Senior Conservative Party members have expressed skepticism regarding Boris Johnson's assertion that he seriously contemplated invading the Netherlands to acquire Covid vaccines during the pandemic. They suggest that the narrative has been exaggerated and repurposed to promote his memoirs. In his new book, *Unleashed*, the former prime minister recounts that he consulted with high-ranking military officials about the feasibility of executing an “aquatic raid” on a warehouse in Leiden in March 2021. This operation was aimed at securing 5 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine, which he believed the European Union was withholding from export to the UK.

Boris Johnson has revealed that he contemplated the idea of conducting a raid on a warehouse in the Netherlands to secure COVID-19 vaccines during the pandemic. The former Prime Minister's admission highlights the lengths to which he was willing to go in order to ensure the availability of vaccines amid the global health crisis.