Wind-up radios sell out across Britain as shoppers panic-buy after Labour's 'Be Ready' call to stockpile essentials
A wind-up emergency radio like the models stripped from shelves at Currys, John Lewis, Screwfix and Tesco after Defence Secretary Wes Streeting's three-year emergency-preparedness campaign launched on Thursday.
Orders for the gadgets surged fivefold, and at least seven models were gone at four outlets by Saturday. Maplin saw torch sales jump 284% and power bank sales climb 106%. At the Asda on Colchester's Turner Rise retail park, some shoppers were stuck in the car park for two hours. Defence Secretary Wes Streeting launched the three-year campaign on Thursday.
Currys, John Lewis, Screwfix and Tesco shelves were stripped of wind-up models.
Labour now insists its emergency checklist is not a 'shopping list' for households.
One trapped Colchester shopper fumed that stockpilers are 'so stupid'.
