Is it only on mn that people are stockpiling?

[ScafellPoke]

Seems to be a lot of pre brexit stockpiling going on here. But none in real life

You only have to look what happens at Christmas and the shops are only closed for a couple of days!

I don’t get the need for stockpiling food. I’ll simply be timing my monthly shop so it falls a few days before 29th March, and will just do what I normally do: buy enough food to last me three or so weeks.

So you're adjusting your shopping habits to make sure you have several weeks of food in your home on 30th March? That sounds like a pretty familiar plan, actually. You're just going about it slightly differently to people who shop more often.

better hope the things you want to buy are still in stock a few days before 29th March...

@JellySlice , Sweden and Germany (off the top of my head) certainly expect residents to have more than 3 days.
3 days is the standard emergency management recommendation. I want it to be more but if you have never thought about it before and don't have much money, 3 days is not as intimidating and over facing as , say, 3 weeks. No reason not to do more if you want and are able to, obviously.

Windingstreams

The 27 other members have to agree to it too, we can’t do it unilaterally. And (poor grammar, I know!) they have been making it abundantly clear for months on end that they will not do that just to give us more time to squabble, there has to be a clear, specified goal before they agree, such as a second referendum.

I can't stockpile, I have a very tight food budget and only a kitchenette, with nowhere to store extras. Nobody I know IRL is stockpiling but it makes me feel anxious when I read about it on MN.

So hide the threads. No point in being upset by them.

@PodgeBod google jack Monroe. And identify the location of your nearest food bank.

@jrmisodious you’re incorrect the other member states don’t have to agree for us to rescind article 50 - that was ruled on by the European court. Please check these things before scaremongering

@Podgebod even if you can only put by a couple of 20p packs of spaghetti, you'll be in a better position than you currently are - that would allow you 2-3 days buffer where you have at least something to eat

Windingstreams

Very happy to stand corrected: I knew the Scottish MPs were taking it to the ECJ before Christmas but obviously managed - goodness knows how, perhaps there have been other things going on! - to completely miss news of the ruling.
It wasn’t scaremongering, it was a genuine mistake. And I’m delighted to be wrong.

In fact, kind of begs the obvious question then. Taking it to the wire like this is inflicting the maximum amount of damage.

So, been reading; if I understand it 🤯 it’s not quite there yet. Because the UK Supreme Court had to ratify the triggering of article 50, the decision can only be reversed by declaration of revocation by the Court of Sessions and then by Act of Parliament. No idea how long that all takes, what stage it’s at or even if there’s time before 29th March.

Wish I’d kept my gob shut now. I consider myself well and truly reprimanded

@jrmisodious I apologise for being snappy!

I'm not, and none of my friends or family are. I've only heard about it on here.

No worries, I was contributing to the tsunami of mis-information, albeit unwittingly. There’s enough of that flying about already.
Never been so delighted to be wrong. Just hope Parliament’s able to get it through in time.

I'm surprised only 5% of people are stockpiling, most of my friends are. The vast majority of what I have bought are things we eat regularly but have got a few things in I wouldn't otherwise buy. I desperately hope it's unnecessary and we can have cheaper grocery bills for a while!

I mentioned it to a friend last night who looked at me and said “really? You really think it’s necessary? Why?” Some people just don’t watch or read the news at all.

@cloudtree many people who do watch the News and are abreast of current politics have come to the conclusion they don’t need to stockpile!

Their choice @Windingstreams . If it's a conscious decision, then fine. Respect the alternative conscious decision.

Reports on Today this morning regarding government planning for a hardship fund, plans to assist people in “areas of the country”, wherever they are, where food shortages may be an issue and to try to secure food supply lines for Schools just convince me that putting aside basic provisions is a sensible precaution.
They were questioning a Minister (education, but still a cabinet member so up to speed) about those specific matters and he was clearly deeply uncomfortable and on the spot: he would not give any clear answers, but he would not deny either.

It makes me so angry it's been allowed to get to the point the govt even NEEDS to put such plans in place.

It should NEVER have reached that point regardless of vote v leave.

Even if I were a leaver I'd be angry because I think it a reasonable expectation that the govt should have sorted all this MONTHS ago

The impact assessment on no deal brexit has just been published

Possible disruption to cross-Channel trade "would lead to reduced availability and choice of products", the document said.

"This would not lead to an overall shortage of food in the UK, and less than one in 10 food items would be directly affected by any delays across the short Channel crossings.

So no stockpiling necessary

So, no price rises then? @Windingstreams

Haha - talk about selective posting. What about the rest of the shitstorm predicted in that document? Delays of food supply and massive price increases.