‘Realistic and reassuring’: UK public ‘responding calmly’ to Be Ready campaign
Government’s emergency planning advice has sparked sales of essentials but no panic stockpiling, say prepping shop owners When the UK government launched…
The Guardian reports: Government’s emergency planning advice has sparked sales of essentials but no panic stockpiling, say prepping shop owners When the UK government launched its “Protect and Survive” public information campaign in 1980 on how to stay alive after a nuclear attack, it was met with a combination of scepticism, disbelief and derision.
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