The much respected, former Defence Minister and MP Tobias Ellwood, is strongly urging households across the UK stockpile on certain items warning that an “attack on the UK is likely.”
Ellwood said Britain must “wake up and start preparing” as the likelihood of a “grey zone attack” will most likely affect the UK’s energy and food supplies and infrastructure.
Households have to now prepare for “real world scenarios we must seriously consider,” such as internet outages, power cuts and swarm drone attacks.
Writing in PoliticsHome, the former defence secretary said, “What if your phone buzzed with a national emergency alert warning of a swarm drone attack enroute to your city – where would you go? How would you respond?
“These aren’t scenes from a dystopian thriller – they’re real-world scenarios we must now seriously consider.
“Britain is now facing a surge in grey-zone warfare – deniable, covert attacks aimed at weakening our economy, undermining our infrastructure, and sowing confusion and panic. Russia’s so-called shadow fleet is already mapping the UK’s undersea cable networks – those vital arteries that deliver our electricity, gas and data. Autonomous underwater vehicles are criss-crossing the seabed, gathering intelligence.
“This isn’t speculation – Russia’s ambassador to the UK recently acknowledged that sensors had been placed in British waters, after several devices washed ashore. The Royal Navy is responding, ramping up its ability to detect threats and developing its own unmanned underwater vehicles.
“But this fight doesn’t begin and end with the military.”
Ellwood is strongly urging households to stock up on food which can be eaten cold, such as tinned food.
He said that a household should have at least 100 litres of clean water, Iodine tablets should there be a nuclear fallout, candles, a working torch, a battery powered or wind up radio, a first aid kit and cash.
He added, “The era of complacency is over. A significant grey-zone attack on the UK is not just possible – it’s likely. If we want to protect our lives, our economy and our democracy, we must get ready now.”
The UK’s own emergency website, Prepare UK says, “Emergencies happen every day in the UK and across the world. They can be caused by severe weather or other natural hazards, by deliberate actions, or as a result of accidents or infrastructure failure. They can be events that happen quickly and are over in a few hours, or they can develop and continue over the course of several days, months, or sometimes even longer.
“Consider what supplies you and your household might need during an emergency lasting a few days, such as a power cut or water outage, or situations where you are advised to stay at home or to leave your home (evacuate) for safety reasons.”
In March the former Chairman of the Defence Select Committee, warned “there’s a 1938 feel to the world” meaning we are in a pre-war period as was seen prior to World War Two which started on 1 September 1939.
Ellwood told GB News “We are attacked daily by Russia, let me make that clear,” which many Brits may be unaware off.
He said this is “all designed to cause economic harm” and “sow political confusion” which is all part of Vladimir Putin’s strategy against Britain.
Ellwood said, “What Russia does is to probe, to see where there are weaknesses, to use proxy influences – the green men, as they’re called – those not in uniform, to cause havoc and deniable attacks on Europe and indeed the UK,” he added Europe is now in “a new era of insecurity.”
