Uk Doom - How do we prepare for what happens next?

[sasguru]

I'm thinking the Isle of Wight.

That would suit you.
It's populated by cretinous geriatric Daily Mail readers.

[Mich the Tester]

Sounds like a good plan.

We need to eat more, and worry less.

Someone should tell the daily mail we have solved the problem.

We’ll run our economy a bit like Portugal. Tend our gardens and vineyards or hops and do a bit of fishing in the mornings and then spend all afternoon eating it all. Can’t be that bad surely?

[Mich the Tester]

I'm a Lidl man myself.

A lot of people are thanks to you. Gordon, do have shares in Lidl?

[TimberWolf]

We’ll run our economy a bit like Portugal. Tend our gardens and vineyards or hops and do a bit of fishing in the mornings and then spend all afternoon eating it all. Can’t be that bad surely?

Sounds idyllic, but we'd have to get our population nearer to the 11 million of Portugal first. But we know better than that, more people = higher GDP = boomed.

[FSM with Cheddar]

We’ll run our economy a bit like Portugal. Tend our gardens and vineyards or hops and do a bit of fishing in the mornings and then spend all afternoon eating it all. Can’t be that bad surely?

When you look at our country from above, it is virtually all fields. We should definitely put more effort into growing our own stuff.

[Mich the Tester]

When you look at our country from above, it is virtually all fields. We should definitely put more effort into growing our own stuff.

Indeed, and British seasonal veg at it’s best is as good as any in the world. British grass fed Hereford beef is simply unbeatable, but unfortunately almost unavailable in continental Europe since ignorant people got confused about BSE, which never affected grass fed beef herds.

English wines are now reaching high standards, British farmhouse cheeses are fantastic and British game is perhaps the best in the world, because it’s well managed.

[BrilloPad]

I am going to stockpile tinned goods.

[FSM with Cheddar]

I am going to stockpile tinned goods.

I have a two weeks supply of tinned food / water just in case.

I'm not paranoid am I?

[Mich the Tester]

I have a two weeks supply of tinned food / water just in case.

I'm not paranoid am I?

Yes. Anyway, if it does get so bad that you need your stockpile it’ll probably be nicked by a bunch of marauding chavs, unless you are very large and vicious, in which case you may as well nick it from someone else.

[FSM with Cheddar]

Back to my original, should I buy guns or grow veg

Stockpile of food is more for not having to go outside if there was a flu pandemic etc. Yes OK, I'm a bit paranoid. I'll have a word with those voices in my head.