Bollocks to Brexit
Physicist and TV presenter Professor Brian Cox took to Twitter to highlight the lunacy of Boris Johnson trying to rubbish the Government's own 'Yellowhammer' planning document on the chaotic effects of a No Deal Brexit - food and medicine shortages, transport disruption and civil unrest.
Read the full story via the link below to The Sunday Times,Of those who say they support no deal, Johnson’s base, I think many don’t believe any of this. You’ll see ‘project fear’ mentioned below even though this is the governments own internal planning document. I think many of these supporters will turn on him if half of this happens. https://t.co/AANuZN8Pj0— Brian Cox (@ProfBrianCox) August 18, 2019
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/operation-chaos-whitehalls-secret-no-deal-brexit-plan-leaked-j6ntwvhll
Operation Chaos: Whitehall’s secret no‑deal Brexit preparations leaked
The Sunday Times obtains the government’s classified ‘Yellowhammer’ report in full
By Rosamund Urwin and Caroline Wheeler - The Sunday Times
Britain faces shortages of fuel, food and medicine, a three-month meltdown at its ports, a hard border with Ireland and rising costs in social care in the event of a no-deal Brexit, according to an unprecedented leak of government documents that lay bare the gaps in contingency planning.
The documents, which set out the most likely aftershocks of a no-deal Brexit rather than worst-case scenarios, have emerged as the UK looks increasingly likely to crash out of the EU without a deal.
Compiled this month by the Cabinet Office under the codename Operation Yellowhammer, the dossier offers a rare glimpse into the covert planning being carried out by the government to avert a catastrophic collapse in the nation’s infrastructure.
Britain faces shortages of fuel, food and medicine, a three-month meltdown at its ports, a hard border with Ireland and rising costs in social care in the event of a no-deal Brexit, according to an unprecedented leak of government documents that lay bare the gaps in contingency planning.
The documents, which set out the most likely aftershocks of a no-deal Brexit rather than worst-case scenarios, have emerged as the UK looks increasingly likely to crash out of the EU without a deal.
Compiled this month by the Cabinet Office under the codename Operation Yellowhammer, the dossier offers a rare glimpse into the covert planning being carried out by the government to avert a catastrophic collapse in the nation’s infrastructure.
‘A lot of the negativity about a no-deal Brexit has been wildly overdone’ — Boris Johnson on July 2
The file, marked “official-sensitive” — requiring security clearance on a “need to know” basis — is remarkable because it gives the most comprehensive assessment of the UK’s readiness for a no-deal Brexit.
The file, marked “official-sensitive” — requiring security clearance on a “need to know” basis — is remarkable because it gives the most comprehensive assessment of the UK’s readiness for a no-deal Brexit.
