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Prepare for riots in euro collapse, Foreign Office warns
The Telegraph ^ | 27 Nov 2011 | James Kirkup

Posted on 11/26/2011 6:08:42 PM PST by mandaladon

British embassies in the eurozone have been told to draw up plans to help British expats through the collapse of the single currency, amid new fears for Italy and Spain. As the Italian government struggled to borrow and Spain considered seeking an international bail-out, British ministers privately warned that the break-up of the euro, once almost unthinkable, is now increasingly plausible.

Diplomats are preparing to help Britons abroad through a banking collapse and even riots arising from the debt crisis.

The Treasury confirmed earlier this month that contingency planning for a collapse is now under way.

A senior minister has now revealed the extent of the Government’s concern, saying that Britain is now planning on the basis that a euro collapse is now just a matter of time.

“It’s in our interests that they keep playing for time because that gives us more time to prepare,” the minister told the Daily Telegraph. Recent Foreign and Commonwealth Office instructions to embassies and consulates request contingency planning for extreme scenarios including rioting and social unrest.

Greece has seen several outbreaks of civil disorder as its government struggles with its huge debts. British officials think similar scenes cannot be ruled out in other nations if the euro collapses.

Diplomats have also been told to prepare to help tens of thousands of British citizens in eurozone countries with the consequences of a financial collapse that would leave them unable to access bank accounts or even withdraw cash.

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: currencywar; economy; eu; euro; europe; europeanunion; inflation; qe; soundasapound; stimulus; uk; unitedkingdom
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I wonder if the same could happen in the US
1 posted on 11/26/2011 6:08:43 PM PST by mandaladon
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To: mandaladon

If it were to happen in the US, our government would have no contingency plans in place. However, fear not! Ray Nagin would be put in charge of disaster recovery — after all: he’s black.


2 posted on 11/26/2011 6:11:51 PM PST by ClearCase_guy (Roll the stone away, Let the guilty pay, It's Independence Day)
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To: mandaladon

Not only could, would.


3 posted on 11/26/2011 6:11:52 PM PST by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: mandaladon

The wonderful world of EUrtopia


4 posted on 11/26/2011 6:13:24 PM PST by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
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To: mandaladon

My older brother lives/works in Germany.I’ve warned him not to stay too long if the situation starts to deteriorate.


5 posted on 11/26/2011 6:13:53 PM PST by Farmer Dean (stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
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To: Kartographer

I thought this was just a hobby ping


6 posted on 11/26/2011 6:15:47 PM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: mandaladon

China will fall like a house of cards. This is wild!


7 posted on 11/26/2011 6:16:44 PM PST by Rooivalk
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To: driftdiver

Survivalism used to be a hobby, it might become a necessity


8 posted on 11/26/2011 6:16:44 PM PST by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
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To: driftdiver

Survivalism used to be a hobby, it WILL become a necessity


9 posted on 11/26/2011 6:17:02 PM PST by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
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To: GeronL

Survivalism used to be a hobby, it WILL become a necessity.


For certain.


10 posted on 11/26/2011 6:19:40 PM PST by unkus (Silence Is Consent)
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To: GeronL

AmeriTopia next.


11 posted on 11/26/2011 6:20:30 PM PST by Track9
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To: mandaladon

Gold? Silver? Or is it too late to invest in them?
Will gold and silver not even be worth it to purchase since you can’t “eat” it.

What to do, what to doooooo!!!???!!!


12 posted on 11/26/2011 6:21:27 PM PST by CapnJack
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To: mandaladon

We’re in worse shape than Europe. There’s way too little manufacturing for sustainable revenues to pay government debt here. Our USA and nearly all of its local governments are heading for the inevitable end of this default process and repudiation.

When attention turns to the realities of our own debt, further bloated by too much money from foreigners stuffed into our essentially worthless bonds, the dollar will drop like a rock.


13 posted on 11/26/2011 6:27:29 PM PST by familyop (We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of rotten politics smelled around the world.)
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To: mandaladon

with obama as pres, probably, that is his goal to bring us to our knees.


14 posted on 11/26/2011 6:29:17 PM PST by television is just wrong
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To: Spktyr; mandaladon
"Not only could, would."

Not only could, would will.

Although if we count the Acorn mob attacks that are already being practiced throughout the country:
Not only could, would will are.

15 posted on 11/26/2011 6:29:57 PM PST by SuperLuminal (Where is another agitator for republicanism like Sam Adams when we need him?)
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To: CapnJack
"What to do, what to doooooo!!!???!!! "

Buy and store food.

16 posted on 11/26/2011 6:31:33 PM PST by blam
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To: mandaladon

Watch the fun. If debt is stated in Euros, people and countries will be free to negotiate repayment terms in successor currencies. Owe you 100,000 Euros, well I’ll give you 5,000 DM to pay it off or you get nothing. It will be unbelievable when it happens.


17 posted on 11/26/2011 6:31:41 PM PST by RetiredTexasVet (There's a pill for just about everything ... except stupid!)
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To: mandaladon

Everywhere, unfortunately.


18 posted on 11/26/2011 6:31:41 PM PST by Jonty30 (If a person won't learn under the best of times, than he must learn under the worst of times.)
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To: mandaladon

Some quotes from the words of George Washington:

“Why, by interweaving our destiny with that of any part of Europe, entangle our peace and prosperity in the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor or caprice?”

“Nothing is more essential, than that permanent, inveterate antipathies against particular Nations, and passionate attachments for others, should be excluded...The Nation, which indulges towards another an habitual hatred, or an habitual fondness, is in some degree a slave. It is a slave to its animosity or to its affection, either of which is sufficient to lead it astray from its duty and its interest.”


19 posted on 11/26/2011 6:32:05 PM PST by familyop (We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of rotten politics smelled around the world.)
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To: CapnJack

Gold? Silver? Or is it too late to invest in them? Will gold and silver not even be worth it to purchase since you can’t “eat” it.
You just reminded me of Ezekiel 7:19.
20 posted on 11/26/2011 6:34:44 PM PST by Olog-hai
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