UK General Election 8th June: Shake it all about?

[Faust]

In Ireland we should be good for Milk, eggs, beef and potatoes and most grain. However there is a risk to imports that use the UK as a land bridge either becoming prohibitively expensive or unavailable for a while.
Electricity and fresh water should be ok but it's worth including if possible

At the risk of coming across as a Fallout post apocalyptic fetishist here's what I am thinking:

Tins of beans slab  x 3
Tins of chopped tomatoes slab x 3
KG Pasta bag  x 3
Tins Peach slab x 1
Other fruit tins slab x 1
Gallon storage water (Hard to store so I am not sure)
Rice x 10
Bread for deep freeze x 5 pan (will be gone fast)
Jam and Marmalade x 5
Coffee, instant x 3
Tea boxes x 3

Light/Heat
Candles (Thanks viv)
Coal sack x 6
Small gas hob x 3
Batteries AA, AAA, D
Torch

Medicine
Toothpaste x 3
Toilet paper 12 pack x 3
Mouthwash by x 6
Inhalers x 6
Antibiotics x 3
Panadol x 4
Supplements x 4
Disinfectant, Iodine or Betadine

[Faust]

Today's Brexit roundup:

Up to a third of UK companies are looking to send some or all operations overseas in the event of a no deal Brexit.

Schools are being allowed to relax regulations on school provided lunches, to ensure that they can continue to provide meal in the event of a no deal Brexit.

NHS staff are being informed that preparations are being made for them to be able to stay on site overnight in Kent, as police project 3-6 months of travel disruption in the event of no deal.

Up to 1000 Ministry of Defence staff are being prepared to be seconded to prepare for dealing with Brexit.

The NHS Kent one is the one thats the biggest surprise to me, how hard is it going to be to get in and out of kent, roads might be completely locked with trucks but surely trains would be ok.

[chaotic neutral observer]

In Ireland we should be good for Milk, eggs, beef and potatoes and most grain. However there is a risk to imports that use the UK as a land bridge either becoming prohibitively expensive or unavailable for a while.
Electricity and fresh water should be ok but it's worth including if possible

At the risk of coming across as a Fallout post apocalyptic fetishist here's what I am thinking:

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I would also suggest you consider:

flour, sugar, salt, vinegar
fruit juice (of a type that doesn't require refrigeration)
water filters (but if you get to the point of needing them, they won't help much)
dish soap (something general purpose, that doesn't irritate skin)
bandages, isopropyl alcohol

[altered]

Also, if you have any smokers, keep the ashes. They can be used to scrub down surfaces so the soap can be saved for hands.

Seriously consider a few spools of steel wire and an acetylene torch as well. Steel wire and sufficient heat makes a wide variety of good little tools and minor "bandaid" repairs on the fly, and if it gets bad enough you need any of this stuff, I promise hardware stores will be desolate places, ransacked to the bare bones.

[Doktor Howl]

Today's Brexit roundup:

Up to a third of UK companies are looking to send some or all operations overseas in the event of a no deal Brexit.

Schools are being allowed to relax regulations on school provided lunches, to ensure that they can continue to provide meal in the event of a no deal Brexit.

NHS staff are being informed that preparations are being made for them to be able to stay on site overnight in Kent, as police project 3-6 months of travel disruption in the event of no deal.

Up to 1000 Ministry of Defence staff are being prepared to be seconded to prepare for dealing with Brexit.

This is such a great idea.

[Cain]

The NHS Kent one is the one thats the biggest surprise to me, how hard is it going to be to get in and out of kent, roads might be completely locked with trucks but surely trains would be ok.

Train network has been underfunded for years and already operating at 180% capacity (averaged out).

[Cain]

So the government has actually failed to hire any ferries.

Also the UK has failed to roll over the vast majority of its existing trade deals, leaving over 100 billion in trade not covered by treaties.

[Doktor Howl]

So the government has actually failed to hire any ferries.

Also the UK has failed to roll over the vast majority of its existing trade deals, leaving over 100 billion in trade not covered by treaties.

I guess they felt that they couldn't allow Trump to dominate the stupidity.

[Faust]

There was also a vote against the only deal available (while rejecting no deal, and staying in the EU). But no actual suggestions of an alternative.

[Doktor Howl]

This is absolutely fascinating, in the way that a horrible train wreck is fascinating.  The stupid is physically harming my brain, but I can't look away.

[Faust]

It stems back to a very basic problem (because some of this back and forth would be normal for negotiations):
When negotiation fails, you revert to the status quo. In this case a breakdown in negotiation defaults to the worst outcome. So here we are, a month and a half away from the cliff edge

[P3nT4gR4m]

I'm thinking scotland is going to get particularly hilarious real soon. On one side we have a bunch of spineless hippies screaming for independence on the other side we have battle of the boyne reenactment society whom, ever since the last indyref, have preactically replaced roman catholics with nationalists as the target of their loyalist bile. Could get messy and civil war-y if the nats can just find their way to growing some balls. Martial Law anyone? So much opportunity for profit and lulz I'm practically salivating.

[Faust]

If it came to it again in a no deal scenario, would you vote to stay in the UK or Leave?

[Cain]

So the government has actually failed to hire any ferries.

Also the UK has failed to roll over the vast majority of its existing trade deals, leaving over 100 billion in trade not covered by treaties.

I guess they felt that they couldn't allow Trump to dominate the stupidity.

Even the rest of the Tory party are getting sick of how the ERG has essentially hijacked the party.  There's been some pretty credible reports of discontents from both Labour and the Tories joining up with a Lib Dem backed venture.  I mean, that won't make things any better, probably just fracture Parliamentary voting blocks even further, and they're not exactly A-list names...but things are getting dicey.

If something isn't sorted by the 27th, No Deal is more or less guaranteed.

[Doktor Howl]

So the government has actually failed to hire any ferries.

Also the UK has failed to roll over the vast majority of its existing trade deals, leaving over 100 billion in trade not covered by treaties.

I guess they felt that they couldn't allow Trump to dominate the stupidity.

Even the rest of the Tory party are getting sick of how the ERG has essentially hijacked the party.  There's been some pretty credible reports of discontents from both Labour and the Tories joining up with a Lib Dem backed venture.  I mean, that won't make things any better, probably just fracture Parliamentary voting blocks even further, and they're not exactly A-list names...but things are getting dicey.

If something isn't sorted by the 27th, No Deal is more or less guaranteed.

Is there any bloc at all that is saying you should just drop Brexit?