‘Yellowhammer’ plan warns of protests, shortages and border chaos in no-deal Brexit
Boris Johnson’s government releases the worst-case scenario document to meet a deadline forced on it by parliament
11 September 2019 - 23:23
London — The full scale of the damage a no-deal Brexit could cause to the UK was revealed when Boris Johnson’s government published its worst-case scenario — a document called Yellowhammer — it tried to keep secret.
The paper warned of food and fuel shortages, disruption to the supply chain, public disorder and intense pressure to return to the negotiating table if the UK crashes out of the European Union without an agreement. The five-page summary of no-deal planning, code-named Yellowhammer, was released late on Wednesday to meet a deadline forced upon the government by parliament...
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