Have you started stockpiling for Brexit?
Trade experts and our own government agree that, even if we sign a trade deal with the EU, there will be chaos at the borders.
Brexit: Queues of up to 7,000 lorries and two-day border delays likely, leaked Gove letter warns
Queues of up to 7,000 lorries will snake through Kent when the completion of Brexit brings border chaos, a leaked government document warns.
Exporters face two-day delays to reach France, with 70 per cent of trucks not ready for new checks to cross the Channel – including up to half on the busiest Dover-to-Calais route and in the Eurotunnel.
We have built a modest stockpile in my house but it is only a couple of bags, just buying extra bits when we can. For me, worst case scenarios is we have a bunch of food we will eat in the future already bought.
Even though we have taken really moderate measures, I still sometimes feel like a doomsday prepper or something. Like I'm totally over reacting. However, the logic is there that we could see the shelves go bare and there is very recent precedent of that happening with only a small change in consumer habits.
I don't think we will end up with no deal, even this government is not that stupid (please feel free to throw this back in my face if it turns out they are) and all signs are that we are moving in the right direction, even if the deal will basically just be a placeholder. However, I don't see how we get out of this without some problems in our national logistics. There's only really a couple of entry points into the country and this was all considered a rolling disaster before Covid.
So, are any of you building up a pile of food?
Trade experts and our own government agree that, even if we sign a trade deal with the EU, there will be chaos at the borders.
Brexit: Queues of up to 7,000 lorries and two-day border delays likely, leaked Gove letter warns
Queues of up to 7,000 lorries will snake through Kent when the completion of Brexit brings border chaos, a leaked government document warns.
Exporters face two-day delays to reach France, with 70 per cent of trucks not ready for new checks to cross the Channel – including up to half on the busiest Dover-to-Calais route and in the Eurotunnel.
We have built a modest stockpile in my house but it is only a couple of bags, just buying extra bits when we can. For me, worst case scenarios is we have a bunch of food we will eat in the future already bought.
Even though we have taken really moderate measures, I still sometimes feel like a doomsday prepper or something. Like I'm totally over reacting. However, the logic is there that we could see the shelves go bare and there is very recent precedent of that happening with only a small change in consumer habits.
I don't think we will end up with no deal, even this government is not that stupid (please feel free to throw this back in my face if it turns out they are) and all signs are that we are moving in the right direction, even if the deal will basically just be a placeholder. However, I don't see how we get out of this without some problems in our national logistics. There's only really a couple of entry points into the country and this was all considered a rolling disaster before Covid.
So, are any of you building up a pile of food?