UK diplomacy masks private fury in Covid vaccine row with EU

Tussles over supplies could last months despite commitment in public to work together

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Tussles with the EU over vaccine supplies could continue for months, UK government insiders fear, despite a joint statement in which both sides committed to working together.

From Boris Johnson's phone calls to EU leaders to the foreign secretary Dominic Raab's discreet lobbying on the fringes of this week's Nato meeting, a significant amount of senior government time and energy is being invested in trying to resolve the issue.