This may include ads from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. He also suggested that Prime Minister Boris Johnson could not have picked a better person to finish the job than Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, who has been handed over the Brexit portfolio after the resignation of Lord David Frost. The campaign, under which the campaign attracted the support of prominent figures such as Michael Gove and Mr Johnson himself, had confounded expectations when he masterminded a narrow victory for Leave in the 2016 referendum.
He pointed out Britain's liberation from EU red tape, which allowed the nation to get a head start by approving the use of the Pfizer vaccine earlier than other nations, a year after the end of the transition period. He said that one thing alone made Brexit worthwhile in 2021 - the vaccine rollout. The UK led the way in Europe in getting people jabbed, enabling the Government to lift coronaviruses restrictions sooner than any country in the EU. There had been less progress on attaining the economic benefits of leaving, but this was understandable with the focus on fighting the Pandemic, he stressed.
The loss of Mr Johnson's high profile Brexit frontman, Mr Elliott said: Some people suggest that progress on Brexit will slow down with David Frost out of Government. Boris Johnson could not have picked a more powerful champion of business and enterprise when he appointed Liz Truss to head up Britain's EU policy, as appointing Liz Truss. READ MORE: EU splintering - More member states are predicted to quit the bloc.
Britain and the EU have been at loggerheads over vaccines last year as Germans turned on Scholz REVEAL Britain is ahead of the EU in high-tech start-ups: 'UK story' INSIGHT NI peace architect accuses Boris of 'casual political vandalism' REPORT Britain and the EU were at loggerheads over vaccines. In April, Britain demanded that the European Union allow delivery of COVID 19 vaccines it has ordered, as tensions over a possible export ban on EU-manufactured shots mounted and Brussels pointed an accusing finger at drugmaker AstraZeneca. After falling behind on the issue of vaccine exports to Britain and the United States, EU leaders discussed a possible ban on vaccine exports to Britain at a summit last month.
Mr Johnson spoke to leaders, including then-German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron, to steer them away from such a move. AstraZeneca told Brussels that the UK was using a clause in its supply contract that prevents exports of its vaccines until the British market is fully served, EU officials said. The European Commission, which has coordinated vaccine orders for the EU, said reciprocity was key.