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2019-03-09 Britain

What are British people stockpiling in case of messy Brexit?

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Posted by Besoeker 2019-03-09 01:24|| || Front Page|| [11126 views ] Top

#1 Y2K

Posted by M. Murcek 2019-03-09 06:38|| 2019-03-09 06:38|| Front Page Top

#2 you need the hysteria watermark on this article

Posted by chris 2019-03-09 07:41|| 2019-03-09 07:41|| Front Page Top

#3 Stock piling money to purchase any bargains from idiots.

It's Ireland that needs to stockpile.

After leaving the protectionist EUSSR, the UK can trade more with other nations. 50% of trade is with the protectionists, so trade can easily expand! Can even bin the EUSSR taxes and regulations that kill trade, job creation and raise the cost of living.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2019-03-09 08:27|| 2019-03-09 08:27|| Front Page Top

#4 Agreed we need the "hysteria" background here.

All sorts of international trade agreements (WTO, GATT, etc.) will remain in place, and the UK can trade freely under those umbrellas, not to mention bilateral treaties that it is free to negotiate.

Posted by Tom 2019-03-09 12:47|| 2019-03-09 12:47|| Front Page Top

#5 Hysteria watermarked as requested. :-)

Yes, they are overreacting to a change that, if it ever actually happens, will have very little impact on daily lives in Britian. Nonetheless, having pantries well-stocked with necessities and a few luxuries will go far toward hardening those households against real disasters, even if only a multi-day power outage or getting snowed in by global warming. And if the writer continues maintaining stockpiles when key items go on sale, she (I assume without looking — in most households it is the female head who does the grocery shopping, which explains the disproportionately female-directed advertising) may even find she is living better while spending less.

Posted by trailing wife 2019-03-09 13:12|| 2019-03-09 13:12|| Front Page Top

#6 Sealed containers for the rice is a very good idea! A year ago some sort of weevil got into my kitchen and *Surprise!* I had a shelf full of rice and dried beans that had crawlies in them -- ended up having to pitch them all out.

Posted by magpie 2019-03-09 18:53|| 2019-03-09 18:53|| Front Page Top

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