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Re: Britain outside the EU
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Originally Posted by pip08456
In context, the headline is correct.
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Except, as posted today @12:27, post #863, it isn’t…
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Except it isn't...
https://www.theislandwiki.org/index...._and_Rationing
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Foodstuffs which had previously been scarce were now non-existent, and the Channel Islands were effectively in [Post D-Day state of siege|a state of siege]], with the Allies making no attempt to recapture them and the Germans having no intention of surrendering. The populations of the islands were squeezed in the middle, heading to starvation, and the German troops were, if anything, even more badly affected.
One by one, foodstuffs and essential commodities ran out, with no hope of replenishment until the end of the war. Gas supply ceased on 4 September and some 50 public ovens were opened by the States in various parts of St Helier. From October 1 the electricity supply became uncertain and the current was shut off each evening.
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https://the-history-girls.blogspot.c...in-ww2-by.html
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By Christmas 1944, electricity was no longer available. Candles became scarce, and winter evenings were spent in semi-darkness by the light of a tin can full of oil, with a bootlace for a wick. Lack of warmth and gnawing hunger made winter on Jersey a true misery.
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