To think we are being lined up for something?

But in 2020 were they told to do that before we heard about Covid?

and whatever else War conflicts are happening now and the future too...

Back when I was a poverty-stricken postgraduate student (no grants or loans, minute income from taking tutorials) and used to cycle around looking in the gutter for 1p or even 1/2p coins at the end of the month I still always managed to always have an emergency can of tuna and / or sardines, and a bag of porridge oats in store Just In Case. And baked beans, that can be, and sometimes were, eaten cold out of the tin.

@BeverForget

It's like the post cold War fear 😨 of nuclear arms attacks in the 60s 70s and early 80s era etc,

Now we have the issues of climate change Brexit the Ukraine 🇺🇦 Russia conflicts to contend with too.

It would if you were outside the main blast zone but within the area where there is nuclear fallout. The same applies for releases from nuclear power stations, chemical releases etc. A huge amount of protection can be gained from sheltering.

Remember the “emergency alerts” for our phones as well? Of course, there’s no reason why the govt might actually use them.

I used to work as a Contingency Planner for the Civil Service. The way it works is that we (the workers / civil servants) drew up plans for various scenarios and then told the MPs what they needed to know.

MPs have fuck all to do with the process. Most government policy is driven and organised by civil servants.

We had a huge thread like this when they rolled out the emergency alert text message a year or two ago. Business as usual.

How frequently do you/would you replace them?

Well, I better go and get stocked up properly on cat food (only have three weeks supply!), there were shortages of their food during covid and I found myself searching the internet for anywhere that had supplies more than once.

Well I did say "threat" and not actual attack. But maybe something else where we are told to stay home and, this time, shops won't be open. It may not be that likely but is not impossible.

Russian,s spring offensive causes collapse of Ukrainian army.
Russia overrun Kiev and a massacre begins
France and the UK deploy troops in Ukraine.
Something like this?

I agree, OP. It is worrying. Whatever the outcome of the election, we will have idiots in place and a huge majority of the population who will fall for anything.

I’m old enough to remember the ‘protect and survive’ advice that advocated just that. Stock up your store cupboards, paint your windows white and if the alert sounds huddle up under the nearest table for protection and kiss your arse goodbye.

Well, yes. He and his wife will be hard pushed to make ends meet if he’s out of work post election 😂

erm, those of us on very low household budgets who can barely manage one days food at a time, let alone 3 days AND luxury extras

If there was a nuclear attack being in doors wouldn't save you.

Post Brexit problems in the food supply chain most likely, caused by the ending of transitional arrangements. But I’m inclined to think that this is a desperate ploy from the Tories to garner votes from the more nervous among the electorate who won’t vote for the unknown if they think there’s a crisis in the offing.

My main concern is medication. There is currently a shortage of insulin is some forms. This is due to import checks no issue with production. It's made in Europe. DH unable to get any for his pump but commity pharmacist managed to get a different version of the same insulin to tide him over but it's not being used as the manufacturer advised. Its a life saving drug so kind of important and 1 to2 days or less with no supply and he's dead l. I wonder if this is all about to really blow up

MPs and ministers don't have a lot to do with this. They might sign things off, but all the deciding about what is needed and what happens is what the civil service and public bodies do.

I hadn’t seen this thread before now but for some reason woke up thinking about Russia and how they had poisoned Sergei Skripal on our soil . Someone capable of that won’t let our support for Ukraine go unpunished.

view on election date is that Sunak has been offered a job elsewhere........

Or been invited to an Independence Day party with fireworks display stateside and wants to go and to stay over.

No I don’t, honestly and it was just idle pondering 😂 when I was queuing

and tbh you don’t just find a random hi vis in a cupboard and think you’ll just bung it on when you are working the tills, I used to work in Morrisons, it was a specific brand new hi vis.

i just thought it was incongruous.

I saw two wearing the same hi vis today, I’ve just got back from there

Best before (which is what I should of said) definitely has relevance,for fruit and veg,in terms of an indication as to how long you have, to enjoy them at their best. Use by, not so much. Common sense and intended purpose for the produce, guides me regarding that.

Would anyone who went through covid be without spare toilet rolls ever again? I'll be reviewing our food supplies as there is stuff in the cupboards but not necessarily edible without cooking. We'd survive but OH would be starving before he'd eat some of it. We already have torches and candles but more wine than water 😀

And my view on election date is that Sunak has been offered a job elsewhere........