Army 'on standby to deliver food and medicine' if no Brexit deal is reached [View all]

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https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/army-on-standby-to-deliver-food-and-medicine-if-no-brexit-deal-is-reached-a3898761.html

The Army could be drafted in to deliver emergency food, fuel and medicine if Britain exits the EU without a Brexit deal.

The military would be called in if blockages at ports after Britain leaves the EU led to shortages in supplies, ministers told the Sunday Times.

Blueprints usually reserved for civil emergencies have been included as part of the “no deal” planning, the newspaper reported.

Helicopters and army trucks could be used to carry medicine to vulnerable people outside the south-east.


From across the pond, it seems increasingly likely that without a new referendum or Parliamentary intervention, there will be no Brexit deal. If this is accurate, this is rather scary. Best wishes to our UK DU'ers.