I don't think it's anger causes people to riot I think it's fear.
And people aren't scared yet, they're anxious, but they're not scared.
And it's not the reasons for the shortages that causes the fear it's the effects - a pp joked about snowstorms here in Scotland but that is when you see tensions rising - when people are genuinely fearful they can't get their or their loved ones basic needs met.
"If there are shortages following a no deal, people will quickly become frightened and frightened people are irrational"
Unfortunately if we crash out they WILL be scared. As soon as food and medicine shortages start to directly affect people...Then we may possibly have civil unrest occurring.
I sincerely hope that it's avoided preferably by art 50 being revoked and uk remaining in the eu.
"They were all things that affected the poor. This one affects the rich." What?!! You think brexit only affects the rich?!!!
"The British have never been the oppressed, they have been the oppressor." Er really? Who do you think "the British" are? There are many Brits that have experienced, or their families have, oppression. I certainly think the northern Irish would beg to differ! Quite a good number of scots, Welsh and Cornish too and those Brits who weren't born British but born into oppressive regimes they were able to escape before becoming Brits.
"Frances issues are different, they are sinking into another recession, they haven’t recovered from the last one. There is an air of hopelessness almost despair about France. Things will need to change there too. It is a beautiful country with so much potential, but the people are not happy at all." What Britain are you living in that you think it's different here?
I actually think one element behind the lack of unrest so far is due to the public knowing the police have been just as screwed by austerity cuts as everyone else! Previously govts have ensured police were on their side, can't see that happening right now!
"That doesn’t make any sense. Low unemployment means more people working, so more people have found work." 😂😂😂
Or...it means the govt has changed the definition of "unemployed" eg raising the age of mandatory education so 16-18 yr olds aren't included in figures, deciding 1 hour per fortnight of paid work = employed, 0 hours contracts with weeks where that employee gets no hours = employed...
Easy to claim "reduced unemployment" then isn't it?
"Politics isn't a standard part of the school curriculum." It is in Scotland via modern studies and I believe (NI people can deny or confirm please) similar in NI.
I think also the scots & Northern Irish tend to be more politically engaged as our history as part of the U.K. Means we've bloody needed to be - or we'd have been COMPLETELY screwed by Westminster!
The leave voters I know have either admitted they've changed their minds (because they didn't understand things like the effect on imports inc medicines, hadn't even considered the Irish border issue, and are now shitting themselves over food shortages - a few are diabetics ffs!), or else they're being extremely quiet, I'm talking barely using sm at all, not commenting in real life basically keeping their heads well down!
I hope there won't be unrest, I fear there may be. More than I'd fear it normally because as pps pointed out this isn't us vs govt like with the miners strike or poll tax this is us vs our friends and family and when things get personal they can get REALLY out of hand!