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I do agree that the Commission has not handled things very well but sometimes the media chooses words that can mislead.
âLimiting vaccine exportsâ becomes âEU threaten to ban vaccine exports to UKâ.
It may well be that the UK ordered & paid for the vaccines ahead of most EU countries so expect to be supplied but for the EU to tolerate their orders to be postponed or delayed as a result would not make sense.
If a farmer sold forward most of his crops but then a drought reduced his output, would he be expected to fulfil his contract while his family starved? Legally, I suppose yes but morally?
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I thought that was the proposalâŠto reduce proportionally by same proportion as the reduction in output so everyone suffered equally.
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Have you been watching âYes Ministerâ repeats with Sir Humphrey Appleby over Easter? 
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If youâre an nurse you might see it differently. Surge in cases in France. The vaccine would have helped but we didnât get it quickly enough. Iâll not go into politics as it shouldnât be a political problem. Seeing patients dying isnât easy.
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Could only be France⊠
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I couldnât afford any chocolate. Can anyone send some? Itâs for a good cause 
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Unfortunately, one of the problems is that it has become a political and geo-political problem. One of the vaccination centres in the Nord or Pas de Calias (canât rememeber) had to throw away doses yesterday as people cancelled appointments or didnât show up when they found out it was the AZ vaccine 
Courage au travail, ça doit ĂȘtre t difficile !
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rather than trawl through 170 posts can somebody tell us what exactly the 10km radius means. In simple terms does it mean we can âroam freelyâ within 10km of home, (with address proof) and visit friends (less than 6) at their home if we chose âŠwe and most of our friends have had at least one jab some weeks agoâŠand we arenât all over 70 so are beginning to worry less. All outside curfew period.
And if we go shopping to next town âŠ18km âŠwe need the attestation ticking box 6.
Yes you have the right to roam in daylight hours within your 10km rayon.
Visiting people at their home is a controversial subject, and what has been issued about not doing so (even in groups fewer than 6, and with no food and drink involved) is advisory not mandatory. So it is up to you to take reasonable precautions. We had a picnic with 2 friends yesterday. I have visited a neighbour in her home sitting far away with the window open and not sharing any food because she is unable to leave her home and very isolated. But otherwise I would avoid indoor activities
If you have no luck in traditional bookshops or book sections of hypermarkets, try the FNAC online site (if you no big FNAC near you), theyâre quite good.
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I just had an email from my local bookshop saying they are open - bookshops are regarded as âessentialâ this time apparently! (Quite right too!)
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Books are essential. Imagine life without them.
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you couldnât of course - as a writer of some note 
Whoâs a writer of some notes? Not me. I write bad poems and send them to the BBC
Pam Ayres used to think the same about herself IIRC
Just think Annajayne, you could be her stand-inâŠ
ARGH! Nooo!
I only send the poems to p*ss them off.
what is it with people on SF today? Everyone seems to be getting excited about pissing contests 
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