What could possibly go wrong?
Remember when KFC ran out of chicken? Remember that woman on the news who furiously exclaimed that she “had to go to Burger King”? Remember how the country went into meltdown because a particular fried chicken establishment had run out of its key ingredient? That was ridiculous, wasn’t it? Utterly ridiculous.
Well, in great news that will in no way ever backfire, the company responsible for that disaster has been handed a contract that tasks them with supplying the NHS with vital supplies.
According to a Daily Mirror exclusive, a government logistics hub in Belgium will rely on delivery firm DHL to transport some key goods across the Channel.
Unsurprisingly, MPs have criticised the decision that will leave the country reliant on the firm to transport life-saving drugs and equipment in the case of a no-deal Brexit, which would of course cause complications with regard to the trading of goods in and out of the UK.
The goods that DHL would be transporting would be are understood to be those requested by hospitals on a 24 to 72 hour time frame and could include cancer drugs and radio isotopes which require refrigeration, according to the Mirror.
This news comes after the government had to cancel a multi-million pound contract with a ferry firm due to the fact that it had no ships.
Green Party MP Caroline Lucas said: “Has the Government not learnt anything from its blundering decision to hand a ferry contract to a company with no ferries?
“The idea that vital medical supplies will be handled by a company incapable of delivering chicken to KFC is truly frightening.
“Ministers must urgently explain why they’re gambling with people’s lives by striking bargain bucket supply deals.
“Instead of risking shortages of critical medicines, the Government must rule out a disastrous no deal Brexit and accept the need to extend Article 50.”
But the Department of Health have taken a contrasting stance, with a spokesman saying: “This is a misleading comparison – DHL is one of the biggest logistics companies in the world and since 2006 has provided services for a range of products for the NHS.”
