Empty Shelves and Snow

Shops are warning that, in the event of a hard Brexit, there will be shortages of basic foodstuffs. This, however, is a self-fulfilling prophesy - warn the great British public that something will be in short supply and you can bet that certain sections of the population will panic-buy and stockpile. You could almost believe it was a deliberate ploy by the shops to ameliorate the effects of a poor Christmas season, if it were not for the fact two thirds of our food does indeed come from Europe.

I've mentioned this before; those with a conservative outlook have been shown by research to be more fearful and anxious (hence Republicans being against gun control laws), and therefore the irony is that it will likely be Brexiteers who would exacerbate any shortages by being first in the queues to panic-buy, while simultaneously claiming it to be part of Project Fear and there being nothing to worry about. That's why they're so easily manipulated by those financing the Leave campaign who label basic truths as falsehoods.

So, snow is forecast to cause travel disruption. Forecasts, eh? We've all had enough of forecasts by so-called experts - they're always wrong, they didn't forecast the Great Storm of 1987....

By the way, I've accidentally found the perfect ice scraper for my car windscreen - one of those plastic squares used to spread car body filler. They're bigger than credit cards and much cheaper than those massive and totally useless scraper things you buy at Halfords or in your local supermarket.