Boris Johnson considered invading Holland to seize Covid vaccines

Evening Standard
Evening Standard
  • 3 hours ago
Former prime minister Boris Johnson considered launching an “aquatic raid” on a warehouse in the Netherlands to retrieve Covid vaccine doses amid a row with Europe, according to an extract from his memoir.

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