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nobody is blaming the British, just our own ineffectual governments.
I don't think that distinction is as clear as you're making it out to be. I don't have the time or desire to do it, but there must be a list of things which the EU/EU member states have said about the UK's rollout. I don't think you'll find much distinction between the government and "The British" in those claims. And even when it may be there, that's not how it'll picked up in popular discourse.
Nationalism is dumb (and dangerous), and it exists just as much in the EU as here.
In general though, when you consider some EU nations are struggling to even complete the most at-risk and key workers, I think export controls (not outright bans) are reasonable.
No disagreement from me on that point.
But again, it's framed as "The UK has received xxx million doses from us" (whatever "us" means in the context of private companies) "and that's not fair." Instead, it should be: "we are in the middle of a pandemic and need to make decisions where the well-being of EU citizens will be increased, without risking the well-being of our neighbours."
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I don't think that distinction is as clear as you're making it out to be. I don't have the time or desire to do it, but there must be a list of things which the EU/EU member states have said about the UK's rollout.
I'm talking about the actual populations of countries, not governments. Public statements from politicians are worthless so Boris may well be a pariah to EU heads of government (justifiably, but not because of vaccines) but thats as far as it goes.
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The pressure on EU nation governments is VERY high. The EU wrote a stupid contract and the politicians are feeling the pressure for it. The UK is the most obvious close place that didn't mess up buying vaccines and on a national level, nobody is blaming the British, just our own ineffectual governments.
In general though, when you consider some EU nations are struggling to even complete the most at-risk and key workers, I think export controls (not outright bans) are reasonable.