2026-05-09
41 分钟The Economist.
You probably remember our February episode, when we travelled to Lithuania.
We were astonished to find just how much was going on to prepare for a possible Russian invasion.
Real grassroots stuff.
Each and every household, every citizen, thinking about survival rations and trauma care.
The women in the room are quiet and focused.
Vida hands out black tourniquets fastened with Velcro.
She tells everyone it's necessary to tie them as fast as possible
to prevent the victim from bleeding out.
The woman sitting next to me fastens hers quickly and shows me her handiwork.
Recently, my colleague Tim Judah has been on a reporting trip to Ukraine,
a country that's already had to deal with a Russian invasion.
It got him thinking about what kind of planning was going on back home in London.
How ready is the British government?
Dear listener, what he didn't hear will shock you.
While it's clear to me that the government has no shortage of experts advising them on what to do,
what's much less clear is whether they're acting on their suggestions.
I'm Jason Palmer and this is The Weekend Intelligence.
You kind of expect some security plans to be secret, to be hard to pin down.
But this civil defence stuff, it really only has value