to ask how you’re preparing for Brexit?

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There is so much uncertainty surrounding what will happen with trade deals and goodness knows what else, that I’m starting to wonder about making some sensible plans.

We have put a stop to some planned works we wanted to do to our house, we have downsized to one car and we grow a small amount of veg. We keep some stocks of food in the house but we have a large family so I never feel like we’d have enough.
We have discussed not taking a holiday this summer and DH is taking every training course possible at work in order to diversify his skills should his industry go tits up.

I’m wondering what decisions you’re making in your homes for what could possibly be a really uncertain time for a few years.

I can’t see how sensible financial decisions (for my circumstances) and discussing hem with other people is scaremongering. It’s almost as though people are totally ignoring the mess that is being made.

Because you do it, write about in a public forum and some readers will think "Oh no, I better start doing that". They tell their friends. Some journalist will do the same and it will be in the paper. Then loads of people are doing it, works stop, money doesn't get spent, shops close. Reports come in saying economy is struggling and then you lot can blame BREXIT when you all bought it on yourselves. All because of media and posts like this.

The shops here still aren't back to normal stocks after 3 days of snow disruption. People couldn't get bread and milk anywhere. They lost their minds. That was a minor disruption. No Deal is a major disruption.

sheasksme sorry, but you're being hysterical and ridiculous. you do know that other european businesses rely on their exports to Uk in order to survive.

There is a preppers board btw, for which this thread seems perfectly suited.

Toss, no, nobody I know that could help in that way, no. But now I have the Irish passport it's not such a worry.

I must say it does stick in the craw a bit all these people saying nobody needs to do anything, some people, like expats do actually have to change their lives because of this. So thanks for that, Brexshit voters.

We’re planning to emigrate when DS1 starts uni in 2020.
I wouldn’t hazard a guess on the long term effects in 15 - 20 years, but the 5 - 10 years immediately post Brexit are not going to be good.

The way the leave campaign was run upset me more than I thought it would. Now I’ve had time to reflect, the hate mongering and furriner blaming has left me with a lingering sadness.

Where do you live sheasksme?

Once again, I am not being hysterical. I am saying what will happen in the event of a No Deal Brexit. Which hopefully we will not get. I don't understand why that is hard for you to understand. I also said I wouldn't stockpile unless it was likely.

I am taking Italian citizenship but it won't be through in time so I may have to pay for private heath insurance (for something that I have already paid for though work). I am thinking of getting UK passports for the children but probably won't tbh as EU ones will be more useful.

South West, in an Amber warning area.

Besides the British Isles our grub came from all over. Beef from Argentina, dairy from Denmark, lamb and wool from New Zealand and don’t forget the Hong kong ‘rubbish’ as my mum always called it.

Chlorinated chicken from America...

Unicorn, there will be a difference. I have friends in the STEM industries that have been told their jobs will be gone from the UK with HQ's moving to the EU. They have to decide to sell their houses, take their kids out of school and leave their lives, families and friends in the UK and move to another country or be jobless. That's not panic, that's what's happening because of Brexit.

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A lot of the country had them because of supply and distribution issues. The only fruit and veg in our supermarket came in the form of microwaveable veg packs and some red potatoes.

I’m in no way suggesting it was Brexit related because it obviously wasn’t but it was very interesting how quickly things emptied off the shelves and how long it took them to be replaced.

I am thinking of getting UK passports for the children but probably won't tbh as EU ones will be more useful. my kids have UK passports and Spanish ID, but I'm going to let the Uk ones lapse as they are much more expensive and in the future will be of less use to them than EU passports.

I'm doing absolutely nothing at all. I can't see it affecting us as a family all that much, and in the ways that it does, there's sweet FA I can do about it anyway.

sorry, but you're being hysterical and ridiculous

Brexiters are great at ^^ this kind of thing, the shouting down. Sadly there seems to be little else they excel at.

Applying for an Irish passport.

Changing my car (had an accident so it's given me the opportunity to reduce monthly outgoings)

Diversyfying my business/client base (big contract shelved after referendum) just in case there is a recession (as is predicted)

But pretty much stuck because of the stages my kids are in education. I am encouraging them to study hard and to be proficient in one other language. Dd (gcses this year) is pretty proficient in French, is learning Norwegian and wants to do a short course gcse in Japenese in the 6th form.

Japanese even

snash or you know...you could blame the government who have thus far acted like a bunch of 14 year olds fucking up their Young Enterprise projects rather than parents wanting to discuss sensible ways to keep things ticking over.

my kids have UK passports and Spanish ID, but I'm going to let the Uk ones lapse as they are much more expensive and in the future will be of less use to them than EU passports.

Ditto. For us british passports are worthless.

Well, actually I'm hoping for another referendum. So far I have three friends (who live overseas and have the right to vote in the UK) who I am going to be a proxy voter for.

Seriously, if you live overseas and haven't sorted out your postal vote then please do.

Plus, if you haven't registered to vote (and are eligible) then please register.

When i read this thread the words Self, Fulfilling and Prophecy come to mind! The grass will be oh so much greener in the EU when it too fragraments.

DH and I both increased our consultancy fees by 15% at the start of 2018 as we work a lot in the EU, which is in line with what others have been doing in the same niche field as us.

No signs of it 'fragamenting' at the moment though, eh?

I am learning German and I am sitting my C1 language test having applied for citizenship for myself and my younger two children.

I am selling a house I rent out and buying a smart flat in Germany instead, to rent out to business people there as a furnished short-term let. Better yield.

I have been building up a modest food stockpile in the loft of the most likely things that will run short from time to time, for example I have found a really tasty tinned bread I like and we would eat anyway, and things like tinned cheese, butter and so on. This is because for two weeks after we leave, supply chains will most likely be really disrupted and I am too lazy to battle for the basics.

I have another property I will be renting out as a holiday let to staycationers and I have just finished getting that ready. People will probably go abroad rather less and in any case won't be able to afford the flights and insurance as frequently as they do at the moment.

I will replace our car with a really reliable one for which parts will be the most readily available.

We have discussed selling our main home and buying a bigger place to divide into flats with one for us and one for each of the kids so they always have a bolthole in one of the areas that will be least affected economically, but that is thinking a bit more long-term.