The issue has not been what the scientists, WHO, EMA or any other significant, reputable medical authority are saying but the actions that politicians have taken. The subtle parts in this statement are a) that NEITHER AZ or P/B appear to be causing ...

U.K. drugs regulator says Astra vaccine benefits outweigh risks

Re A-Z. Crikey, Ross, sometimes you can be blinded by your positions. I wasn't arguing against you at any point just added my comment 'FYI'. I am NOT, (NOT!) stating ANY position on a National Basis but the fact that it has become an A-Z focus/beat ...

Is Brexit the end of the first of two unions?

Re the A-Z debate, FYI, I don't think it to be a national denigration. I DO think it's a very, very subjective focus on the company. I made an entry yesterday about the statistical/mathematical status in response to the Van der Leyen statement(s). ...

Is Brexit the end of the first of two unions?

The rate of Thrombosis in the general population is about 1 in 1000 ANNUALLY across all ages. On the basis that the number of A-Z doses to have been administered in the UK is more reliable than the number applied in the EU, at about 18m, then the ...

Von der Leyen: AstraZeneca has underproduced and underdelivered

And where were the Global Institutions Personnel trained or educated? Watch how the MMT protagonists are becoming ever more influential. Besides my own nature, I was lucky enough to have been educated in institutions that encouraged independent and ...

Is Brexit the end of the first of two unions?

It IS legitimate to ask the questions. I have no opinion as to whether the LSE is any more or less reliable than anywhere else. Where I DO differ is in the assumption that because Academics in the main think one way (and you choose to class them as ...

Is Brexit the end of the first of two unions?

Such vitriol should have a Skull-and-Crossbones Warning Label on the bottle.

Is Brexit the end of the first of two unions?

To the above, collectively: "Whoa! Sensitive to a gentle prod and an open question". Merely posing a hypothesis to be proven wrong and certainly NOT from a place of cynicism. If the scientists continue to say there is no link and the jab is safe, ...

Germany to suspend use of AstraZeneca as a precaution- adding to growing list of European...

It should help the UK complete the vaccination program more quickly, I imagine. These reports of 'any and all events' following a vaccination seem only to be occurring in the EU and the EU was the only 'authority' that had problems ...

Germany to suspend use of AstraZeneca as a precaution- adding to growing list of European...

Agree. It's an unnecessarily jingoistic sentiment attached to this underlying 'story'.

Brexit victory: UK scraps 'mad' EU plan saving taxpayers billions

Ever heard the expression oft stated by seasoned traders: "Buy the rumour, sell the fact"? The rumour here is NOT historical retail sales being compared with irrelevant data in the context of this pandemic but the vaccination program and the ...

Retail sales, Great Britain: January 2021

And about 45 mins after a potential first step of a signal.

BoJ may seek to clarify in March policy review that it has room to deepen negative interest...

WE all seem to be in agreement in broad principle here, so one wonders why it isn't a straightforward process and why politicians dither on it. What are the negative aspects of a Sales Tax? Does it induce further inequality, indirectly? Is it just ...

Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen’s Call with United Kingdom Chancellor of the...

So, you can tell a child that history can't be rewritten and epitaph's can't be written before time is called. Except in PRoC.

There will be no Jack Ma era, the People’s Daily says

You're right about the critic/hindsight versus having to do. Being contrarian for a moment, don't forget the circumstances for NS, and others. The Scottish NHS is under even more pressure than the remainder and with less back up. Except, of course, ...

UK Minister Gove: We Are Looking At Further Options To Restrict International Travel

Calm down, you're being over-sensitive there. You assume I was attacking you from the onset because I stated the figures to be suspect? I suppose you thought I was defending the UK because you intended to make it out that the EU was beyond reproach ...

Tech billionaire Jack Ma was removed from own reality show and hasn't been seen for months...

A bit naughty: manipulation of the facts by not making it clear it was a cumulative figure over nearly 20 years as can be seen by the later entry by 'Nick'. Being cumulative figures one can't ascribe or correlate current annual figures or trend. ...

Tech billionaire Jack Ma was removed from own reality show and hasn't been seen for months...

Trade deals, as a rule, should be welcome if it makes trade easier. In the case of those companies listed (and I DO understand the point you're making), I'd imagine it was a case of Supply and Demand going back quite some time ago that got them ...

China and EU 'on verge' of major investment deal

Give a politician leeway and they spout off in a way that provides just a noose from which to hang. A trade deal completed in 9 months doesn't give a lot of time for adjustment and even less so when there is only about a week between the arrival at ...

Most UK businesses have prepared for end of Brexit transition - minister

You'll be pleased with the first 2 Q's addressed to BoJo. . . 1) Laura Keunnsberg: "What have you given away?" 2) Robert Peston: "You're not selling this right, are you?"

Brexit negotiators have finalized trade deal: Officials