Looking again at Government's own "Yellowhammer" assessment of likely consequences of "no deal". Given that ending transition on 01/01 with no proper replacement= basically same as "no deal", surely begs question: what is Government's revised assessment of those exact same risks?
One hand: might have expected transition to give more time to make preparations / mitigate worst risks. Other hand: surely pandemic has disrupted those preparations / magnified certain risks / created new or supplementary problems that were not foreseen by original Yellowhammer.
But how do we know, unless Johnson shows us results of necessary studies & updates? There *must be* fresh studies: surely no Gov would take such major decision, with potentially disastrous consequences, without careful investigation & evaluation compared to own previous plans?
So, eg Yellowhammer talks of serious border disruption leading directly to potential food shortages, problems securing medicines & medical supplies, fuel shortages etc. Surely Gov has evaluated impact of pandemic, combined with its own "no deal" decision, on such serious risks?
If Johnson is really racing towards "no deal" without proper assessment of how his very own Yellowhammer Disaster might well turn into a Catastrophe thanks to added impact of ongoing pandemic: this Gov risks not only more lives but UK's very social, economic & political stability
ps, when I say "surely", you all know only I'm imagining what rational people would do and using that as the yardstick for an appropriate degree of seething, contemptuous, critical sarcasm towards Johnson & Co...
