No 10 wanted union flag on Oxford coronavirus vaccine kits
by Rajeev Syal, Archie Bland and Heather Stewart from Science | The Guardian on (#5AY1K)
Plan hatched by new Union unit' to counter rise in Scottish nationalism
Downing Street tried to get doses of the Oxford University/AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine labelled with an image of the union jack, it has emerged, as scientists and statisticians raised more questions over the press release that proclaimed the trial's success.
The request for injection kits to bear the flag was driven by No 10's newly formed Union unit", which is tasked with combating calls for Scottish independence and other campaigns to break up the UK.
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