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corner. Now on to the spiked podcast. Hello and welcome to the Spiked podcast. I'm

Fraser Meyers and joining me as ever we have

spiked steps the editor Tom Slater. Hello? And Spiked columnist Ella Wheeling.

Hi. Coming up on the show, the EU's vaccine meltdown,

Labour's patriotic rebrand and the online abuse of footballers.

Together we are negotiating and together we're bringing forward this vaccination process.

But trust has been eroded, damage has been done.

The military has been in short supply.

Indignant might be a better word for the EU in recent days.

Despite we keep borders open,

we resist vaccine nationalism.

It took four years to put the protocol together

and people were blind-signed by decision that was taken.

The EU is having a terrible time with its vaccine rollout.

The UK reached 10 million vaccinations this week and has vaccinated around 15% of the population.

The EU in contrast has reached just 3%.

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