, using emergency powers and suspending civil liberties. Between late March 2020 and the end of April, the economy shrank by almost a quarter. Some sectors – events, night clubs, theatres – were effectively cryogenically frozen.
Having ensured that the UK took one of the biggest hits from Covid-19 of any developed country, the government wanted to unlock as quickly as possible, and was reluctant to impose restrictions again. So last autumn, ministers again argued about whether steps demanded by the epidemiologists to prevent a resurgence of the virus were worth the economic cost.
With late autumn came a second four-week lockdown in England – with similar restrictions in the other countries of the UK – followed by an easing in December and then the re-imposition of the much tougher curbs in January that are only now being gradually eased. The economy is a little shy of 10% smaller now than it was at the time of the December 2019 general election: a colossal fall.
( I won’t link he article - after this analogy the rest of it is actually not very good, and I imagine Elliott is pretty unpopular hereabouts, having been a brexiter!)
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