{"id":36273,"date":"2018-07-30T08:40:46","date_gmt":"2018-07-30T13:40:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=36273"},"modified":"2018-07-30T08:40:46","modified_gmt":"2018-07-30T13:40:46","slug":"god-help-us-british-army-readied-in-case-of-hard-brexit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=36273","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;God Help Us&#8221; &#8211; British Army Readied In Case Of Hard Brexit"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"block-zerohedge-page-title\" class=\"block block-core block-page-title-block\">\n<h3 class=\"page-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2018-07-29\/god-help-us-british-army-readied-case-hard-brexit\"><span class=\"field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden\">&#8220;God Help Us&#8221; &#8211; British Army Readied In Case Of Hard Brexit<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"block-zerohedge-content\" class=\"block block-system block-system-main-block\">\n<article class=\"node node--type-article node--view-mode-full\" role=\"article\" data-gtm-vis-recent-on-screen-2077925_22=\"1703\" data-gtm-vis-first-on-screen-2077925_22=\"1703\" data-gtm-vis-total-visible-time-2077925_22=\"100\" data-gtm-vis-has-fired-2077925_22=\"1\">\n<div class=\"node__content\">\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<p>Just as was extremely evident prior to the actual vote in 2016, <strong>scaremongering <\/strong>around Brexit (deal or no deal) is escalating among the cognoscenti or desperate Remain &#8216;told you so&#8217;-ers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/methode%252Fsundaytimes%252Fprod%252Fweb%252Fbin%252F05bc2244-92bf-11e8-86ee-e22d14bef8b7.jpg?itok=eUo_zTUu\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/methode%252Fsundaytimes%252Fprod%252Fweb%252Fbin%252F05bc2244-92bf-11e8-86ee-e22d14bef8b7.jpg?itok=eUo_zTUu\" data-link-option=\"0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/methode%252Fsundaytimes%252Fprod%252Fweb%252Fbin%252F05bc2244-92bf-11e8-86ee-e22d14bef8b7.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/methode%252Fsundaytimes%252Fprod%252Fweb%252Fbin%252F05bc2244-92bf-11e8-86ee-e22d14bef8b7.jpg?itok=eUo_zTUu 1x\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"c1da86a6-ff2b-4c6a-a16e-f88b369abb79\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/article\/army-on-standby-for-no-deal-brexit-emergency-dz3359lrf\">Britain&#8217;s Sunday Times reports <\/a>that <strong>UK ministers have drawn up plans to send in the army to deliver food, medicines and fuel in the event of shortages if Britain crashes out of the EU without a deal.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Blueprints for the armed forces to assist the civilian authorities, usually used only in civil emergencies, have been dusted down as part of the &#8220;no deal&#8221; planning, with <strong>helicopters and army trucks used to ferry supplies to vulnerable people<\/strong> outside the southeast who were struggling to obtain the medicines they needed.<\/p>\n<p>However, as ominous as this sounds, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/article\/army-on-standby-for-no-deal-brexit-emergency-dz3359lrf\">The Sunday Times admits<\/a> &#8211; a number of paragraphs into their<em> &#8220;Army on standby for no-deal Brexit emergency&#8221;<\/em> story &#8211; that <strong>a source inside the Ministry of Defense said they have not yet received &#8220;a formal request&#8221; to assist the civilian authorities.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/5b5d7dfedda4c85a558b461b.jpg?itok=JHxY-EWa\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/5b5d7dfedda4c85a558b461b.jpg?itok=JHxY-EWa\" data-link-option=\"0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/5b5d7dfedda4c85a558b461b.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/5b5d7dfedda4c85a558b461b.jpg?itok=JHxY-EWa 1x\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"e5bde29c-0399-46d3-93fb-e8e07ffec46f\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And while <strong>desperate not to have this positioned as the work of &#8220;Project Fear&#8217;,<\/strong> pro-EU opposition MP David Lammy took aim at the news on Twitter saying: <em>&#8220;God, help us. This is not coming from Remainers. This is not project fear. Pro-Brexit Ministers are drawing up blueprints for the army to deliver food, fuel and medicine if we leave the EU with no deal,&#8221;<\/em> <em><strong>adding his own touch of hysteria&#8230; &#8220;We have a duty to prevent this self-immolation.&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"Tweet-header\"><a class=\"TweetAuthor-avatar  Identity-avatar u-linkBlend\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DavidLammy\" data-scribe=\"element:user_link\" aria-label=\"David Lammy (screen name: DavidLammy)\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Avatar Avatar--edge\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/615620009604345856\/fqNS8Xg9_normal.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-scribe=\"element:avatar\" data-src-2x=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/615620009604345856\/fqNS8Xg9_bigger.jpg\" data-src-1x=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/615620009604345856\/fqNS8Xg9_normal.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"TweetAuthor js-inViewportScribingTarget\" data-scribe=\"component:author\">\n<div class=\"TweetAuthor-nameScreenNameContainer\"><span class=\"TweetAuthor-decoratedName\"><span class=\"TweetAuthor-verifiedBadge\" data-scribe=\"element:verified_badge\"><b class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">\u2714<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Tweet-body e-entry-content\" data-scribe=\"component:tweet\">\n<p class=\"Tweet-text e-entry-title\" dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">God, help us. This is not coming from Remainers. This is not project fear. Pro-Brexit Ministers are drawing up blueprints for the army to deliver food, fuel and medicine if we leave the EU with no deal. We have a duty to prevent this self-immolation.<a class=\"link customisable\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/article\/army-on-standby-for-no-deal-brexit-emergency-dz3359lrf\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ipWppDQIny\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-expanded-url=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/article\/army-on-standby-for-no-deal-brexit-emergency-dz3359lrf\" data-scribe=\"element:url\"><span class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">https:\/\/www.<\/span>thetimes.co.uk\/article\/army-o<span class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">n-standby-for-no-deal-brexit-emergency-dz3359lrf\u00a0<\/span>\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"Tweet-metadata dateline\"><time class=\"dt-updated\" title=\"Time posted: July 29, 2018 07:20:26 (UTC)\" datetime=\"2018-07-29T07:20:26+0000\"><a class=\"u-linkBlend u-url customisable-highlight long-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DavidLammy\/status\/1023468275798355968\" data-datetime=\"2018-07-29T07:20:26+0000\" data-scribe=\"element:full_timestamp\">3:20 AM &#8211; Jul 29, 2018<\/a><\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;God Help Us&#8221; &#8211; British Army Readied In Case Of Hard Brexit Just as was extremely evident prior to the actual vote in 2016, scaremongering around Brexit (deal or no deal) is escalating among the cognoscenti or desperate Remain &#8216;told you so&#8217;-ers. 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