Correspondent in London
When the British government announced last summer that it would not join the European Union's vaccine procurement program, the move was seen as yet another manifestation of Boris Johnson's dangerous sovereignist outbursts.
Several political figures had then urged him to
"put the life of the British before ideology"
.
Six months later, London is the champion of vaccination in the face of a Europe overwhelmed by events.
For supporters of Brexit, this is proof by the vaccine.
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"If the 'ideology' of Brexit is that the UK is better able to make decisions by and for itself rather than in concert with the European Commission and twenty-seven other countries, then we can give him credit for saving British lives, ”
writes Dominic Lawson in The
Times
.
On the vaccine front, even BoJo's most ardent scorners recognize his boldness and his results in this area.
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