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| UK food supply at full capacity thanks to ‘no deal' Brexit planning |
| 2020-03-21 |
| In 2018 – amid Brexit contingency planning, the Government made top-secret moves to stockpile processed food in the event of EU trade talks collapsing – to show Brussels that “no deal” was not a bluff. Former Prime Minister Theresa May ordered “no deal” planning “to step up” – and thanks to her foresight Britain now has tons of supplies amid the Chinese Coronavirus crisis and it will keep us going for months. The British Government imported more than £22 billion worth of processed food and drinks in the event of a no-deal Brexit and to show that Britain was ready to go it alone. Similar stockpiles were also prepared for medical supplies amid fears of chaos at British ports in the event of a no-deal Brexit. |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #7 If reports of Germany being unhelpful to Italy during the crisis turn out to be true the EU might be done. |
| Posted by: ruprecht 2020-03-21 20:47 |
| #6 Did the Brits stock up on toilet paper? |
| Posted by: Spike Hupush2094 2020-03-21 16:45 |
| #5 Currently Brexit means nothing. The UK still enjoys the benefits of the single market this year. It has only lost its voting rights. I'm 100% sure that Boris will ask for an extension soon. No better face saving than Corona. |
| Posted by: European Conservative 2020-03-21 15:46 |
| #4 May did something right. Totally by accident no doubt... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2020-03-21 15:46 |
| #3 So all of the pre-Brexit posturing about the total economic meltdown if Brexit was actually gone through with had already been preempted? I feel terribly clever now for having believed it would not cause major disruptions. And goodness knows the NIH needs all the help it can get even under normal circumstances. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2020-03-21 15:39 |
| #2 Smart move, great negotiating practice. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2020-03-21 15:37 |
| #1 We will fight them on the loading docks, we will fight them on M3, we will fight them in the aisles.... |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2020-03-21 15:17 |