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Hello and welcome back to the edition. The Spectator's weekly look at some of the most

intriguing and important issues within the week's magazine. I'm Lara Prendergars.

In our first episode of 2021, coronavirus vaccines are being rolled out across the globe.

But what are the challenges facing its delivery and why is the European Union lagging behind?

Plus, is Boris Johnson the SMP's greatest weapon in their battle for Scottish independence. And finally, is Prince Harry just like his mother.

First up, we have a package of pieces about vaccines in this week's magazine,

an interview with the Health Secretary Matt Hancock,

alongside writing from Richard Dobbs and Matthew Lynn.

Richard, a former director of the McKinsey Global Institute,

who sits on the board of the UK Statistical Authority, says a lot can go wrong in the vaccine

rollout, while Matthew, a financial columnist for the Daily Telegraph, argues that the EU has botched

its inoculation program. They both join me now alongside David Salalsbury, former director of immunisation at the

Department of Health. Matthew, you write in this week's magazine about how the EU has botched its

vaccination rollout. What exactly seems to have gone wrong? I think what went wrong initially

it was actually just the idea of doing it. You know, it reminded me a lot of the Euro crisis about

10 years ago, which I wrote

a lot about as well, which was the EU has a kind of pattern. It wills the ends, but then it doesn't

will the means to achieve it. So if you take the comparison with a single currency, you know,

it came up with the idea of having a single currency across a lot of different countries. And you

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