Government figures seek to play down predictions of food, medicine and fuel shortages in leaked document.
Richard Porritt, Steve Anglesey and Mia Jankowicz return for yet more Brexit fun. The trio ponder the Yellowhammer documents, explore whether the PM could end up behind bars and settle the age-old argument 'gilet or body warmer?'
MPs order Boris Johnson to hand over government communications about parliament suspension and no-deal planning
09/09/2019
Boris Johnson's government has suffered another humiliating Commons defeat, as MPs ordered the release of internal communications between the prime minister's top advisers over the decision to suspend parliament.
Operation Yellowhammer begins as government pressures MPs to back Boris Johnson’s deal.
Medicines will also be subject to shortages, according to ‘realistic assessment’. / The UK will face a three-month meltdown at its ports, a hard Irish border and shortages of food and medicine if it leaves the EU without a deal, according to government documents on Operation Yellowhammer.
Low consumer confidence also affects sales at Morrisons, and Co-op says crashing out of EU threatens its supply chain.
Chancellor sceptical about request as Tories discuss leaving EU without deal. / The home secretary, Sajid Javid, has demanded more than £1bn extra funds for police and border force officials to cope with a no-deal Brexit in a request met with scepticism by the chancellor, Philip Hammond.
Jacob Rees-Mogg attacks doctor who advised government on no-deal Brexit, dismissing his warnings people will die as 'fear-mongering'
02/09/2019
Neurologist David Nicholl helped draft Operation Yellowhammer document on medicine shortages - but Commons leader accuses him of incompetence.
Electricity price rises are predicted as well as major HGV hold-ups.
“Our shelves are empty ... and at this point we are absolutely desperate for donations."
Government dismisses calls for no-deal Brexit assessments to be released in full immediately
19/08/2019
Corbyn says claims that leaked dossier warning of no-deal chaos is outdated ‘can’t be trusted’.
Operation Yellowhammer documents predict public disorder, rising prices and disruptions to food and medicines.
Dr David Nicholl: ‘If Rees-Mogg wants to repeat that outside of Parliament, I will sue’ [5 mins]
05/09/2019
Jacob Rees-Mogg has escalated his war of words with a neurologist who warned of fatalities in the event of a No-Deal Brexit.
David Nicholl, who drew up a risk register of epilepsy and neurology drugs for the government’s Operation Yellowhammer plans for no deal, said he was not going to take lessons from a “muppet” who had no medical qualifications.
A government focus on Brexit “crowded out and prevented” the work that was needed to prepare for the next pandemic, the lead lawyer to the Covid-19 Inquiry has suggested.
Brexit had a bigger effect on pandemic contingency planning arrangements in Northern Ireland than elsewhere in the UK, the Covid inquiry has heard.
Labour leader demands transparency for public and business.
Alastair Campbell Skewers Rishi Sunak By Pointing Out All The Worst Outcomes For Brexit Have Come True
04/10/2021
The Good Morning Britain host pointed out how accurate Operation Yellowhammer's post-Brexit predictions were.
Leaked No-deal Brexit planning documents from Operation Yellowhammer warn of the likely impact on the UK - not the worst case scenario, and have been likened to 'wartime' in peacetime by the Lib Dems
'Absolutely disgusting': Jacob Rees-Mogg condemned for likening doctor to disgraced anti-vaxxer for warning of deaths after no-deal Brexit
05/09/2019
Under-fire Tory minister told he would be sued if allegation against government-hired expert had been made outside Commons.