U.K. Warns of Protests, Chaotic Border Scenes in No-Deal Brexit
- Some medicines could face delays of ‘up to six months’
- Irish border crisis would force U.K. to negotiate with EU
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The full scale of the damage a no-deal Brexit could cause to the U.K. was revealed when Boris Johnson’s government published its worst-case scenario in a document it tried to keep secret.
The paper warned of food and fuel shortages, disruption to the supply chain, job losses, public disorder and intense pressure to return to the negotiating table if the U.K. crashes out of the European Union without an agreement. The five-page summary of no-deal planning, code-named Yellowhammer, was released late Wednesday to meet a deadline forced upon the government by Parliament.