We have reached the stage "at least there will always be enough food for everyone" of Brexit.

The grandiose promises of the 2016 Brexit promoters become more modest two years later. Now, instead of bragging that leaving the EU will make 350 million pounds per week available for the National Health Service and other programs (a central, if misleading, Brexit campaign), the promoters are rather reassure UK consumers that they will not be forced to fight their neighbors for the last box of beans at the local supermarket. Probably.
The prospect of an exit from the EU next year without negotiating an agreement on future economic relations with Europe becomes real and the new Secretary of Brexit, Dominic Raab said Tuesday in Parliament that the government was preparing "make sure there is enough food" if that happens. He denied allegations that the government "stocked" food, saying it would simply work with private suppliers to make sure there is no disruption.

Britain produces only about 49 percent of its own food, and 30 percent is imported from EU countries. The disruption could therefore be significant if the United Kingdom left without a commercial agreement. According to the Guardian, other emergency plans in the works include the possibility that "armed forces could be deployed to perform various civilian duties, including the use of RAF aircraft to transport aircraft. food supplies across the country.

These are not all bad news on the brink of self-sufficiency. As Lisa O 'Carroll of the Guardian notes, while Britain is a net importer of almost all categories of food products, it enjoys a trade surplus of "drinks", largely part thanks to Scotch Whiskey. It might be useful soon.