DH and his Brexit cupboard

[Anymom]

Dh has converted two of our kitchen units into his Brexit cupboard! He has filled them up with all sorts of tinned delacacies including different beans, chilli and dogs (hot!)
He's also stockpiled toilet rolls, medicines, cleaning products etc. It's all stashed away in his new Brexit cupboard, that we have been warned not to touch! I darent tell him that the dc have already been in there hunting for chocolate. They were disappointed to find numerous bags of rice and pasta but alas no chocolate. Seems he has got his priorities mixed up! 😁
AIBU to think this is unnecessary and over the top? I need help to convince him as he talking about stockpiling and filling up the freezer and I'm dreading what concoctions I will find in there! All joking aside, it is just Dh panicking isn't it? We don't really need to be stockpiling food in one of the richest countries of the world, do we?

It's not just the mind-blowing ignorance of where food actually comes from, but the level of smug let-them-eat-cakery from some posters on this thread is really pretty repellent.

@Totopoly
"Oh God. I now realise this thread might actually be serious. No, I am not stockpiling, while hoping that a second vote might bring the right result"
Like you I hope for a second vote with a result to stop Brexit. I've been campaigning with local cross-party organisations and I joined the @RenewParty which had a vision and plans for the future so I find it helpful to see a horizon of hope beyond the present anxious time.

I hadn't thought about stockpiling but this is making me wonder if I should, though then again I'm off to Turkey a few days post-Brexit so maybe I'll be ok!!!

Bellinisurge - yes drink mostly almond or oat milk these days. Need to stick up on that too !!

Your DH sounds amazing. If only he could talk some sense into mine (who is also wonderful but utterly refuses to acknowledge brexit could cause issues).

Milktray " I have been using them for many years and hope that if there is any trouble, post-Brexit, that they will remember who their loyal customers are. These shops sell local meat, cheese, vegetables and fruit."

you think you are going to be served first, saved some under the counter for you m'lady?

I think Im giving up. The sheer ignorance of some people is just astonishing.

make your own pasta - erm yeah ok, leaving aside the fact that the flour to make the pasta comes from overseas, we're all just worried about pasta. Of course! - don't you understand this is about lack of food not about lack of particular items?

I live near a farm shop - yeah and every other person in a 20 mile radius will also be trying to buy their produce. They re not going to say 'I am really sorry, we can only sell to our loyal customers'.

we have a wealth of dairy farms - not enough to feed the UK population . Not even nearly.

I grow my own veg - yep me too. but if you grow enough to feed a family of four in March then I'm impressed and I'm assuming you're Monty Don (if you actually are Monty then sorry for any offence God of the gardening world)

The EU needs us - well there's not even a response to this stupid comment

I'm out.

I don't think there will be any sort of lack of food - it'll just be more expensive, I reckon.

Why on earth would people stock up on loo rolls?

What are loo roles made from and where does it come from?

And how much space do they or ther raw materials take up on a lorry?

Answer: either trees - which we do not grow in sufficient quantities or from recycled paper and chemicals to whiten the recycled material, which is imported. These are all bulky products so this means you need lots of lorries to carry your Andrex and the more lorries you need the more of a problem you might have with customs. If there are problems at customs then there will be a prioritisation of goods carrying food and medicine (particularly fresh food). Other goods will be at the back of the queue. This means your loo roll is at high risk of being a bit of an issue in the short term. Longer term, loo roll could come into the country through different ports from further afield, but its expensive to ship long distances and anything bulky will carry a premium price.

Thus making wiping your own arse is a Brexit related problem.

Graphista
you ever thought of going into politics? To sort this mess out? Yes, I will be stock piling too. But It is looking like an extension ....... itsjust what will be on the people’s vote slip..... please let this boring nightmare be over! Have no interest in making my own pasta etc etc. I quite like the range we have in supermarkets now and do not want a price increase.
Bring out the glitter all!

It's a good thing and always worth having extra stock, things happen, things go wrong, job losses ect, also we don't know what will happen with brexit so having a safety net, i.e . the brexit cupboards is a good idea to help if problems arise.

Why on earth would people stock up on loo rolls?

Reusable is a step too far for them - they want to avoid the shops full of panic buyers - or they belive there may be storages and want to have some put by on the off chance?

I don't think there will be any sort of lack of food - it'll just be more expensive, I reckon.

We thought this when we started before Christmas - now we're worried they may well be shortages as well.

@Hawkinspace tell me more, I am so frustrated and feel I need to do something

Well I just can't wait for all the threads where you clever people can congratulate yourselves on being so very right.

how do you have TWO empty cupboards?! i struggle for kitchen cupboard space. very jealous.

Don't be giving away your jammie dodgers willy nilly.

Oh Catniss. I’d keep that biscuit if I was you - it could be the start of your brexit cupboard

Well I just can't wait for all the threads where you clever people can congratulate yourselves on being so very right.

I'd like to be wrong.

We still have some time to go and no deal might not happen. Or if it does it might not be as people think.

But from this moment in time, I'm just looking at the risk and planning accordingly.

I view it as taking out a Brexit Insurance Policy.

You hope it never happens, but in the event it does, you are a lot better than if you hadn't.

Well I just can't wait for all the threads where you clever people can congratulate yourselves on being so very right.

I don't think anyone on this thread who is stockpiling wants to be right. I'll be buying champagne not tinned toms if it I am proved wrong and there are no issues.

CatnissEverdene one biscuit isn't going to get you very far is it? Come on now, get stocking the Jammie Dodgers (on offer in Tesco).

Chocolate hobnobs are £1 in the Co-op at the moment so I'll be buying a few packs tomorrow. When I was breastfeeding I lived on them. Perfect lunch

@Hawkinspace I have voted Conservative all my life (OK: shoot me now). I won't again, ever, though. I've joined the Lib Dems' campaign for a second referendum. Will look up @Renewparty, too. I can't say how upset I am about the prospect of any kind of Brexit.

I bought those Tesco offer Jammie dodgers and are every single one of them in one day. Didn’t even see the inside of my brexit cupboard

Was just thinking about my dog and realised that on top of all my baked goods and extra dog food for him, I really ought to stock up on poo bags.

All this is actually a good excuse for me to do some cupboard sorting tomorrow. I realised today that my cornflour is best before December 2017. Who knows what other monstrosities need replacing.

@davidbritten65
"@Hawkinspace tell me more, I am so frustrated and feel I need to do something"
When I focus on fears like the store cupboard I feel helpless. So I decided to put in effort where it targets positive change. The Brexit campaigning is easily accessible. A bigger challenge is the crap politics. So I found a new party that is committed to fixing what's wrong and restoring decency and humanity to politics. I love the slogan 'ordinary people achieving extraordinary things'. That's what @RenewParty is about and also what helps me take heart.