West Side Story wrote: ↑Sun Aug 18, 2019 11:24 am
The Sunday Times has printed leaked government documents warning of food, medicine and fuel shortages in a no-deal scenario.
It says the cross-government paper on preparations for a no-deal Brexit, codenamed Operation Yellowhammer, reveals the UK could also face months of disruption at its ports, while plans to avoid a hard border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland are unlikely to prove sustainable.
The dossier, reported by the Sunday Times, says leaving the EU without a deal could lead to:
Fresh food becoming less available and prices rising
A hard Irish border after plans to avoid checks fail, sparking protests
Fuel becoming less available and 2,000 jobs being lost if the government sets petrol import tariffs to 0%, potentially causing two oil refineries to close
UK patients having to wait longer for medicines, including insulin and flu vaccines
A rise in public disorder and community tensions resulting from a shortage of food and drugs
Passengers being delayed at EU airports, Eurotunnel and Dover
Freight disruption at ports lasting up to three months, caused by customs checks, before traffic flow improves to 50-70% of the current rate
The government said the document was not what it expected to happen, but was an outline of scenarios being looked at as part of its no-deal preparations.
This from a Murdoch owned Arch Tory paper......................What was it the Brexiter's were saying about " Project Fear ". If we are going to jump off the cliff edge at Halloween, where do I get my parachute issued from? Brexiteers when replying, please note my penultimate sentence. ( I will explain that means next from last sentence- if you are still supporting Brexit you will obviously need that explaining to you ).