Janet Street-Porter has dismissed warnings of food shortages after a no-deal Brexit as scaremongering, arguing that the public is being subjected to a climate of fear by journalists and business leaders. In a column for the Daily Mail, she criticised the 'survivalist' courses that have sprung up, teaching skills such as hunting and foraging for £299 for a two-day session.
Street-Porter highlighted the contradiction in media narratives, noting that earlier stories about the toxicity of everyday foods like roast dinners and toast have now been replaced by Brexit-related panic. She mocked the idea of learning to navigate by the stars in light-polluted cities or relying on roadkill as a 'natural meat source'.
She also pointed to the stockpiling by supermarkets and the NHS, which has stored one million ready-meals, as evidence of overreaction. With the Brexit deadline uncertain—whether March 29, June, or 2020—Street-Porter suggested that the public is simply fatigued by the endless political wrangling and wants an end to the 'blathering and the waffle'.
