Operation Yellowhammer

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Operation Yellowhammer (in English Operation Goldammer ) is the code name used by the UK Treasury for cross-departmental civil emergency planning for the possibility of a no-deal Brexit . In the event of an exit without a deal, the UK's unilateral exit from the EU could disrupt many aspects of UK-European Union relations, including financial transfers, people movement, trade, customs and other areas, for an unknown duration. Operation Yellowhammer is expected to mitigate the effects of this disruption in the UK and is expected to last around three months. The operation was developed by the Civil Contingencies Secretariat (CCS), a division of the Cabinet responsible for emergency planning.

On September 3, 2019 Deputy Prime Minister and said, Minister without Portfolio , Michael Gove , whose tasks include the preparation of an agreement without United Kingdom and Gibraltar European Union membership referendum heard in the House: "The assumptions of the operation Yellowhammer are not a prediction of what is likely to happen, they are not a Best -Case scenario or a list of likely outcomes, they are projections of what can happen in a worst-case scenario . "

History of the preparatory measures

On March 20, 2019, UK Government Brexit Secretary Stephen Barclay stated that Operation Yellowhammer's command and control structures would "come into full force" on March 25, 2019, unless between the UK and the EU a new departure date would be agreed. On March 21, 2019, the Department of Defense occupied a bunker under its Whitehall headquarters to coordinate military activities related to Operation Redfold, and the COBRA Emergency Committee took control of the no-deal planning with an intention of March 25 , 2019 March 2019 to implement national emergency plans.

At the end of March 2019, possible new exit dates were agreed between the UK and the EU. As a result, the full activation of Operation Yellowhammer has been postponed to April 8, 2019.

On April 10, 2019, the European Council granted the United Kingdom a six-month extension; a few weeks later, Yellowhammer's 6,000-strong team of officials was disbanded, with most of the members returning to their normal duties. Developments in the meantime - Theresa May resigned as chairwoman of the Conservative Party , but the increased likelihood of a hard Brexit could make it necessary to resume preparations. The Institute for Government (IfG) think tank pointed out that the government may never be as ready for a no-deal Brexit as it was on the original departure date in late March. According to IfG Brexit Program Director Joe Owen, reinstating Yellowhammer and reinstating thousands of officials to implement contingency plans is a daunting task; everything has to be "revived and revived and previous rounds of staff training have to be redone". According to the Guardian, this is a sign that "we have already run out of time."

The European Union issued a press release on March 25, 2019, stating that it completed preparations for an increasingly likely "no-deal" scenario on April 12, 2019.

Struggle to hand over the planning documents

the Yellowhammer documents (as of August 2, 2019)

As early as March 2019, the Guardian published excerpts from a secret document showing the government's plans in London in the event of a no-deal Brexit.

After the government had been called on several times by various sides to publish the planning document without this request being granted, the House of Commons finally passed a resolution on September 9, 2019, in which the government was asked "no later than Wednesday, September 11, at 11 p.m. to publish to the House of Commons all documents prepared in Her Majesty's Government in connection with Operation Yellowhammer since July 23, 2019 and submitted to the Cabinet or a Cabinet Committee ".

As a result, on September 11, the government published a five-page document entitled "Operation Yellowhammer: Reasonable Worst-Case Planning Assumptions Beginning August 2, 2019". Despite a title change - from "Base Scenario" to "Reasonable Worst Case Planning Assumptions" - and an edited paragraph allegedly dealing with the implications for the oil refining industry, the document was largely identical to the one leaked in August.

Trivia

Since different birds in the English-speaking area bear the name Yellowhammer , the question arises whether the namesake was thinking of the golden hammer ( Emberiza citrinella ), which is native to England and Germany, or the golden woodpecker ( Colaptes auratus ), which lives in the US and which belongs to the US state of Alabama helped to get its nickname Yellowhammer State . There are no publicly confirmed statements about this so far, but the Times speaks of a "small yellow songbird" (that is, a small yellow songbird), which was chosen by chance as a code name, with which the gold woodpecker is eliminated.

Web links

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ "Photo of secret government no-deal Brexit papers reveals questions over 'rail access to the EU'" in independent.co.uk (accessed on September 9, 2019) (English)
  3. ↑ Lisa O'Carroll and Denis Campbell: UK's emergency plans for no-deal Brexit begin to be put into action. The Guardian - News - Online, March 20, 2019, accessed September 12, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Deborah Haynes and Beth Rigby: Govt preparing to enter 'very high readiness mode' for no deal , Sky News, March 22, 2019, accessed September 12, 2019. (English)
  5. ↑ Henry Zeffman: no-deal emergency plan is put on ice after United Kingdom and Gibraltar European Union membership referendum delay . March 23, 2019. (English)
  6. ↑ a b Anonymous official: I'm a civil servant - and we can't make Boris Johnson's no-deal fantasy into reality , The Guardian, June 28, 2019, accessed September 13, 2019.
  7. ^ Richard Johnstone: Brexit: Whitehall churn means government may never be as ready again for no deal, says IfG . June 5, 2019. (English)
  8. ↑ Brexit preparedness: EU completes preparations for possible “no-deal” scenario on April 12 , European commission Press Release Database, March 25, 2019, retrieved from the archive on September 13, 2019.
  9. ↑ hba / Reuters / AFP: Secret plan for no-deal Brexit - operation "Goldammer". Spiegel Online, March 22, 2019, accessed September 12, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Sean O'Grady: This 'humble address' from Dominic Grieve could show whether Boris Johnson lied to the Queen. The Guardian - Voices - Online, September 10, 2019, accessed September 12, 2019 .
  11. ^ Faisal Islam: Brexit: Operation Yellowhammer no-deal document published. BBC News Online, September 11, 2019, accessed September 12, 2019 .
  12. ^ Andrew Woodcock: Official No-Deal Document confirms government planning for delays, disruption and disorder. Independent - Politics - Online, September 11, 2019, accessed September 12, 2019 .
  13. ↑ Isabella Reichert: "Yellowhammer" document on Brexit - No Plan. Spiegel Online, September 12, 2019, accessed on September 12, 2019 .
  14. ↑ Oliver Wright and Bruno Waterfield: Prepare for cuts under no-deal Brexit, Treasury tells Whitehall in Operation Yellowhammer. The Times Online, September 7, 2019, accessed September 13, 2019 .