Couldn’t do any harm getting ahead of the curve and if it doesn’t happen then there’s no harm done anyway
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Couldn’t do any harm getting ahead of the curve and if it doesn’t happen then there’s no harm done anyway
What are you defining as essentials?
Tuna, sweetcorn etc? Or further stuff - medicine and so on?
I think crossbows and samurai swords might be more appropriate
Saw a comment with a lot of likes under an article on FB about the difficulties of importing fruit under a no deal brexit.
It was reminiscing with fondness the days of seasonal fruit and vegetables, and claiming they are looking forward to it coming back. Strictly worse position but in these people's heads it's better because of nostalgia.
They aren't inherently bad people but Christ are they ridiculous.
This is the country that the police had to tell people to stop calling them when KFC ran out of chicken. How do you think people are going to actually react when they lose all the convenience we're used to in the supermarkets?
It was reminiscing with fondness the days of seasonal fruit and vegetables, and claiming they are looking forward to it coming back. Strictly worse position but in these people's heads it's better because of nostalgia.
They aren't inherently bad people but Christ are they ridiculous.
This is the country that the police had to tell people to stop calling them when KFC ran out of chicken. How do you think people are going to actually react when they lose all the convenience we're used to in the supermarkets?
Demand we nuke brussels then another European city every hour until they can get their Belgian chocolates, french wine, German beer and Italian olive oil without paying import taxes... And that we hurry up with global warming so they can grow their own oranges?
Spot on.
Not one person I know wants a border, never mind half of the population.
unironically this.
Of course there wasnt!
Lets not let the lack of an alternative get in the way of yet more political grandstanding and timewasting.
Yep, don’t feck around if you have kids. Worst case you end up with some spare stuff in the house.
What is the alternative to the backstop? Another backstop? I mean the sole purpose of the backstop was to protect Northern Ireland. What this shows is that protecting NI and the GFA means sweet f all to English (and DUP) politicians.
The 'precious union' is looking weaker day by day. UK could cease to exist in my lifetime which I thought impossible.
The 'precious union' is looking weaker day by day. UK could cease to exist in my lifetime which I thought impossible.
Brexit supporting members of the public answer:
"It'll do us good to go without, make us appreciate what we had".
Perhaps we can all have a go at Cholera and Diptheria too!
Forget food
Supplies of medicine should be deemed more important than shipments of food if there is a no-deal Brexit, the health secretary has told MPs.
Matt Hancock made clear his view when answering questions at the health and social care select committee. “The thing is that medicines will be prioritised in the event of a no-deal Brexit,” the health and social care secretary said when asked by the former Labour health minister Ben Bradshaw which would be given precedence.
Bradshaw responded: “Over food? Over vital food?”
Hancock replied: “Of course medicines will be prioritised. And we have been through detailed, line-by-line analysis of the 12,000 licensed medicines in the UK. In fact we had our latest meeting on it this morning, the three of us were there, in order to ensure there is a plan for the continuity for all medicines in the event of a no-deal Brexit.”
Britain gets far more of its pharmaceuticals from or via the EU than it does food, said Hancock. About half of all the drugs that the NHS uses are imported from or “have some touchpoint with the EU”, he added.
Supplies of medicine should be deemed more important than shipments of food if there is a no-deal Brexit, the health secretary has told MPs.
Matt Hancock made clear his view when answering questions at the health and social care select committee. “The thing is that medicines will be prioritised in the event of a no-deal Brexit,” the health and social care secretary said when asked by the former Labour health minister Ben Bradshaw which would be given precedence.
Bradshaw responded: “Over food? Over vital food?”
Hancock replied: “Of course medicines will be prioritised. And we have been through detailed, line-by-line analysis of the 12,000 licensed medicines in the UK. In fact we had our latest meeting on it this morning, the three of us were there, in order to ensure there is a plan for the continuity for all medicines in the event of a no-deal Brexit.”
Britain gets far more of its pharmaceuticals from or via the EU than it does food, said Hancock. About half of all the drugs that the NHS uses are imported from or “have some touchpoint with the EU”, he added.
Could someone get every tory to take their fingers out of their ears and listen to this
They'll still find a way to blame it on Jonny Foreigner, the EU, benefit cheats, Muslims, Diane Abbot, or Bigfoot. Anything except Brexit.
Like they said, it'll do us good to go without essential medicines.
And food. Blitz spirit and all that.
Weren't brexiteers worried about UK's overpopulation?
17.4 million people insist they knew what they were voting for.
Exactly... No more negotiation... It's time for these Johnny foreigners to listen to what we want and give it to us... And say thanks that they are not all speaking German
Except ze Germans.... Oh and we may not know what we want... But they still have to give it us now
This Brexit shit needs to be cancelled.
Stupid Brexiter on Sky News arguing the Uk could produce all their own food. Problem is the people they want to pick their fruit and veg are not welcome.
Exactly that, pathetic isn't it?
I know what my dad would say to that. They always say it's going to be a disaster, but it's never as bad as they say. There is probably some truth in that, tbf.
However, his justification for wanting out of Europe is based on the amount of money they waste and how everyone is on the take. Which, again, has an element of truth. However, that pretty much describes UK Government to a tee.
I guess he'd rather we waste our own money, than let the EU do it for us. Seems a bit of an extreme solution to me though. We can fight for reducing waste in the EU from within, and in any case, we have stood by and let it happen for years.
Haven't you heard? The UK is full of Coconut palm trees.
Did anybody watch the show on BBC2 earlier tonight about Cameron and the EU and the events leading up to the Referendum?
YEAH! WE WANT ENGLISH FRUIT N VEG NONE OF THIS FOREIGN STUFF!!!!
No thanks.
Have any of the idiots listed possible weight loss as a positive of Brexit yet?
The Brexit diet.
Just you so far.
On it from tomorrow
Those are words that lead to wars.
(If anybody in this world still took the DUP serious
)Give it time, Facebook is full of clowns.
Another one succumbs to Geronwirit syndrome...
You mean slaves?
Yes it was amazing. Did not think my opinion of Dave could go any lower, how wrong i was.
I've heard a caller on LBC saying that we've gotten too soft and hard times might be good for us as a country.
Believe me, I want the thing cancelled. My boss's haven't given guarantees they won't be moving operations to mainland Europe. Most of my office's work is risk analysis for the European credit market. Only a small part is domestic.
I have already started exploring the Canadian skilled migrant worker express entry.
Not knowing is killing me.
That second guy is an idiot. How can it be both project fear and also something the country can do with at the same time?
Also, they can feck off with their war time attitude of 'it will do us some good'. There is no need to go through hardship unless it is absolutely necessary, how dumb are these people?
Yep when push comes to shove this has shown us that the so called union exists only when they needed something from us. They don’t give a shit that a new hard border will cost innocent lives