The armed forces have activated a team in a nuclear-proof bunker under the Ministry of Defence as the government prepares next Monday to enter “very high readiness mode” for a no-deal Brexit, Sky News can rev
Control of overall planning for the impact of the UK leaving the European Union without a withdrawal agreement next week shifts from the Cabinet Office to the government’s emergency committee Cobra.
There will be near 24-hour manning of critical departments most at risk from Brexit disruption.
Teams in situ in the Cabinet Office and the departments for health, transport and defence will be primed to divert resources or deploy manpower where required, a government insider told Sky News.
The military’s crisis management operation - dubbed Operation Redfold - was mobilised at the beginning of this week.
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It will direct some 3,500 military personnel who have been put on standby to help the government if required in the event of disruption following a no-deal departure from the EU.
Troops from Monday will ready to be deployed at a day’s notice as the government lays the groundwork for a possible no-deal exit at the end of next week.
The Redfold mission is the military dimension of the cross-Whitehall no-deal contingency preparations, called Operation Yellowhammer.
The armed forces could be used to help transport food, fuel and other goods into and around the country. A 200-strong team of military personnel is ready to drive fuel tankers to petrol stations if required.
Military bases could also be used to park lorries and other vehicles backed up at ports if there are delays with customs checks at the borders.
Brexit is not going to happen.
My prediction is kitarudiwo and the young generation who were too young to vote first time round yet are the only ones who understood the real repurcussions of Brexit are going to overwhelmingly to Remain.
This will be a " ili iwe funzo" moment for any other nation contemplating exiting the Union.
If Britain can’t exit, no one can.
And the Germans whose idea the EU was,will have won.
Nimesema hapa mara most, ; Brexit, Trump and even that coward’s actions in New Zealand are the last kicks of the dying horse that was the Western world Empire.
An empire has to fall for another to rise.
Brace yourselves for the Chinese empire takeover.
Kitaeleweka…
The queen is involved in politics albeit not directly. Anyone telling you otherwise is plain naive. Think of it this way, in Kenya (a young democracy), there are families that have positioned themselves to shape the politics, whether they participate or not. The same story is repeated in many countries the world over.
So do you still think that kazi ya queen (with all the wealth and networks) ni kupaka makeup na kupigwa picha za magazines?
Ndio mimi hushangaa that people keep claiming that she doesn’t play politics… she is right in the middle of the storm. Ni vile tu huwa hakuji direct and will not do press conferences about it
Teresa may doesn’t want Brexit and she knows it’s not going to happen. Hio circus yote ni ya bure, its to just keep the masses engaged and distracted till she finishes her term. It’s an age old tactic of politics run around in circles over nothing, just look at uhuruto and the Hague shenanigans… it kept them going for an entire term and nothing happened. Gakuyo followed the same script na hio mashamba yake and he built nothing meanwhile his people were hopeful for nothing.
Perfect description. She is not just sitting in her gown and hat on her throne watching the world go by. She has secret talks with May or any other PM of the day. But to the public she should appear neutral. The Queen has ceremonial and other formal roles in Govt too.
And even now if all else fails (like now Amadioha forbid) she has the power to call on someone to form a govt. Now if that is not power, I do not know what else is.