Britanija pozvala državljane, naj si pripravijo zaloge za tri dni: Hrana, voda in gotovina za izredne razmere

Britanska vlada je pozvala državljane, naj si v svojih domovih zagotovijo zaloge hrane in vode za vsaj 72 ur, in opozorila na naraščajoča tveganja kibernetskih napadov, naravnih nesreč in drugih izrednih razmer.

Today’s contribution to the Make the Proxy War on Russia Popular Again (MPWRPA) campaign: the British government wants every household to stock up on water, food, cash and a wind-up FM radio, ready to keep comms alive when Putin invades our green and pleasant land. Wes Streeting explains that Britain must prepare for “state-sponsored terrorism” by Russia or other hostile powers targeting everyday infrastructure. He doesn’t like the expressions “hybrid warfare” or “grey zone threats”, because, well, they don’t frighten the public enough. Where did Streeting deliver this message? At the opening of a factory in Telford, making barrels for tank guns. The real emergencies the article mentions don’t actually have much to do with Moscow’s evil designs. Storm Goretti left tens of thousands of homes in the Midlands, the south-west and Wales without power in January. A “super El Niño” threatens to make 2027 the hottest year on record, disrupting food supplies and energy systems. A security flaw in the PHP programming language took 32 government websites offline this week. The Iberian blackout of April 2025, which hit 55 million people, was caused by voltage instability in the grid. The real story is one of climate breakdown, crumbling infrastructure and creaking software. Telling people to keep a few days’ supplies in case of winter storms is sensible enough. Dressing it up as preparation for Russian “state terrorism” is ridiculous; it’s about building a war psychology so as to justify pouring resources into the war machine rather than flood defences, the grid and public services. If the government were serious about resilience, it would be investing in public ownership of energy and water, a grid that can cope with renewables, flood defences and food security. Instead, it’s rearming, and asking people to buy wind-up radios. And if it were serious about avoiding conflict with Russia, it could stop prolonging the war in Ukraine, stop sending long-range missiles, and support a negotiated settlement that addresses Russia’s security concerns. Britain is a threat to Russia far more than Russia is to Britain.

— Carlos (@agent_of_change) October 23, 2026

Razlog za novo opozorilo so bile težave s programskim jezikom PHP ta teden, ki so povzročile prekinitve delovanja nekaterih internetnih storitev in milijone poskusov hekerskih napadov po vsem svetu.

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— British Time Lord (@Unicorntimelord) October 23, 2026

V okviru kampanje »Bodi pripravljen« britanske oblasti svetujejo državljanom, naj imajo doma vedno ustekleničeno vodo in trajno hrano, dovolj, da lahko samostojno preživijo prve tri dni morebitne krize.

EVERYONE IN BRITAIN must stock nine liters of bottled water and three days’ worth of tinned food, the government said yesterday in the latest attempt to gaslight the public about “imminent” threats—but the well-informed British public appears to be unfooled. A clip of a caller on an LBC phone-in show went viral, after he talked about the way the British government pushes people to believe Russia, Iran or China are “despicable” yet supports “a country that massacred 70,000-odd people”. (He did not name Israel.) In response, LBC host Ian Dale obediently pushed the official “them pesky Russians” narrative, but the caller was unfooled, and most voices on social media sided with him. “Russia is not our enemy, and the West is not the Beacon of all that is good,” said Darren of Plymouth, a popular social media voice on X. Simon S Pembroke agreed: “The caller is right. LBC presenters live in a bubble.” . DISARMING UK Defence Secretary Wes Streeting yesterday tried to make the water and tinned food campaign (called “Be Ready”) sound less political by emphasizing that it would be useful for a variety of weather-related disasters, and without specific mentions of Russia, Iran or China. Yet popular media such as the Daily Mail yesterday printed the report with a picture of Russian leader Vladimir Putin. Britons’ natural skepticism makes them harder to fool—as was obvious in the discussion on X. “The mainstream media is complicit in telling fairytales,” said Wendy Puerto, an artist. . BALANCING ACT Journalists and politicians in the UK and across Europe are playing a difficult balancing act. They have clearly been told to simultaneously push a pair of contradictory lines: one being that Russia is a pitifully weak, collapsing state, and the other being that almighty Russia is actively starting a host of new wars with the UK and Europe. But many people in the west are well read, and tough to trick. “Evidence of a Russian ‘hybrid war’ in Europe is vanishingly thin,” wrote geopolitical analyst Thomas Fazi in a report for Responsible Statecraft this week. “Many of the most widely publicised cases of alleged Russian sabotage — the 'jamming' of the GPS signal of von der Leyen’s plane, the Baltic cable incidents in late 2024, a crashed DHL cargo plane, a fire at Heathrow Airport in 2025 — ended up collapsing upon basic scrutiny. In each case, Russian involvement was ultimately ruled out,” he wrote. . .

— Nury Vittachi (@NuryVittachi) October 23, 2026

Premier Andy Burnham je dejal, da Britanija ne sme več čakati na katastrofo, preden se lahko odzove. Vlada je predstavila tudi nov načrt za boj proti gozdnim požarom, ki predvideva napotitev tudi vojaških letal.

Obrambni minister Wes Streeting je opozoril, da bodo kibernetski napadi postali pogostejši, saj umetna inteligenca olajša vdor v obstoječe varnostne sisteme.

Ocenil je tudi, da se Britanija sooča z večjimi grožnjami kot v skoraj vsem njegovem življenju, pri čemer je opozoril na nevarnosti sovražnih držav, organiziranega kriminala in podnebnih sprememb.

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— Angiridu #No és ciència ficció (@angiridu) October 24, 2026

Evropska komisija je lani izdala podobna priporočila državljanom EU in jim svetovala, naj si pripravijo zaloge za 72 ur, vključno s hrano, vodo, gotovino in prenosnimi baterijami.

Zdaj je »tridnevna zaloga« postala del uradnih priporočil tako v Evropski uniji kot v Britaniji.