Are you afraid? Brexit.

[Puddelchen]

I feel very uneasy about what the future holds for us after Brexit but am I just overreacting? Can it really be so terrible? Why is no one around me talking about this in real life, you would think it would be a hot topic.

I’m saddened that the rich have been able to hoodwink the poor into voting to keep them rich and make themselves poorer

Ridiculous
The vast majority of those in upper 10% income voted to remain. I’ll see if I can find the stat

@Kikipost I think PP is referring to the rich politicians (Bojo, JRM et al) rather than voters

@LittlePickleHead

Yes the conspiracy doesn’t work at that level either. Again, many very wealthy politicians voted to remain.

@Kikipost I don't see what the conspiracy is? Some rich people have a conscience, some don't 🤷‍♀️

Exactly

But then you get comments like *I’m saddened that the rich have been able to hoodwink the poor into voting to keep them rich and make themselves poorer**

The fact that some or even most rich people voted remain does not invalidate the statement that poor people were "hoodwinked" by rich people into voting against their (economic) interests. We know that some rich people injected a lot of money, probably illegally, into the leave campaign and we know that much of what the leave campaign said was lies.

But it’s not rich versus poor

I’m certainly not poor and yet I feel as though I’ve been hood winked.

So did you find your stat kiki

Unless your a millionaire kiki, then in this context you’re poor.

I'm very worried. We could be in our last few months of living in a "developed" country and it's all so unnecessary. I'm stockpiling a bit but it's not going to be enough. Trying to hold onto hope that the government won't let No Deal happen.

I agree it's weird that no-one is really talking about it much IRL. I'm not booking any holidays after March (even in the UK, there could be food/fuel shortages) and other people I know are talking about buying houses. I can only think a lot of people are really underestimating the scope of this.

Government seems not to have any worries. That is bizzarre, they must know. But most of them will never have money worries anyway. And may just profit from all this. Align with then so.

Just to mention and I am sorry for saying it, the rest of the World is salivating for the Trade Deals (On their terms), and the EU will survive.

Have done my first Brexit-prep shop which was heavy on pasta, rice, and tinned tomatoes. Am a bit lost with it all though. I am afraid. We live city centre (not London) and I’m afraid of riots and unrest.

We don’t have a car and rely on online shopping as there’s no big supermarket nearby. So that’s a worry.

I think I’m more afraid of the impact a few months on, once people start losing their jobs etc.

I'm worried. Its the uncertainty.

I'm stockpiling food and already have things like water purifying tablets just in case the predicted problems with the chemicals used to treat water do transpire.

DH is on daily meds and has managed to build up a one month buffer.

We will be keeping a few jerrycans of diesel.

We will be withdrawing a couple of thousand pounds from savings and keeping as cash just in case.

We are lucky in that we have no mortgage but we have expensive outgoings and so job loss would have a massive effect on us.

No I’m not worried. Worst things have happened

We could be in our last few months of living in a "developed" country and it's all so unnecessary.

It is so unreal, that in this day and age people feel the need to prep.

If anyone can tell me why that need is unnecessary I am all ears.

{It is so unreal, that in this day and age people feel the need to prep.}
Compared to about two thirds of the worlds population everything will be just fine, but I am comparing this to living in an earthen floor hut in Africa so maybe not what you might term as 'fine'.

I think the fuel chaos rumour is unhelpful... road fuel is transported via the port system and not via the EU. Most of which is on the welsh coast. It’ll only be a fuel issue if there truly is a media shit storm causing it.

Yes medications could pose a problem, and food is likely to be bland. Some sensible stock piling should be normal tbh.

I’m more concerned about general chaos / rioting to occur to be honest when it goes tits up. Then it gets rather nasty. Plus the age old ripple effect of incidents... crashing out of brexit plus regional power failure would equal a major disaster.

I’m a contingency planner and I’m making sensible preparations for home.

I wonder which unions will decide to strike for higher pay on March 22nd?
I would agree that fuel oil supply should be OK. The UK (as all EU countries) SHOULD have a 3 month emergency stock. I believe some was being moved a while back as the requirement was set up for a 'natural' disaster, so some countries have their stock physically stored in neighbouring countries.

Would the need to prep be there if Yes was he result of the ref?

Just wondered. And welcome replies.

I’m a contingency planner and I’m making sensible preparations for home

Could you share what preparations you're making?

Yes what?
If Mrs May hands the signed letter to the EU on 29 March saying the UK wants to revoke A50 then no prep is called for for most people.
What the heck happens with all the industry that has prepped for departure, both in the UK and across Europe and further afield will be anybody's guess.
It it were taken to the wire and Revoking is still a possibility at 11 pm on 29 March I would expect a national day off where everyone can stand around and say 'what the f$ck happens now'.

The need to prep says it all for me.

Whether it will be necessary or not is beside the point.

What a fkn mess. And Government don't seem to care about the potential impact either.

Very sad now, and it all down to fear of the unknown.

Not the tiniest bit afraid. Like tis1 says; even in a worst case scenario we’ll still be better off than most of the rest of the world. Personally, our house will probably be worth less, which is a bit of a pain as we are trying to sell, and the cost of living might go up a bit, but I can think of a VERY long list of events which would be significantly worse either personally or nationally. I don’t think we’ll be queuing for bread —even if we didn’t have a bread maker—.

I worry most about problems on the streets . We live in London in a flat. I am not burying my head in the sand but every time I start to think about the possibility of Civil unrest and worrying whether we will be safe or not I just get into a loop of anxiety and I can't think about it any more.

bread maker is not much good to you if you don't have flour. Because everyone is buying flour to make their own...