Boris Johnson Considered Military Operation to Seize Covid Vaccines

The former Prime Minister of Great Britain, ​Boris Johnson, has revealed in an extract from his forthcoming book that he discussed a possible military operation to seize Covid vaccines during the height of the pandemic.

Johnson considered a “water raid” on a⁤ Dutch warehouse to obtain AstraZeneca vaccines, ​which were at ⁢the center‌ of a dispute over exports between the UK and the EU.

The former prime minister discussed the ⁤plans with senior ​military officers in March 2021, according to an extract from his upcoming book Unleashed.

Johnson believed that the EU had⁣ treated the UK “viciously” over vaccine exports, leading him to explore alternative options to obtain the vaccines.

He commissioned studies to determine the feasibility of launching a​ waterborne attack on a depot in Leiden, Holland, to take the vaccines that the UK “legally had and desperately needed”.

Deputy Chief of Defense Staff⁢ Lieutenant General Doug Chalmers told the prime minister that the plan was “certainly feasible” and would involve using rigid inflatable boats to navigate Dutch canals.

However, Chalmers also warned Johnson that the mission would be difficult to carry out undetected, and that the UK would have to “explain why it is effectively invading a long-standing NATO ally”.