Would they tell us?

[Highlander]

Goverments are good at what they do,... it seems that they very often know about something, but often put it to one side to be fought over another day [ the Ash tree problem is typical, it was known about two years ago ],.. so if we assume that this might be the case, then I would doubt we would be aware of anything, ... except for a very small group of people, probably the bunch sat around the C.O.B.R.A. table.

If the same situation was being taken seriuosly and the govermentr were trying to do something, but trying at the same time to keep it quiet, then I think we would know something was up, there would be either too many leaks, from inside the goverment by those trying to gain political points,... or by certain `connected` people suddenly seen to be stocking up on certain `important` items

Would the goverment tell us?,..... probably not directly, they would make certain public statements about cold weather coming, councils would be told to increase supplies of salt, ... this way they would be seen to be warning us,... but I doubt very much they would tell us everything