Posted on Sep 12, 2019
No-deal Brexit papers warn of shortages and riots
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Riots on the streets, food price rises and reduced medical supplies are real risks of the UK leaving the EU without a deal, a government document has said.
Ministers have published details of their Yellowhammer contingency plan, after MPs voted to force its release.
It outlines a series of "reasonable worst case assumptions" for the impact of a no-deal Brexit on 31 October.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said the paper confirmed the PM "is prepared to punish those who can least afford it".
Michael Gove, one of Boris Johnson's senior cabinet colleagues who has been given responsibility for no-deal planning, said "revised assumptions" will be published "in due course alongside a document outlining the mitigations the government has put in place and intends to put in place".
However, ministers have blocked the release of communications between No 10 aides about Parliament's suspension.
Mr Gove said MPs' request to see e-mails, texts and WhatsApp messages from Dominic Cummings, Boris Johnson's chief aide, and eight other advisers in Downing Street were "unreasonable and disproportionate".
Publishing the information, he added, would "contravene the law" and "offend against basic principles of fairness".
Ministers have published details of their Yellowhammer contingency plan, after MPs voted to force its release.
It outlines a series of "reasonable worst case assumptions" for the impact of a no-deal Brexit on 31 October.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said the paper confirmed the PM "is prepared to punish those who can least afford it".
Michael Gove, one of Boris Johnson's senior cabinet colleagues who has been given responsibility for no-deal planning, said "revised assumptions" will be published "in due course alongside a document outlining the mitigations the government has put in place and intends to put in place".
However, ministers have blocked the release of communications between No 10 aides about Parliament's suspension.
Mr Gove said MPs' request to see e-mails, texts and WhatsApp messages from Dominic Cummings, Boris Johnson's chief aide, and eight other advisers in Downing Street were "unreasonable and disproportionate".
Publishing the information, he added, would "contravene the law" and "offend against basic principles of fairness".
No-deal Brexit papers warn of shortages and riots
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Good share PO1 William "Chip" Nagel - They're trying to scare people a bit here I think. While there may be some changes in the UK when they leave the EU as far as travel and goods exchanged. Not a lot will change in the long run.
The UK is still part of NATO & has been a US ally for hundreds of years. In fact, the US is the UK's largest trading partner. The UK has more in common with Canada and the US, than it has with EU members in my opinion. They've still got their pound, and markets in the short term may be choppy, but will even out once the Brexit goes through.
The UK is still part of NATO & has been a US ally for hundreds of years. In fact, the US is the UK's largest trading partner. The UK has more in common with Canada and the US, than it has with EU members in my opinion. They've still got their pound, and markets in the short term may be choppy, but will even out once the Brexit goes through.
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Horse Hockey.
This has become this generation's version of Y2K.
This is what will happen with a no-deal Brexit:
The sun will come up, the lights will come on, and people will go to work.
There will be food in the stores and a barber to cut your hair. There will be fuel at the gas station. As long as there are Britons to purchase things, there will be goods and services to meet that demand.
You would think that the UK would sink into the ocean without the EU. Bullshit. They've been doing it their way since 1066 AD.
This has become this generation's version of Y2K.
This is what will happen with a no-deal Brexit:
The sun will come up, the lights will come on, and people will go to work.
There will be food in the stores and a barber to cut your hair. There will be fuel at the gas station. As long as there are Britons to purchase things, there will be goods and services to meet that demand.
You would think that the UK would sink into the ocean without the EU. Bullshit. They've been doing it their way since 1066 AD.
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