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The British Army is reportedly on standby to deliver food, medicines, and fuel in case of a no-deal Brexithttps://www.businessinsider.com/british-army-on-standby-to-deliver-food-medicine-fuel-if-no-deal-brexit-sunday-times-report-2018-7
The British Army has reportedly been put on standby to deliver food, medicines, and fuel in case of shortages if the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
The military would be called in to assist civilian authorities if they ran out of such supplies, with helicopters and army trucks being used to shuttle aid to people around the country, The Sunday Times reported .
The contingency plans were all made in case Britain left the EU next March with no deal. The Ministry of Defence has not received a formal request for the aid, but told the Sunday newspaper that there was "a blueprint for us supporting the civilian authorities that can be dusted off" if the time came.
British media has reported on a "doomsday scenario" created by a no-deal Brexit in recent months. Britain is set to leave the EU on March 29, 2019, and negotiations with the EU still appear to be deadlocked.
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The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,280 posts)DemocracyMouse
(2,275 posts)There is ZERO political logic in accepting that STUPID vote, one which lead to gazillions of Brits regretting their vote. If outside interference tipped the the balance, then the vast majority of British citizens should want to back out of the deal.
Same with our own treasonous HEXit! (Trump).
Chris Studio
(82 posts)Brexit could kill 50,000 jobs in Ireland and wipe 20b off the economy.
The country has lost its collective mind..
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)Is the issue trade with Britain? If so, wouldn't the increased EU trade soften that effect?
Chris Studio
(82 posts)Is incredibly exposed to the UK. Something like 80% of Irish meat is sold to the UK.
Yes, the EU is trying to help and in the long run it will... But... Ireland is an isolated island. We:re losing our main trading partner. And one of our main tourism partners. It's going to suck. Bigly.
Plus, the UK just doesn't care. Many there are either trying to sucker the Irish to leave the EU, although they largely gave that up a few months back, or are openly hostile to Ireland - what's new - because they baselessly blame Ireland for their Brexit woes.
I see the Irish being based on UK media sites almost daily. People wanting their new government to 'squeeze' Ireland.
It's pretty intense.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)Chris Studio
(82 posts)Even that article is probably optimistic
stonecutter357
(12,682 posts)jpak
(41,742 posts)DonCoquixote
(13,615 posts)could iureland and scotland join the EU?
blondebanshee
(353 posts)Spider Jerusalem
(21,786 posts)Chris Studio
(82 posts)Is not part of the UK. It's a separate country.
Scotland may some day vote for independence. They overwhelmingly voted to Remain.
Northern Ireland may also reunify with Ireland at some point in the future as well.
The UK is shooting itself in the face.
DonCoquixote
(13,615 posts)Scotland voted to remain in order to stay in the EU with England. London ruined that.
Chris Studio
(82 posts)Northern Ireland
roamer65
(36,739 posts)Seriously, what would England do? Invade Scotland? Lol.
The English would have to accept any deal agreed to between the EU and Scotland. They either accept it, or Scotland will vote for independence.
Chris Studio
(82 posts)States have to apply to the EU. Scotland is not an independent state.
The EU also have strict rules about percentage of debt to GDP, which Scotland won't pass.
So, they can't. And Scotland couldn't enter even if they could.
no_hypocrisy
(45,780 posts)We certainly have enough now for a new customer . . . . .
dhill926
(16,234 posts)Glorfindel
(9,706 posts)"The Suicide of the English-Speaking Peoples." Brexit and Trump? What were they thinking? I voted against Trump and would have voted against Brexit, given the opportunity. Well, thank goodness for such clear-thinking outposts as Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, and the other independent Caribbean realms. The USA and the UK may have flushed themselves down the loo, but our Anglophone brethren may be able to rescue a small remnant.
(I really shouldn't drink Chardonnay and post on DU. It always comes out muddled somehow.)
msongs
(67,199 posts)its not like the EU is gonna cut off food and water like the german's tried with u boats
Chris Studio
(82 posts)If there's a no deal Brexit, UK flights won't be able to land in EU countries.
The UK also will - even if there's a deal - lose passporting for its financial services industry, which will kill untold jobs. In fact it's likely to lose all of its services industry that does business in the EU.
On top of that, those tariffs will kill its supply chain manufacturing. No company doing most of its business in the EU will just stay in the UK as a favor. And that's many thousands of jobs as well.
This is going to be a major disaster.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)Someone wrote about a month ago that Germany and France wanted the UK financial services business and it looks like they will get the EU portion, which will be huge for them. Plus, China may move some of it's financial activity to Germany or France from the UK. Going to be interesting to see how this works out.
BannonsLiver
(16,162 posts)You seem a little over invested in the doomsday narrative.
Chris Studio
(82 posts)This is very clearly going to be very bad if threes no real.
PaddyIrishman
(110 posts)If the UK "crashes out" i.e. leaves without any deal in place, then all existing licensing, transit, medical, customs, health care, you name arrangements suddenly cease and there will be no replacement in place. The UK has said it will no longer be part of the EU Court, the European Court of Justice (ECJ). The problem is, practically every organisation that licenses medicine, agrees food standards, product safety standards, driving licenses, aviation and the rest is a European institution that has the ECJ as its highest Court in the case of dispute.
An example of this that has been raised this week is insulin. The UK does not manufacture insulin and if it "crashes out" has no medical standards or licensing regime in place. Diabetics in the UK are watching this with great interest as they can only "stockpile" up to five weeks of insulin. They are also hoping that because the PM, Theresa May is a diabetic, that this is one issue their government is on top of.
The UK is also part of the EU for nearly all of its international agreements and is not necessarily a member in its own right.
For example, the UK flies to the US as part of the US - EU "Open Skies" agreement. If the UK leaves the EU, it is no longer part of this and UK registered airlines have no right to land in US airports. Yes, an agreement will be signed, but these take time and if the UK is negotiating on its own, and not as part of the EU, it won't get as good a deal.
Ireland's problem is geography (what's new I hear you ask....). Most Irish produce that is exported to the rest of the EU goes through England and Wales. It's a lot faster and easier to sail from Dublin to Holyhead in Wales, drive through England and take a ferry from Dover to Calais than it is to sail from Dublin directly to France.
If customs checks are re-introduced, then delays at Holyhead and Calais delay everything. There's also the issue of whether Irish driving licenses would be recognised in the UK after a "crash out".
From an Irish perspective, Brexit is like watching your neighbour set his house on fire and then remembering that you live next door.
DonCoquixote
(13,615 posts)In short, just like the libertarians are trying to buy Puerto Rico to make their libertarian utopia, watch Russia..ahem..I mean Bannon try to say that the UK can now become a libertarian paradise, free of socialized medicine!