Many countries sharing the the same rules and currency brings a range of benefits, regarding trade and freedom, but it also has downsides too. Getting the EU to change a certain rule is challenging, because it has to be agreed between all member states, which can result in unnecessary delays. A classic example is the COVID-19 vaccine, which was swiftly approved by the UK, but will take awhile for the EU to agree on it.
EU law allows individual member states to give emergency approval for a drug which is precisely how we managed to approve the COVID vaccine as we're still in the transition period and subject to the very EU laws our government have said would prevent us approving the vaccine's use.
It's yet more lies and bluster from our own government.
That's not true at all. If it were, then I'm sure many other EU member states would have approved the vaccine by now.
Yes, the UK has to follow the EU laws, as it's still in the transition period. The reason why the UK has approved the vaccine is because it has an opt-out, in that area of law. It's true this would have been the case, irrespective of Brexit, but does not negate my point that shared laws can often be a hindrance, as well as an advantage. It illustrates quite nicely one of the downsides of states being bound too tightly together.