to ask you to read Operation Yellowhammer documents and see for yourself how Brexit will impact you

[chomalungma]

Just been released

assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/831199/20190802_Latest_Yellowhammer_Planning_assumptions_CDL.pdf

And I wonder what Number 15 is. It's been redacted.

So much to highlight:

Impact of food and fuel prices on poorer people.
Impact exacerbated due to winter flu issues at that time of year
Lorries delayed and flow reduced to 40 - 60%

And I'm only on page 1

What’s really really infuriating is that none of this is a surprise and yet it was all dismissed as Project Fear. How is any of this a shock? I am so angry. This is all completely avoidable and absolutely bloody ridiculous.

Nnaaaaaaaaaaahhh we’ve had enough of experts. Don’t need ‘em. Didn’t need them when we won WWII, don’t need them now. It’s all project fear innit.

No mention of schools, military, emergency services

If they're willing to release the points they have, with how dire it sounds. I can only imagine how devastating the information on schools, military and emergency services will be.

Well I find numbers 17 and 20 particularly depressing

Michael Gove at 2:36 says Yellowhammer is a base case scenario in his evidence to the Commons Select Committee.

This isn't even the worst it could be.

Big impact on adult social care too. Medicine shortages for six months. All pretty dire. Poorest people hardest hit. And the government is trying to force this through by shutting down parliament. It's so outrageous.

I am shocked at the brevity of this document.

If some of you (as I do) follow the Secret Barrister on twitter, the courts are in absolute meltdown.

Did anyone watch Boris in Dublin; the EU border state?

If you read it there’s lots of may and could. No one will know until it happens what the actual impact will be.

And yet there are still people who want No Deal.

All this is perfect ammunition for anyone hoping to get someone to change their mind.

But how do you change someone's mind without them 'losing face'.

pikapikachu

I suspect the rest will have been shredded at the first whiff of Parliament’s move to force publication. Maybe I’m becoming cynical about our esteemed government

No one will know until it happens what the actual impact will be

True. And always good to think ahead before you jump off a cliff and think what may happen to you when you fall off a cliff.

Chloemol

If you read it there’s lots of may and could. No one will know until it happens what the actual impact will be.”

Phew. Well, that’s ok then.

Looking at this from outside the uk - it’s surreal

It was all dismissed s Project Fear by the Leavers.

This is the Reasonable Worst Case. What happens if we have extreme weather or something?

Project fear, apparently. This is horrible.

Not at all surprised. Looks like us remoaners and our project fear were right all along.

If you read it there’s lots of may and could. No one will know until it happens what the actual impact will be.

You're completely right, how silly of us all. It could be much worse than they're predicting. So lets just go ahead and run headfirst into chaos just to check if the predictions were right or not.

@pikapikachu - worse: this is the Base scenario. The title of the document was amended between it being leaked and now

Anyone who still thinks Brexit is a good idea after tonight needs their head looking at.

Oh ffs. I think that's the ad that played before the video.

Correct link :

If only we could ask Boris Johnson about this in Parliament - instead of him answering handpicked questions on Facebook.

What kind of country are we living in?

This is NOT NORMAL.

I'm just glad we have a strong and stable government, imagine the chaos with the other lot in....

I've had to look up what a base case scenario is and fucking hell