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Speaking to Express.co.uk, Tory MP for Dudley North, Marco Longhi, has claimed the UK’s independence from the EU has allowed the Prime Minister to implement his vaccine strategy much more smoothly than on the continent. While the UK approved the Pfizer/BioNtech on December 2, the EU only began its own programme on December 27. Since then, the bloc has not only been accused of being too slow to approve the Pfizer drug but also for its poor implementation strategy.