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The yellowhammer documents

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Whitewavemark2 Wed 11-Sep-19 19:47:09

t.co/z0rgHFhcWc?amp=1

Whitewavemark2 Wed 11-Sep-19 22:57:05

gill they haven’t the balls, to say that they don’t give a toss about the poor, the sick, those needing care, those that will lose their jobs or business.

“Leave” they shout, “don’t believe a word anyone says, because it might stop brexiting. We don’t care about anyone else only ourselves”

Dinahmo Wed 11-Sep-19 23:07:45

I've just heard a posh young man arguing with James O'Brien about leaving without a deal. He claimed that there were 40 countries in the EU - yet another example of how little Brexiters know/understand.

Whitewavemark2 Wed 11-Sep-19 23:08:10

The Tories have the nerve to say that they are standing up for the people.

Who are they kidding, when they are willing to inflict such damage, particularly on the poor, sick etc.

They lie and lie.

GillT57 Wed 11-Sep-19 23:09:11

Just depressed myself by reading the comments section under Operation Yellow hammer report on Mail Online. Lots of 'project fear' ",rubbish" "produced by remainer civil service". There is none so blind as he who will not see. Lots of nasty comments about the decision today being made by the Scottish Courts and not the ENGLISH ones (their capitals not mine).

Whitewavemark2 Wed 11-Sep-19 23:13:52

I wonder if it was just coincidence that Johnson suddenly started to talk in earnest, about getting a deal when he realised that yellowhammer was going to be produced.

Whitewavemark2 Wed 11-Sep-19 23:19:38

Best For Britain #StopBrexit
@BestForBritain
As inevitable as death, Nigel Farage pops up on #Peston to say contingency scenarios published today are “Projecf Fear Mark 2” and “should be utterly, completely disregarded”. Based on what? His business background in the 80s.

He is a vandal. There’s no shorter word for it.

Whitewavemark2 Wed 11-Sep-19 23:21:09

I am damned angry - time to stop

Grandad1943 Wed 11-Sep-19 23:23:48

The most rabid GN Brexetiers and Tory party supporters seem to have disappeared from the forum on the release of so much information in the last few days detrimental to the leave rationale.

I have always held respect for a person (or group of persons) who are prepared to stand up for their beliefs under difficult circumstances.

However, i (and i am sure many more on this forum) have absolutely no respect whatsoever when anyone just abandons what they perpetuate as an absolute firm conviction and just "disappears down a rabbit hole" in the face of contradiction to that so-called absolute firm belief.

In the above anyone has to wonder do such persons really hold such convictions, or are they just trying to cause controversial argument for the sake of.?

DillytheGardener Wed 11-Sep-19 23:46:17

I voted brexit, not being at all a political person. First time I've voted in goodness knows how long. I have come to regret it. Son and dil emigrate to N.Z at end of this month and other son, a really mummy's boy who never wanted to leave even this neighbourhood to go to europe for a holiday is now leaving to Canada. Both sons and their partners livelihoods were directly effected by Brexit and they have had to move to ensure they have work in their fields as businesses are moving abroad. I didn't vote for that, tbh I didn't really understand the implications of what I voted for. Torn up inside. It's caused a silent chasm in the family as it's hard to admit, to both myself and DH that we were wrong, it's the elephant in the room that Brexit is the reason they no longer can viably live in the U.K and that their parents voted for it. Anyone else in this boat? I hope not. I feel so very small.

GillT57 Wed 11-Sep-19 23:48:20

I am beyond angry. I am supposed to be doing polite canvassing for the second referendum this weekend, on a non political non judgemental way but I suspect I may find it very hard if I have to listen to some fool dismissing Yellowhammer as Project Fear.

growstuff Thu 12-Sep-19 00:44:01

Just one point Whitewave. Farage doesn't have a "business background". He was a trader on the London Metal Exchange, who bought and sold commodities. He never had any actual experience of physical products, such as manufacture, logistics, marketing, etc.

Doodledog Thu 12-Sep-19 00:59:48

I’m sorry you have been so badly ‘punished’ for your vote, Dilly. I also think that it is very brave and honest of you to say so on here - particularly today, now the full implications are known, and people are angry.

