Dominic Grieve was accused of scare-mongering after he insisted that no-deal would be terrible for Britain, but the Brexit boss Dominic Raab stressed that all was under control
CHIEF Remoaner Dominic Grieve has today been accused of scare-mongering after he suggested that Britain could be in a "state of emergency" if we didn't get a Brexit deal with the EU.
The pro-EU Tory insisted that no-deal would spark a huge crisis in the country and we would run out of food and medicine.
Mr Grieve, who has been in charge of leading other Remainers to water down Theresa May's Brexit Bill in the Commons on numerous occasions, denied his comments were another attempt at Remain's Project Fear today and insisted it would be "absolutely catastrophic" if talks broke down with Brussels.
He told Sky's Sophie Ridge on Sunday this morning: "It's right to take emergency measures, but we will be in a state of emergency."
And he even claimed basic services like flights abroad wouldn't be able to take place, and there would be "trouble getting food into the country".
"It is so serious - I find it difficult to see that no deal is better than a deal on offer," the Beaconsfield MP said.
Ministers have drawn up secret plans to stockpile processed foods in case of a no-deal Brexit, and have started putting in place contingency plans.
Last week Mrs May and the EU told businesses to start stepping up their preparations for not securing a Brexit deal with the EU.
Advice will be given out across the summer for how to start getting ready.
But Brexit Secretary Dominic Grieve insisted that we will thrive when we come out of the EU - no matter what happens.
He insisted that "far-fetched, fanciful" predictions of what would happen when we leave would not come true, and he was confident of securing an arrangement.
Mr Raab said the UK was hiring extra border staff and pumping in money to departments to prepare.
Speaking to the Andrew Marr Show he said: "People need to know we are getting ready and Britain can thrive no matter what happens."
And he was confident that we would be able to get a deal by October, with his fresh injection of "energy, ambition and pragmatism".
80 per cent of the withdrawal agreement is already sorted, he confirmed today.
And he insisted the Government would do everything it needed to smooth over any bumps we may face in the coming months.
"We will act responsibly and set out the details of that through technical notices over the coming months," he added.
"If we have no deal, we will make sure we are prepared - we will have all the planning in place and the infrastructure to deal with that."
But he said that Mr Barnier "asking questions" about the UK's plans for Brexit was a "good positive sign" and ministers were pleased to see it.
