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christianSpaceman
I read this earlier, about how May is going to get a flotilla of ships to supply us. A bit like in WWII I guess, so I imagine it will be a popular idea. Maybe getting Vera Lynn to sing them into Dover as they arrive would be an even better vote winner.
https://www.businessinsider.com/theresa-may-considering-supply-flotilla-no-deal-brexit-report-2018-10?r=UK&IR=T
Beyond the fact that this will finally provide a use case for Trident (to protect the convoys as they pass through European waters), I don't understand how this could work, immediate questions that spring to mind:
Who would she buy the food off, as we may not have suitable trade deals to do so, depending on whether it was a UK or non UK company doing it?
Who would she charter the ships off, as the crew may not be qualified and vessels not certified (if UK chartered) to land and load at the source, or (if non UK) at the destination.
Would it be ok to anyone she did have a trade deal with to be importing large quantities of less well regulated (customs checks?) food, or would it breach any trade deals as the govt would now essentially be importing goods.
Is this what she imagined she'd be doing when she started out in politics all those years ago?Presumably she had some idea for making the world better, or at least not too much worse. Instead she's making up fictional emergency plans to appease people nostalgic for the blitz so they get off her back for another couple of days.