Do you have any data to back up the claim that it's "quite common" to work remotely across countries within the EU/UK. Almost nothing in the "common/single market" works uniformly across the "common/single market". For instance this guy (OP) doesn't have a hope in hell of landing a job anywhere in the EU even though he's in the UK.
I know it’s anecdotal data, but every company that I’ve work for in the past 11 years? I’ve worked for companies in the UK, France, Portugal. If you check the job listings for remote jobs in Europe, you will find that there is rarely a constraint to where in Europe the candidate is located in.
I apologise in advance for making light of the situation in your country, but did you find the peace awards more meaningless than Hinton's award for PHYSICS?!!
Out of curiosity, is packagingnews.co.uk a site you visit frequently for industry news or the first that come up on google when you searched for coca-cola's recycling activities in the UK?
It's one that I know and flick through regularly. It covers the wider aspects of the packaging industry and has a good reputation for following what's going on.
I don't buy the "flatlands to the west" either. I'd sooner buy they want some more coastline with warm water. I imagine Canadians on average will be less pleasant if they're stuck with a hostile U.S. to the south.
The "zero evidence" claim is a blatant attempt to shift the burden of proof. In my opinion the burden of proof remains with those hypothesizing zoonotic origin.
I’d suggest the opposite. [edit: not the opposite, the same!]
If it’s conceivable that gain of function research can release a virus that kills millions, then the burden of proof is with the researchers to prove that they’re safe and this didn’t happen.
