No Deal Brexit Civil Disorder - Amazon UK Predictions
Despite dismissal as usual by Brexiteers, the suggestion by the Head of Amazon UK that civil unrest is possible
within 2 weeks sounds to me like a fairly likely scenario if interruptions to
basic supplies take place. This is entirely possible if we have no agreement to manage our
relationship with the EU to replace current legal frameworks. You only need to
look back at the Summer riots of 2010, fuel protests in 2001, Black Friday punch ups or the panic
buying that happens if there is a forecast of snow disruption to see the mentality that can very quickly develop if people don’t get what they expect.
Pictures as above of Black Friday bargain hunters getting into fights over a TV will pale into insignificance if basic food supplies run out. You can understand why the government would need to invoke a state of emergency to cope with the situation.
Even most recently with the Build a Bear discount fiasco the police were called to outbreaks of disorder with disputes over cut price toys. Just imagine that replicated in shops and businesses across the country when people are unable to fill their car or are fighting for limited supplies of food because lorries are stuck or their drivers are no longer able to drive in the UK legally.
No deal is being suggested as an option but it really isn't viable - there has to be some form of deal. If not then you'd have millions of people unable to work in the UK, unable to drive in EU as well as massive delays at the UK borders with trucks being stopped for customs checks. There are so many areas where integration has taken place over the last 40 years that unpicking the whole process isn't something that can be done overnight.
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| No Deal Brexit Civil Disorder - Amazon UK Predictions |
Pictures as above of Black Friday bargain hunters getting into fights over a TV will pale into insignificance if basic food supplies run out. You can understand why the government would need to invoke a state of emergency to cope with the situation.
Even most recently with the Build a Bear discount fiasco the police were called to outbreaks of disorder with disputes over cut price toys. Just imagine that replicated in shops and businesses across the country when people are unable to fill their car or are fighting for limited supplies of food because lorries are stuck or their drivers are no longer able to drive in the UK legally.
No deal is being suggested as an option but it really isn't viable - there has to be some form of deal. If not then you'd have millions of people unable to work in the UK, unable to drive in EU as well as massive delays at the UK borders with trucks being stopped for customs checks. There are so many areas where integration has taken place over the last 40 years that unpicking the whole process isn't something that can be done overnight.
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