to think that there must be preparations taking place for terrible events that may well happen soon?

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Currently behind the scenes- such as :
The government preparing ways to boost numbers in the armed services in the event of war and production of more weapons?
The government making plans to support civilians in the event of a war- preparing instructions for what to do? Water purification? Iodine tablets? Stockpiling of medications? Air-raid buzzers/some shelters etc?

Arrangements for dealing with large scale civil unrest- which looks increasingly likely to me.
How they will deal with the fall-out of a huge financial crash- and I mean huge.

Also that the very wealthy will already be moving theur money out if this country's banks to safer places to protect their wealth when the banks crash?

I hear your stresses OP but what can we actually do about it..not much. I think you would rather have a conversation with likeminded people, which is fair enough. We all need people to discuss our problems. I don't watch the news or follow any current affairs. I'd rather be oblivious

How can the Ukrainians do that? Those areas come with millions of Ukrainian civilians.

I read this too.
I could hide in the cupboard under the stairs. It is in the middle of my house, and I am mid terrace. I would probably be ok for a few weeks.
I have a dog though. She wont stay in a cupboard for a few weeks. I bet there will be some gov advice about eating your pets or something. I would rather die first.

They will be sacrificed in order avoid escalation. Not just a Ukrainian decision.

😂Thank you for making me laugh @TrueNorthernBird

You'd have to pile dense material up against the walls and on the stairs above you. Otherwise you might as well be outside.

We have a cage to stick our cat in but she has anger issues. We're more scared of having to catch her and put her in it than we are of getting nuked.

Not sure I want to live in a post apocalyptic world looking like the hills have eyes.

The plans aren’t being made right now. There is a network of civil servants, members of military, and private experts who have spent decades working on all of these problems. The only question at hand is if one of the scenarios arises, will the government follow the advice or focus on politics. As we saw with the response to Covid, it will likely be the later.

Ohh can’t we all just get on

Honestly, when you've been living with variants of this bollocks for your entire 60 year life you do eventually realise that we have very little control over what Putin and his ilk will do. I felt quite a lot safer with the old Soviet warhorses TBH but I have still reached the point of not worrying, because pointless, even though I keep up with the news and may sling another bottle in the post apocalypse gin cupboard if it is particularly egregious.

This government would struggle to plan what they are having for breakfast in the morning.

You have more faith in them than I do.

As this government doesn’t see anything wrong in what it’s done to the country since 2010, and merrily twatted their way through Covid lying, cheating and generally fucking up, no, I don’t think there’s any plan whatsoever. Well, apart from bribing the wealthy that is.

Some things will have a contingency plan and others won't like covid.

I hope in terms of serious weapons aimed at us that we have ways to take them down.

Apparently there is also a wine shortage looming.

is anyone prepared for that?

Not yet but I’ll be off for tinned potato’s and pinot asap

I must have missed the tinned potatoes shortage memo.

I haven't had tinned taters since circa 1977.

That's a memory I wish I hadn't recalled 😬

I always wonder why powerful /mega wealthy people would want to get into bunkers, however luxurious they might be, given that if the world as they knew it had gone, there'd be nothing left when they got out.
I might stuff £1k under the knickers in case of IT banking meltdown, and I may have bought a gas camping stove as we only have electric hob and oven, and I may have stockpiled some tins of tomatoes and instant noodles (and some wine) but frankly as PPs have said, if we're doomed, we're doomed.

OP, I think you are suffering with huge anxiety to the point you need help.

And there were riots in 1981, in 2011.

And lots of the same in the 19th century, including threats to burn down Wellington's house, etc etc etc.

And the Gordon riots in 1780.

Doesn't mean the sky is falling. Honestly, this place. And all social media whipping itself and posters into a frenzy.

@ChardonnaysBeastlyCat ok, now I’m listening. WINE SHORTAGE WTF. WHEN, HOW, WHO LET THIS HAPPEN

Weekend plans changed to panic buy booze to fill the garage.

Exactly

OP - go and visit "Scotland's Secret Bunker" in Fife. The government gave up any idea of trying to help people in the event of nuclear war a good few decades ago. The plan was just to look after a tiny number of civil servants, politicians and army types, Then at the end of the Cold War all the government bunkers were decomissioned, and most of them were broken up. You can read the leaflet that was prepared to be distributed before a likely nuclear attack - "Protect and Preserve", it was called. When you've read that you'll realise that the most sensible way to prepare for nuclear war is to source a quick and painless way of dying.

Yeah sure. File it under the PPE contracts a couple of years back.

I'm more worried about what the Tories are up to than the Russians, to be honest...