The UK bet its future on being open to trade generations ago, and this has intensified as the UK's economy has been engineered into a focus on services rather than manufacturing; so when supply chains are disrupted prices rise & supplies are constrained.

The US/Israeli attack(s) on Iran are now having a wide range of disruptive effects as we know, but the latest to be identified as a potential problem is medicines.... that might be pretty serious!

#health #politics

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/mar/28/uk-weeks-away-medicine-shortages-iran-war-impacts-experts-warn

UK ‘weeks away’ from medicine shortages if Iran war continues, experts say

Concern that supply chain disruption could hit health essentials – and prices – from painkillers to cancer treatment

The Guardian
@ChrisMayLA6 Great to see our political leaders planned for this eventuality! Oh wait… 😱