Quote Originally Posted by JackDaw View Post
I think the Captain is right about the signing of the ultimate supply contacts, the EU one was signed fractionally before the UK one.

But...equally...the UK Government/ Oxford university/ Astra Zeneca relationship BEFORE it got to that formal stage was far closer and more co-operative than the EU/ Astra Zeneca one. And the two contracts do have different wording, they are not identical.

I agree with you that Astra Zeneca do not have anything to gain by peeing off the EU...I find notion that they are not using their best endeavours to help a massive customer is a wee bit bizarre. I’ll be interested in ultimate resolution of court case, and if I had to place a bet, I think I’d be betting that AZ will be relatively unscathed.
Maybe it's good old fashioned corruption and Boris greased some palms.

Lord knows he needed a win.