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?

No idea, it's been mentioned a few times upthread! Stockpiling in freezers is great unless the leccy goes...which is true. But we're safe on that front until the petrol shortages start

There is likely to be trouble of some sort. Because a lot of the most powerful and wealthy pro-Brexit people are determined on trouble happening.
A lot of pro-Brexit campaigners have always had motivations other than those they declared for pushing Brexit. In many cases it's purely financial - they get to tax-dodge more effectively and get rid of the EU regulations protecting workers.
Some of them actively want a return to feudalism and think that wrecking the UK economy is the best way to do this - they have hoarded wealth and assets so they will be all right, and can then take their pick among the desperate poor as to who they will favour.
Some of them are deluded fantasists with no practical understanding - it's all about Empire and Little England and showing all those funny foreigners who's boss.

ANd some powerful people are just absolute sociopaths who find mess and chaos entertaining.

This isn't a conspiracy of criminal masterminds. Individually, most of these people are just nasty idiots. But their overall shared view - that they matter, the little people don't matter, and that they will have their own way at all costs - means that bad decisions are taken, information is buried and chaos follows.

Even with a general "no deal" Brexit there can/still likely will be individual trade deals for imported goods.

How many trade deals have you written? Any idea how long they take?its like 7 years for one trade deal. We have none in the event or no deal. We don’t even have people skilled in making trade deals FFS!

Angelic. No it couldn’t happen and those that dream it could are more nuts than the rubbish politicians we have that bicker and argue over nothing instead of getting on with plans and getting them implemented.
Instead they have wasted 2 and a half years lining there own pockets more and haven’t a clue even today what they want nor agree upon.

Even with a general "no deal" Brexit there can/still likely will be individual trade deals for imported goods.
How? Where? When? None are in place and nobody is setting them up.

There’s already a trade deal on the table from USA and some others as long as we don’t leave still partly tied to the EEC

Instead they have wasted 2 and a half years lining there own pockets more and haven’t a clue even today what they want nor agree upon.

I know it’s poor form, but it’s quite hard to take your point as valid or credible if you can’t manage simple things like “their”.

"On the table" doesn't mean "will be in place in 2 months".
Especially given what a basket case the US is.

There’s already a trade deal on the table from USA

Which will favour the USA. Hope you enjoy your extortionately priced, hormone pumped, chlorine chicken!

Plus we have deals already since we already import from around the world already all that brexit means is we don’t have to stand by the EEC rules on how much import tax we charge which is currently dictated to us by the EEC.
Or do you think that we only import from the EEC now lol

As to power shortages - you people clearly don't read enough apocalypse fiction. Disruption of the fuel supply chain is one factor, but once you add in all the things that prevent the energy company workers getting into work (starvation, sickness, violent disruption to the transport system) the power stations will soon start malfunctioning and off the power will go...

Your nuts,don’t you think we have deals around the world already that are not going to stop they will just be able to charge less import tax if they want to

I don’t need eat any rubbish chicken beef lamb duck pork from Europe or USA I have my own thankyou

Pouty. If your biggest worry is about spelling then you deserve all the scare stories to become true

You know how a house seller can pull out right up to exchange of signed contracts.......

Brexit: How many trade deals has the UK done? www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-46949431

2 months to go, no ink on paper yet.

Don't tell everyone that. You'll be first on the loot route

How do you think the non EU stuff gets here??
Most of it comes on ships to major EU ports such as Rotterdam. It then comes to the uk via truck (though Europe) all the customs stuff is done at the port so when it gets to the uk it’s a minimal check. Now we will have to do the customs checks etc ourselves. That will take time meaning trucks will pile up and food will spoil. I read that something like a 90 second extra check per truck will cause a weeks delay overall meaning those bananas will spoil before they hit the shelves.

I don’t need eat any rubbish chicken beef lamb duck pork from Europe or USA I have my own thank you

You mean “I’m alright, but everyone else can fucking lump it”, right?

@maryjoyce our deals are through our EU membership.

If we crash out ALL deals and ALL treaties fall away.

Not the case the deals are between us and each country but we have to do them deals in line with the EEC rules currently where after we won’t

Pouty. Not quite what I mean but if you like it that way fair enough

we already import from around the world already
AS A MEMBER OF THE EU.
Good grief, how do people not get this?

Pouty. If your biggest worry is about spelling then you deserve all the scare stories to become true

Imagine this press release:

Expert sez evrythink will b fine aftr Brexit, innit.

Or your doctor writing to you:

Whassup Mary,

I jus chkd yr blood tests and you is well ill. U needs to take ur vitmins and c a shrink.

You going to think, yes, they know what they’re talking about.

Having been on the other side, Cabinet members and ministers don’t believe advice that is not clear, accurate or described using proper language.

I’ve drafted U.K. legislation for a living and negotiated EU regs too. So no, it’s not just about spelling. But it’s actially important in this arena

Thank you for the mention @PerverseConverse . I was out looking for shelf stable steam puddings along with my various Saturday chores and missed this one.

There's more people in the world who like chocolate than who like pickled eggs. The chocolate holders will be in the stronger bargaining position than the pickled egg holders.

That sounds like a metaphor for the UK and the EU27. The UK is the pickled egg of Europe.