Leekbrookgull
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Obviously a wealth of experience in this field so what could possibly go wrong ? Just look at his 'previous'. 
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-55115037
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[News] Government vaccine minister. Nadhim Zahawi.
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vegster
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- May 5, 2008
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Obviously a wealth of experience in this field so what could possibly go wrong ? Just look at his 'previous'.
Maybe it all makes sense when you look at Johnson's " previous " ? Someone who was sacked twice for lying,lied to the Queen and lied to two ex-wives, this bloke can't be anything as bad as the man who appointed him
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blue-shifted
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Seen him on TV a number of times and comes across as a complete a**hole but good at defending the indefensible.
So will fit in well when the vaccine rollout proves to be less than “world-beating”!?
Hope I’m wrong though as UK really needs to get this right .......
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So will fit in well when the vaccine rollout proves to be less than “world-beating”!?
Hope I’m wrong though as UK really needs to get this right .......
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KZNSeagull
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Why do we even need a vaccine minister? Effectively it is just another NHS purchase with a few simple rules as to who gets it first. Cannot be that hard surely?
studio150
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No doubt his first decision will be to appoint a start firm run by a friend of Johnson to deliver the vaccine even though the firm has no distribution network and it's only current van is being repaired
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Stumpy Tim
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I have to say, of all the ministers the Clowns have put on Sky News, he's always come across as one of the better ones. Look on the bright side, it could have been Chris Grayling
Maybe it all makes sense when you look at Johnson's " previous " ? Someone who was sacked twice for lying,lied to the Queen and lied to two ex-wives, this bloke can't be anything as bad as the man who appointed him
Whilst I am always happy to mock a tory, from that link, Leaky, I can't see what he's done wrong.
Perhaps we need a (YouGov) poll.
Tom Hark Preston Park
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- Jul 6, 2003
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Thought the name was familiar. Bought a very interesting thought-provoking book by Mr Zahawi a few years back. Co-author... one Matthew Hancock
'Masters of Nothing: Human Nature, Big Finance, and the Fight for the Soul of Capitalism'
'Masters of Nothing: Human Nature, Big Finance, and the Fight for the Soul of Capitalism'
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They should get Zahawi's phone and copy his contacts and then in a few months look to see how many of them have made money out of the distribution of the vaccine!!!
METALMICKY
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- Jan 30, 2004
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If only. What with everyone needing two injections, storage issues, and the manpower to administer on such a huge scale. I'm predicting a huge foul up of the logistics required to run it smoothly!
KZNSeagull
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Well it does not need a minister to do it though. Just pass the logistics onto experts, like the Army for example, along with suitable financing and let them get on with it. A minister will just interfere for the sake of it to justify their existence. Governments should be enablers, not doers.
rogersix
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- Jan 18, 2014
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Thought the name was familiar. Bought a very interesting thought-provoking book by Mr Zahawi a few years back. Co-author... one Matthew Hancock
'Masters of Nothing: Human Nature, Big Finance, and the Fight for the Soul of Capitalism'
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a quick precis, please?
Tom Hark Preston Park
Will Post For Cash
- Jul 6, 2003
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Pretty much what the title says really. 'Masters Of Nothing' is a play on 'Masters Of The Universe', Tom Wolfe's term for Wall Street's 'big swinging dicks' (Wolfe's term again). It was written in the aftermath of the 2008 global financial crash, and argues that unless the creed of Greed Is Good stops being obscenely rewarded, then history is destined to repeat itself. Or something like that. Anyways, it's a good read. IMHO, like
beorhthelm
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- Jul 21, 2003
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its little different to flu vaccine roll out which they do annually. the minister is there to show its important and to report to the house, opposition kept asking for one so there's someone accountable. he'll roll up each week to say how many hundred thousand people have been vaccinated, how well its all going, while taking questions on why the village of Upper Whipplethrope hasn't received any yet.
- Jan 3, 2012
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In other words, he’ll probably just get in the way.......
Official Old Man
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I may be stupid here but if I was told that 100 million items had to be dispersed around the UK I know where I'd start.
Amazon, Tesco & Just Eat. between them they can get an item from a factory anywhere in the UK to a front door in under 24 hours. I'm sure they could spare a few people from their top table for a week or so to put in place the logistics and software to get it done.
Amazon, Tesco & Just Eat. between them they can get an item from a factory anywhere in the UK to a front door in under 24 hours. I'm sure they could spare a few people from their top table for a week or so to put in place the logistics and software to get it done.
rogersix
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- Jan 18, 2014
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ta, stating the bleeding obvious tho' isn't it? .......two man job? ...to write a whole book
