Scientists will be glad of the attention if sustained new funding matches the boast (which it rarely does with Johnson), 
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
The Oxford-based team that produced the AstraZeneca jab included scientists from Ireland, France, Italy, Germany, China, India, Nepal and New Zealand
The Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, the first to be rolled out in the UK, was a German-US collaboration led by two scientists of Turkish background.
He can put on a lab coat and imagine all kinds of superpower alchemy. But it is fancy dress on a government that likes everything about science apart from its duty to truth.
All words by the Great @rafaelbehr !

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What's WRONG with you & children @BorisJohnson @GavinWilliamson @pritipatel !!!
"The British government has rejected requests from organisers to exempt children taking part in short organised educational trips from new passport &visa measures due to come into effect on 1 October
saying they are needed to strengthen Britain’s borders." Against SCHOOL CHILDREN! Are you MAD? The deliberate course to cut our cultural ties with Europe continue. @EdwardJDavey @Keir_Starmer one for PMQ. All UKG's attacks against kids must be exposed
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connexionfrance.com/French-news/At…
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