To stockpile food, medicine and petrol?

[Laudanumm]

So apparently we're now at very high risk of exiting the EU in March without a trade agreement with the EU. The government wanted to keep it secret, but it's been leaked that the middle of the 3 outcomes they're discussing, so not the bad one, is the port of Dover collapsing on day 1, immediate food shortages and almost immediate petrol and medicine shortages - as in, no food in the supermarkets. It's in the Sunday Times. AIBU to start stockpiling?

It's when the pipes back up that you get problems.
And if anyone on here is older or disabled, I would count such people as valuable or even more valuable than younger able bodied gobshites as pp have clearly demonstrated. Local knowledge, skills and personal approach to life are at least as important as being physically capable. A physically capable twat is still a twat.

I'm sorry @QuizzlyBear . I hope you find a way through what must feel pretty shitty right now.

You would just have to lower standards, only wash at the sink, eat out of the tins to reduce washing up. No electricity so no washing machines would be going. No TV or internet so you would have time for the extra work.

Sounds a bit like camping ⛺️

Which is why having camping gear in is a good idea. As is knowing how to use it. Some good bargains at the mo.

Hopefully the worst scenario is the second one, leaked by public servants, which we seem to have a short-term camping plan for.

Thinking of any hiccup as being dealt with by camping is a good idea. Helps the kids too. We did an indoor camping thing as a bit of a laugh with my dd. She got to feel a bit of ownership of the situation and we watched a downloaded movie on a tablet. Putting up a tent in her room was a giggle too.
Obviously if it was a real situation we'd aim to sleep in our own bed or even one bed if it was cold. But it's now not an alien concept.

Are you people taking the piss? We'd just buy medical supplies from Canada and fuel from the USA.

Hysteria doesn't even come close.

Ooh pledge?

Yeah, @A4710Rider , cos all problems can be solved within an hour and our infrastructure is robust enough to handle anything. And, of course, we all have oodles of money. The country itself is awash with money.

We'd just buy medical supplies from Canada and fuel from the USA.

What with ? Buttons ?

Trump is really big on selling US assets to foreigners on the cheap. And Canada in no way has its own export dramas now NAFTA is kaput. We wouldn't even need to pay for it 'cos they love us.

What with ? Buttons ?

Jesus. Just when I thought you lot couldn't turn up the hysteria level anymore.

I withdraw from the Fred. Your hysteria has won, congratulations.

Have fun sorting out Italy on your other thread @A4710Rider

Many years ago when I was a teen I was dating a boy who had loads and loads of canned food in a huge larder under their staircase. I asked what was it all for and he said "My Mum was worried about Y2K"

This feels a lot like that.

Yep. Y2K is a good analogy. The government and the techie companies worked together to tackle that one. Cooperation and planning is the exact opposite of what we are seeing now. And so people are having a think about what to do themselves. If it ain't needed, fantastic.

I worked in IT in 1990s - in already outdated government computer systems held together with spit and string - we spent 6 years getting ready for Y2K and nailed it.

(only to be constantly told - what on earth were you worried about, there were no problems after all!!")

If only there were 6 years to spend on this... Instead of 298 days...

Thanks, @BeyondThePage , my experience as an IT user at the time bears this out.

Have fun sorting out Italy on your other thread A4710Rider

I voted in the March election and am now fascinated by how little I knew about Italy compared to Rider

I'm confused. I thought the problem was that working under WTO, which we would have to do if we crash out, meant that every single lorry coming in would need checking, not that we suddenly can't buy food and medication from the EU and as this isn't the norm and not something we have the personnel or infrastructure for, Dover would grind to a standstill, meaning the goods wouldn't be getting through. Plus, the extra import tariffs adding driving prices up?

So, how would buying meds and food from Canada and the US help?

Apparently there would be a seamless move over to buying stuff from US and Canada that none of us would notice. Both countries are sitting waiting to offer us a brilliant and cheap deal if we are desperate as well.

Frequency you’re right, this wouldn’t change anything unless we have a free trade deal with them (so no need for customs).
Except that the FTA that Canada has signed iwth the EU has taken 7 years...
So I doubt it will be ready in a years time

Nearly 800 messages and one half-hearted Non-Preparation pledge. I'm very disappointed as I was expecting lots of eager patriotic volunteers ready to [or at least claim on the internet that they are going to] empty their freezers, discard medication, eat all their tinned food, etc.

I thought lack of faith makes the Brexit fairies die? Or, mysteriously, is it that lack of faith from Remainers is what hurts the Brexit fairies, whilst Leavers can buy themselves Maltese citizenship, or apply for French or German residency, or advise investors to stay away from the UK?

My hope, (If we get close to this point) is that politicians and (more importantly) the public would see what was coming shortly before Brexit day. The panic would start just before and this might finally mean we call a halt to this madness that is Brexit. TM (If still PM) would fly to Brussels and beg for some sort of extensions or withdrawal to A50 or sign up for SM and CU including FOM. The damage this whole farce has done to our country and the bitterness division and anger would then then take decades to recover from.

People who voted Leave!

Do you have even the tiniest doubts about the decision you made? And do you still think Brexit is and will be the best thing ever for the economy and peace?

My money's on an election by or in September. It's a poisoned chalice and they know it. Kick that can as far away from them as possible, that's the only way.