Just for fun, I just re-read the Yellowhammer document the govt. tried to keep secret last year. Disaster was averted by the withdrawal agreement but now approaches again under the guide of no deal. From day one no deal (‘D1ND’) the highlights include:

• medicine shortages
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• fresh food shortages
• civil unrest
• traffic chaos in Kent leading to fuel shortages in London & the SE
• trade with Ireland will be severely disrupted with implications involving criminal & dissident groups
• clashes between fishing vessels are anticipated, ..

.. involving violence & blockading of ports
• provider failure in social care resulting from inflating costs. As coronavirus was not anticipated, I’ve extracted this bit & highlighted its reference to the effect of flu

Johnson was right to refer to no deal as a failure of statesmanship. Any politician who knowingly visits disaster on this scale on his or her country belongs in prison. To try to pass no deal off as ‘a deal on Australia terms’ is blatantly dishonest & cowardly.

A few hastily ..

.. built lorry parks in Kent are not going to stave off a grave national crisis, now made much worse by coronavirus. Pity the poor & vulnerable who will be hardest hit (as yellowhammer acknowledges explicitly) & expect rioting in the streets.