Don't know how much of this is media scaremongering or how much is true.
https://metro.co.uk/2020/08/23/water-ra ... -13166025/
Interesting article on continuing flour shortages.
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In fact I've just re-read it and think its largely scaremongering and other than stating its from a leaked document can't verify their sources.
It also states the government is preparing, which in itself is pretty unbelievable
It also states the government is preparing, which in itself is pretty unbelievable
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QUOTE; It also states the government is preparing, which in itself is pretty unbelievable
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If you look at the 2009 pandemic flu plans the first people to get any vaccine were to be water and electricity supply workers and food supply workers (including hauliers), Health workers came after ensuring food water and power.
There was a BBC article recently on how close to the edge the food industry was in the last week or so. According to the supermarket execs very close. Removal of rules to stop them price fixing allowed them to share stock information and help each other out otherwise they would have had big problems ie no food on shelves at all.
So imagine Covid still active add flu, winter and Brexit no deal causing chaos at Dover and in the haulage industry.
I would love to see the actual presentation but nothing in the list surprises me. Simple one for me. No insulin is made in the UK. None. I get monthly prescriptions from my GP. I have little buffer. If insulin imports are delayed I can die in a matter of days.So no this is not scare mongering.
Appin
There was a BBC article recently on how close to the edge the food industry was in the last week or so. According to the supermarket execs very close. Removal of rules to stop them price fixing allowed them to share stock information and help each other out otherwise they would have had big problems ie no food on shelves at all.
So imagine Covid still active add flu, winter and Brexit no deal causing chaos at Dover and in the haulage industry.
I would love to see the actual presentation but nothing in the list surprises me. Simple one for me. No insulin is made in the UK. None. I get monthly prescriptions from my GP. I have little buffer. If insulin imports are delayed I can die in a matter of days.So no this is not scare mongering.
Appin
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It isn't news.The government is planning,yes.Operation Yellowhammer.Yesterday's news,today's chip wrapper.
As for ensuring food supplies,we now know that to be a load of cobblers.When the shelves were stripped in March ,government put the ball labelled 'FOOD', firmly in the court of the big retailers.
How successful any form of government intervention is debatable: frankly,I don't think politicians can direct a pi## into a bucket!
As for ensuring food supplies,we now know that to be a load of cobblers.When the shelves were stripped in March ,government put the ball labelled 'FOOD', firmly in the court of the big retailers.
How successful any form of government intervention is debatable: frankly,I don't think politicians can direct a pi## into a bucket!
In three words I can sum up everything I have learned about life: It goes on.
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Covid 19: After that level of weirdness ,any situation is certainly possible.
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Covid 19: After that level of weirdness ,any situation is certainly possible.
Me.
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In three words I can sum up everything I have learned about life: It goes on.
Robert Frost.
Covid 19: After that level of weirdness ,any situation is certainly possible.
Me.
Robert Frost.
Covid 19: After that level of weirdness ,any situation is certainly possible.
Me.
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And then there is this today: https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/d ... -ntp-feeds 
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I think a safe rule for us all would be to totally ignore and disregard anything the govt says, and carry on regardless 
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Well,Covid is certainly possible,along with 'flu.Its taken this long since 2016 to sort Brexit,so it ain't gonna get sorted...perfect sh£t storm incoming!
In three words I can sum up everything I have learned about life: It goes on.
Robert Frost.
Covid 19: After that level of weirdness ,any situation is certainly possible.
Me.
Robert Frost.
Covid 19: After that level of weirdness ,any situation is certainly possible.
Me.
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Can I ask where you got your paper bags from please?Arwen Thebard wrote: ↑Mon Aug 17, 2020 5:56 am We have also been vacuum sealing our flour (as we do with rice) which seems to be working well. Paper bagging it into smaller Ikg amounts and sealing in food grade buckets with oxygen absorbers.
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