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Britain’s vaccine success was supposed to lead to freedom. What happened?

Britain’s vaccine success was supposed to lead to freedom. What happened?

10 April 2021

9:00 AM

10 April 2021

9:00 AM

In November, when cases were surging and a second lockdown was under way, Boris Johnson made a big promise: things might look bleak, he said, but the ‘scientific cavalry’ would arrive. It duly did, with a vaccination programme that became the envy of Europe. The mood of the country lifted.

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