Mirror Politics

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23 October 2026 09:30

Wes Streeting has urged Brits to stockpile items like water and tinned foods ahead of winter as part of the party's 'Be Ready' campaign, but the BBC Question Time audience laughed and argued it was 'scaremongering'.

Russ Jones

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23 October 2026 09:27

Britons should use money we haven't got to buy food the country doesn't grow, store it in homes that don't exist, in spare rooms that got taxed away, so we can survive when reservoirs nobody built run dry because of a climate the govt won't protect. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

George Monbiot

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23 October 2026 09:26

Sure, we should, if we can (many cannot). But as I keep pointing out, the government itself is making no provision at all. No stockpiles, no back-up, no alternative sources. It's individuating the response to a collective problem, and that never ends well. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Nancy Hey

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23 October 2026 09:26

I gave evidence on UK resilience I compared to 140 other countries. The UK level of preparedness is about right for its recent past experience of disaster. The difference is the risk has changed & we don’t have a memory of what to do. Prepare for disruption www.thetimes.com/article/5971...

Buckinghamshire Archives

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23 October 2026 09:17

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