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Beginning to panic about skyrocketing inflation as a result of a no deal Brexit...

176 replies

ManagingLife · 03/08/2019 15:28

I appreciate this has been done to death on here, judging by the amount of threads on MN about Brexit.

However, I scroll past these threads as I was very much undecided with the vote, though went with remain in the end, and had a degree of faith in the powers that be regardless. That feeling has now turned to utter disbelief at the state of how things are being 'run', if you can call it that at all.

Despite being a low income earner and a tenant, I am a saver and scrimper. I can't afford to cut back any further - I have goals to reach and children to feed, clothe and nurture (I am a newly single parent).

The Bank of England's most recent forecast of the immediate aftermath in the event of a no deal Brexit has left me horrified... I fear destitution is likely if a no deal happens.

Should I start bulk buying and drawing out cash, etc? Or AIBU and hysterical?!?

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Hazardtired · 04/08/2019 00:13

Did the OP ever come back?

I'm sure the bunfight was helpful.

I see what people read on line getting a mention. It's best to read widely and for a perspective on brexit include the Irish Times. They cover brexit a lot and a fresh perspective out of our arses is really good.

Dahliachlo · 04/08/2019 00:40

@RosiePosiePuddle

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astroturfing

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sealioning

Hazardtired · 04/08/2019 00:44

Oh thats what sea lioning is thanks dah.

It sounds like a wanky woke slang someone would chuck about like t*rf.

Graphista · 04/08/2019 00:49

Drvonpatak and boneshere - see my earlier FAQ post.

Dr - we don't produce NEARLY enough food in the uk to feed the entire population, we only produce around HALF of what our population of 65 million needs, it takes YEARS if not decades and a shit ton of investment and other support for farmers and manufacturers to increase levels of production that significantly.

Boneshere - obesity is NOT merely overeating it is also due to a lack of access to/availability of healthy foods. Plus contrary to the DM's opinion we are NOT all obese! My dd, and many others are not only very slim but already struggle to maintain a healthy weight. There are also many people with medical conditions that require them to be able to eat regularly just to stay alive, that includes the 400,000 people with type 1 diabetes, the millions who need to take meds with food, cancer sufferers etc I am overweight NOT due to overeating, or at least I'm certainly not over eating NOW! As I've said I have one meal and one snack per day, I am disabled and housebound and on meds which slow my metabolism and increase fat and water retention.

pigsDOfly · 04/08/2019 00:57

There may have been a black market for fags during WW2 but then it probably actually made a bit of economic sense to buy up stocks of cigarettes because they were very cheap and the initial outlay would have been minimal, also everyone smoked in those days.

At the price of cigarettes now £10+ for 20 it would surely make very little economic sense to spend hundreds of pounds buying up loads of them, just in case, to use for barter. You'd never get anything like a good return on your investment.

If people are starving, they're going to want food and given that a very large percentage of the population are non smokers, you could find yourself left with an awful lot of stale cigarettes after a few years.

nonsenceagain · 04/08/2019 01:14

YANBU. Sadly, I think only an actual hard Brexit can convince some people that yes, this is real and terrible for most of us. Even then, the true believers will refuse to admit they were wrong, and/or will blame the Europeans.

mussolini9 · 04/08/2019 01:51

& as fags are now so expensive, they would be commodified accordingly & in demand, @pigsDOfly.

My post didn't actually recommend anyone rush out & invest hundreds in a fag stockpile! - but it's a fact that as money becomes tight, barter becomes more prevalent.

Boneshere · 04/08/2019 04:37

@graphista my comment was in jest because of the scaremongering.

I am rarely leave home because of my anxiety, Fibro and autism. I prefer feeling safe in a controlled environment, unless it is somewhere I have researched the hell out of. When I got sick with fibro I went from a size 12 to a size 26. The medication I was on and lack of exercise led me to blow up.
I've now switched those meds and started Exante. I now have lost nearly 8 stone in a little over a year.

Perhaps my ASD prevented me from being clear that it was a joke.

TheElementsSong · 04/08/2019 06:13

it;s a win for you in pretending some remainers are uneducated idtiots,

Remainers whaaaaaaat? GrinConfusedGrin (or maybe GinConfusedGin?)

bellinisurge · 04/08/2019 07:11

Did I miss much?

