‘I don’t trust the government to look after me or my dog’: meet the Brexit stockpilers

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Some people are stockpiling food, medicine and even pet treats in anticipation of mass shortages after a no-deal Brexit. Are they overreacting, or should we be following their example?

 

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I need to lose weight, so am looking at possible food shortages as a positive. Always a silver lining innit.

don't forget to procure some sort of weapon- you'll need to defend your stash!

But... That's not a stockpile, it's just a pile. I have more beans than that in my cupboards right now - and that's without debilitating Guardian fuelled paranoia of the apocalypse.

You could save a lot of money by eating the dog.

Maybe individuals and families could look after themselves and their dogs.

I'm pretty sure the first rule of prepping is you don't tell everyone. Things get bad and your neighbours now know all about your stash...

If you're that convinced a state is going to go through a dark period and you have kids, you would leave surely? If you genuinely believed it anyway. And weren't just on some doom and gloom Facebook group for losers who will all end up constipated and dying if they live on that.

God only knows where this country would be now, if these people were round in 1939-1945

24,000 tins of beans isn't the answer to Brexit.

This is what happens when you read the Guardian and think it's the bible.

there is near-enough no info out there. type 1 diabetics seemingly have to make do with 'it'll be fine', when a break in supply of a perishable could kill in a couple of days

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