Don't panic buy; a winter of discontent isn't looming, UK minister says

I don't recognise that." "We need to build resilience back into the economy in some of these areas," Scully said. Scully said: "There is not need for people to go out and panic buy."

British consumers should not panic buy products as the country is not heading back into a 1970s-style "winter of discontent" when its economy was brought to its knees by strikes and power cuts, a junior business minister said on Thursday. Asked by Times Radio if winter of discontent with empty shelves, power cuts, and rising living costs was looming, Small Business Minister Paul Scully said: "No. Look this isn't a 1970s thing at all. I don't recognize that."

"We need to build resilience back into the economy in some of these areas," Scully said. Scully said: "There is no need for people to go out and panic buy."