Helmetbymidnight · 04/08/2019 07:28

im not sure. apparently we'll all be changing our mn user names at the next election.

i cant work out why (or indeed why changing user names -which some do a lot for privacy etc is now evidence of wrong-thought.)

TheElementsSong · 04/08/2019 07:43

i cant work out why (or indeed why changing user names -which some do a lot for privacy etc is now evidence of wrong-thought.)

Only if you’re a Remainer, you see. Because there’s only one of us, on the whole of MN, sockpuppeting infinitely Wink - there’s evidence of this assertion of course, but asking for this is itself wrongness.

All clear? Grin

Hazardtired · 04/08/2019 07:48

elements thank you for clearing that up I did not know that as well as being faux woke that the leavers in MN are fond of gaslighting like that.

My way, no questions, if you do ask question then we'll name call.

This makes me so excited for the future. My movement restricted and now my opinion.

timeforakinderworld · 04/08/2019 08:16

There are very very few counties in the world that aren't in a trading bloc or some kind of free trade area. And you probably don't want to live in one.
This is what I don't get a out Leavers. We are leaving a very successful trading bloc at a time when everyone else is going the other way! Do they really believe that we are so much more special than everyone else? I'm not trying to run down the country but we are a relatively small country with a high status worldwide - why are we trying to ruin our reputation with our nearest neighbours while simultaneously ruining our economy? Confused

Helmetbymidnight · 04/08/2019 08:19

Do they really believe that we are so much more special than everyone else

i think they do.

(and now i must quickly name change for saying such a heinous lefty sealioning astroturfing treasonous thing.) Grin

PurpleRobe · 04/08/2019 08:20

I can't tell if some of these responses are Poe?!??! If so, we'll done you caught me Grin

Letshaveacoffee · 04/08/2019 08:42

I am planning to go on holiday in November to either The Bahamas or The Maldives. Would it be likely that the airports will experience any problems? I wanted to go on the 1st November however that is the day after brexit and I’m not sure thats wise

Flyingnextweek · 04/08/2019 09:08

I wouldn't try going anywhere on Nov 1st tbh

Hazardtired · 04/08/2019 09:13

Yeah im not convinced thats wise either tbh

TheElementsSong · 04/08/2019 09:16

I can't tell if some of these responses are Poe?!??!

Poe’s Law has been repealed because the Internet has disappeared up its own arse Wink

cranstonmanor · 04/08/2019 09:25

Wouldn't it be better to leave a few days before brexit? That way the first dust can settle while you are away.

Original poster
ManagingLife · 04/08/2019 10:34

OP here. The humour from some of the leavers Grin would be HILARIOUS in other circs.

Anyhoo, I've started my stockpile for November - only food for now, but intend to build up a modest supply of meds.

My weekly grocery bill has gone up significantly in recent months. The cost of clothing also. The cost of services I use have increased by at least 5%. When you are at the very bottom of the junk pile, these things have enormous gravitas.

BTW, bottom of the junk pile = collateral damage for the ruling elite who are pro leave. That probably includes the RF

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Tellmetruth4 · 04/08/2019 10:53

DH and DCs have Australian passports so we’ll be off in a shot at the first sign of big trouble. We didn’t vote for it so we won’t allow DC to suffer because if it.

Hazardtired · 04/08/2019 12:04

Good luck @managinglife long may you manage Flowers

Graphista · 04/08/2019 18:46

Good luck to you op.

Have a browse of the brexit prep threads loads of good tips on them, not only for brexit as bellinisurge also says but for any situation where getting to the shops or the shops not being as well stocked as usually might be a problem.

I'm housebound and I suffer from mh issues and I have found that knowing I've a good stock of essentials in really helps ease my mind.

As I say, I'm also on west coast of Scotland and in the time I've lived here (almost 10 years, having ended up here via an army dad dragging us all over the place Smile) about a decade, we've had 3 bad winters that affected supplies and the main supermarket was caught up in a "computer glitch" issue at one point which messed up their fresh food deliveries.

My parents are boomers who grew up VERY poor, though are comfortably off now, yet it's habit for them to keep a good stock of certain things in, they've always done it and I stupidly didn't realise until having a conversation with mum on the matter.

They always have a good stock of tinned goods, long life and powdered milk, go halves on a sack of potatoes every month with neighbours, keep baking ingredients in even though mum rarely does it now but she is one of those that can throw a meal together out of nothing and bake up a storm without even needing scales or a recipe!