I really hope that a miracle will happen and Brexit is called off. If it does, I also hope that your children will come home, or at least that your family can be on the same terms as before.

growstuff Thu 12-Sep-19 04:52:53

Well, there we have it, folks. We can all sit in underground shelters, singing "God save the Queen" and eating suet pud. Lovely! hmm

Who votes for these people?

growstuff Thu 12-Sep-19 05:00:23

Thank goodness for that! The above seems to be a spoof account. The sad thing is that some of the real MPs (eg Mark Francois) really are like that.

Whitewavemark2 Thu 12-Sep-19 06:11:26

dilly my daughter has lost her job along with hundreds more highly qualified scientists.

Her company have so far moved one area to Southern Ireland, another to just outside of Paris another to Holland and she doesn’t know where her area is going.

Highly paid, highly skilled jobs - gone.

Economic loss to the revenue

Whitewavemark2 Thu 12-Sep-19 06:13:50

I wonder too if anyone appreciates the magnitude of the revenue loss if a couple of refineries close?

Special arrangements each month are made by HMRC for the VAT etc because it is so huge and vitally necessary to HM Governments ability to function.

Elegran Thu 12-Sep-19 08:16:18

No wonder that was blacked out.

mcem Thu 12-Sep-19 08:29:07

Dilly I am sorry that your family is in this situation.
The bravest thing you can do now is speak out as you have here. Thank you.
It may not help your own family but there's a chance you could influence others. Might even persuade some to vote against the madness of brexit if there is a second referendum.
If a miracle happens and we stay in, things might look better for you and for all of us.

Blinko Thu 12-Sep-19 08:39:46

Anyone else seen that some 60 NDAs have been slapped across the pharmaceutical industry to prevent anyone talking about the lengths they will need to go to to keep supplies going.

#stockpiling

Dyffryn Thu 12-Sep-19 08:48:32

It’s already started. The Tories saying that, that document was published 6 weeks ago and the new document they will publish shortly will give a different scenario. Do they really expect us to believe that things will change that dramatically in a couple of months. We all need to get our heads out of the sand and realise that for years and years we have been lied to and lied to by the MSM about Europe. Stop reading the likes of the Mail, Sun etc and in my opinion listening to the BBC whose only agenda is to keep the Tories in power and start listening to whole speeches people make instead of getting snippets which do not show the whole truth.

Whitewavemark2 Thu 12-Sep-19 09:06:36

David Gwyther
@DPGwyther
·

What people voted for in 2016:
- New trade deals
- £350 million for the NHS
- Parliamentary sovereignty

What people didn’t vote for:
- A food crisis
- Border issue in N.Ireland
- The shutting down of Parliament

It’s time to go back to the people, it's time for a #PeoplesVote

FarNorth Thu 12-Sep-19 09:27:20

DillytheGardener you were tricked.
Politicians have created this whole mess by being dishonest with the public and disregarding the interests of the UK.
You, and thousands of others, didn't realise they would do that.

lemongrove Thu 12-Sep-19 09:44:34

WWM2 ....you are overdoing it a teensy bit with the blitz of links and quotes ( reminds me of a poster who did much the same ages ago.)
The yellowhammer documents are outlining a possible worst case scenario in the event of a no deal Brexit.
It has to be thought of beforehand in order to mitigate it.
It’s about the first few months after we leave, not forever, and may never happen anyway.
Some fresh foods could be affected, not all, as many people seem to think.Adjust your thinking in blaming any voter who voted to leave the EU and put the blame where it really belongs,those remain voting MP’s who can’t let go of the EU and think it doesn’t matter what the voting public think and those ultra Brexiters who refused to back T May’s deal.
Those same MP’s may now vote for a deal that Johnson can tweak ( with any luck.)

Gonegirl Thu 12-Sep-19 09:50:03

As Dyffryn says, they are making a new one up e'en as we speak. One that won't frighten the little people. hmm

Gonegirl Thu 12-Sep-19 09:52:39

growstuff Not sure we should make light of the hell it must have been for people in the war, in those underground shelters.