To feel terrified after reading the prepping for Brexit threads?

[LittleNapRefuser]

I have genuinely cried real tears of fear after reading the threads on prepping for Brexit today. I have a toddler and right now I am terrified of what is to come and their future after all this.

I don't really have anyone to talk to about this in 'real life' because most people I know aren't reading the news or don't seem to care.

Should I be terrified? Should I be scared for my baby's future? Can anyone reassure me or offer me an alternative perspective on all this. I don't want to to put my head in the sand but I feel really afraid.

The world is not going to end as a result of Brexit, whatever “deal” or “no deal” results. There may be some disruption, but nothing worse than bad weather/air traffic control strikes/lorry driver sheep burning protests.

The only thing that will create shortages is scaremongering people into hoarding.

Aintnothing. Yes, really. Sorry you’ve been struck dumb.

I’m starting to quietly stockpile and build up a supply of food just in case. The references to the war are bullshit. During that period we had a government on a total war footing and huge international support. The 70s? We had significant shortages, including power, and things were hugely difficult. To say that we survived before the EU is crazy. It’s been 40 years and in that time the fundamentals of the global (not EU) supply chain management are utterly different. Nothing to do with the EU, merely the evolution of business. And business can’t stockpile for us as they don’t have the working capital capacity in their balance sheets.

I don’t believe that the EU will withhold food and medicine from the U.K. but I do believe there will be chaos at ports of entry while everyone tries to figure out what to do. It will impact both goods from the EU and goods from elsewhere that are caught up in port congestion, It will probably only last a few weeks or a month but that will be enough to cause a short term collapse in the supply chain. For that reason, I want to have enough put by.

One thing that calms me down when I think about this is remembering that big businesses want to be able to sell us stuff. They'll find a way (although I do think we'll see prices rising quite sharply).

Honestly. Everything we buy is taxed. Tax =government pay. The tariff is less than 3% to trade. If businesses want to up root. Relocate. Employ new staff etc. They loose their recoup. Is every lidle and aldi going to close (we're already more expensive than the rest of Europe!) How will Northern Ireland trade without England as transport country (or Europe could just cut them off as a loss?) A deal is in both our interest.

I voted to remain but respect the decision that the country came to, but I believe that we were lied to by rich lying bastards who put their own warped view before the best interests of the country, and yes, there is many things wrong with the EU, but staying in and fixing it from the inside was in my opinion the way to go.

I am waiting for prices to rise for basics as it did when we decimalised the currency in 1971, a lot of profiteering took place then and probably will again but we will resolutely carry on as usual and get by, by any means. The only thing that makes me sad is that as an oldie (71), I probably won't see this fiasco play out in its entirety. I just hope that the swivel eyed-loons that caused this could be brought to book for making life harder than it already is for my family, especially the younger members who are paying a mortgage at the moment. KOKO.

Ain'tnothing - it IS scare mongering to come onto an international public chat forum seen by millions to say theres going to be no food, we need to start hoarding it, others going I know, I know, it's terrible what have we done etc etc. It just feeds and whips up hysteria. The OP said she's genuinely been reduced to tears by reading them. It seriously isn't a mentally healthy state. Counseling instead of endless more threads of panic would be more useful.

Well, I will follow what the governemnet is telling us. And it is telling us it’s necessary to stockpile food and médecines and that it has started preparations for that.
Therefore I would assume that we, as the public, need to do so too, as much as we can.

I think we should all be scared. Because the possibility of a no deal Brexit IS bloody scary.
Putting our head in the sand and hoping that the governemnet will manage a deal of some sort just at the last minute isn’t going to change the risks. Saying that a No Deal is not such a big deal (see comments about managing during WWII) is just stupidity.
I mean everyone, fo m companies to experts, people specialised in provid8ng medicines etc etc they ALL say the same thing as to the effect of a No Deal.
I know people have enough of experts but when everyone and I mean everyone says the same thing in this country, outside of the country, the IMF etc, then maybe it’s time to listen again.

Tangwhisco. I think you have an unnecessarily bleak outlook.

@lindalee, please tell me you were not being serious in quoting the controversial 350 million figure. Really?! Also. The controlling boy's club? Which boy would that be, as your use of apostrophe denotes a singular presence? Do enlighten us.

And this is why I should know better than to engage in any kind of bun fight with those who voted Leave.

@CocoaGin70

The only thing that will create shortages is scaremongering people into hoarding.

This. ^ People need to get a grip!

Cocoa - exactly! Let's buy all the food to make sure there IS a food shortage so we can say I told you so, there is a food shortage! Self fulfilling.

Yes you won't starve, or feel any hunger pangs.

I come from a wealthy background and, no, I won't starve either. I'll be fine paying the premium to maintain my current lifestyle for a few years until it (hopefully) balances out.

We'll be fine, isn't it great?

There was life before the EU you know
But how long's it going to take before we get back to this glorious age? Where no-one had to hope that pasta stayed at 20p from one year to the next? Where no one ever felt any anxiety related to feeding their family, because despite it being a real possibility that their basic shop's going to go up more than you can deal with for a year, people realised they were being silly to worry and shushed.

Hope there's going to be enough grips to go round....

Rainbow I never at any point said there would be no food ffs!
I’m saying that Brexit was a HUGE mistake and we are all playing a waiting game, but it ain’t gonna be pretty

@WhoAteAllThePercyPigs

The controlling boy's club? Which boy would that be, as your use of apostrophe denotes a singular presence? Do enlighten us.

Mickey Mouse.

Ugh morons
So many morons

BREXIT a huge mistake?

Best thing that has happened to this country in 50 years.

@lindalee3
How do you know!?
It hadn’t happened yet

• more than they can deal with

Hasn’t !

@rainbowandsmiles

Not enough grips to go around this bunch on here!

The only thing that will create shortages is scaremongering people into hoarding.
Really?? N
Nothing to do with the governemnet stockpiling then??
Nothing to do with massive queue at the boarder (30miles on each side of the channels and a potential collapse of the whole system)?
Nothing to do with the fact we won’t have the right agreements to be able to import products etc.. (eg medicines or radioactive products for radiotherapy) and that setting those up will take time?
And nothing to do with the fact we might not even have a WTO agreement in time either (see the fact our proposal isn’t good enough for quite a few countries)?

Hmmm I think you might, just might, be slightly mistaken as to where the biggest issue is here....