Scaremongering?

maggiebee | 10:30 Sun 03rd Feb 2019 | News

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LONDON (Reuters) - British officials have revived Cold War emergency plans to relocate the royal family should there be riots in London if Britain suffers a disruptive departure from the European Union next month, two Sunday newspapers reported.

"These emergency evacuation plans have been in existence since the Cold War, but have now been repurposed in the event of civil disorder following a no-deal Brexit," the Sunday Times said, quoting an unnamed source from the government's Cabinet Office, which handles sensitive administrative issues.

The Mail on Sunday also said it had learnt of plans to move the royal family, including The Queen, to safe locations away from London.

Britain's government is struggling to get parliamentary support for a Brexit transition agreement with the EU before the departure date of March 29, and the government and businesses are preparing contingency plans for a 'no-deal' Brexit.

Business groups have warned of widespread disruption if there are lengthy delays to EU imports due to new customs checks, and even possible shortages of food and medicine.

Last month an annual speech by the 92-year-old queen to a local women's group was widely interpreted in Britain as a call for politicians to reach agreement over Brexit.

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ToraToraTora

ich: "I can’t see any rioting if we don’t leave the EU: what, after all, would there be to riot about. " - your kidding right? Denial of democracy? ignoring the peoples choice, does that mean nothing to you?

douglas9401

We don't really do rioting as a nation though, do we?

Not unless we need new tellies and trainers.

ichkeria

Rioting against what? I repeat? Being given the chance to vote for something we didn’t have? And which it’s pretty clear now no one knows exactly the nature of. People riot when their living standards fall or they feel materially deprived. As Douglas observes we tend not to do that sort of thing here even for that reason. People in France were up in arms because they could see they were losing something material. And they were French :-)
I can’t help voting the irony of the opinion that “it’s all a load of scaremongering unless we don’t get what we want in which case ...»

Jackdaw33

I am interested in the use of the word 'repurposed'. New on one me.
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Jackdaw33

^^^new one on me

Mamyalynne

I presume they've had the 60 Minute Makeover team in Jack.

jim360

Means "adapted for a new purpose, different from that originally intended".

Example usage: "Jim360 has repurposed the definition of democracy to justify a second referendum because he didn't like the first one."

hereIam

It never ends, all this scaremongering ..

ichkeria

“Repurpose” - to adapt for a different purpose.

I thought that was a well known, if ugly word

Old_Geezer

Surely the royal family would be on the streets with us, rioting ?

Old_Geezer

"it’s pretty clear now no one knows exactly the nature of"

0f course not. Plenty of things in life are not fully known beforehand. We know sufficient and don't need to know more in advance, we need to know the goal that's worth going for and then go for it, wholeheartedly. Sure some risk assessment is required, but exaggeration and fake predictions aside, it's clear a short economic disruption is well worth it for the sake of the nation. Past governments have inflicted far more on the people for far less benefit.