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Boris Johnson considered ‘raid’ on vaccine plant in the Netherlands
Covid inquiry expected to be told former PM was open to ‘military options’ to obtain ‘impounded’ jabs from factory in LeidenBoris Johnson’s appearance before the Covid-19 inquiry is not until Wednesday but it is already making headlines in the Netherlands amid a mixture of amusement and alarm at claims he asked for British spies to plan a “raid” on a Dutch vaccine plant.The operation – according to sources who briefed Johnson’s employer, the Daily Mail – would have taken place against the backdrop of a tit-for-tat row in March 2021 between the then prime minister and the EU, which was moving towards restricting exports of vaccines across the Channel. Continue reading...
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