Former Gordon Brown Adviser Tweets Advice for Coming CollapseBy Heather Callaghan Yesterday was a bleak day for the Dow the first time in ages a day of the week was referred to as a Black Monday and not referring to the day after Thanksgiving where everyone shows their gratitude for provision by trampling pregnant women with shopping carts and charging cheap electronics on plastic cards. True story. Damian McBride, former special adviser to Prime Minister Gordon Brown, is predicting a harrowing crash at some point and people are paying attention. Not only was he Browns right-hand man, but he apparently predicted the crash of 2008 in his book, Power Trip: A Decade of Policy, Plots and Spin. Mirror UK reported: The fear of a new financial crisis was sparked when the Shanghai Composite Index fell 8.45%, wiping out a years gain in a single days trading. Hundreds of billions were wiped off share prices worldwide yesterday meaning over $5trillion have been wiped off global stocks since August 11. You can find out more about how this could affect you here. Mirror also surmised that McBride predicted civil chaos because he hinted that banks would be unreliable in the event of impending collapse. Do you think thats true given yesterdays dismal market activity? At the same time, he acknowledges the Feds typical moves in placing band-aids on hemorrhaging. Today is called Turnaround Tuesday as people breathe a sigh of relief, but McBride is not convinced. Heres what he said peoples responses to him are found on this Twitter account: Damian McBride (@DPMcBride) August 24, 2015 Crash advice No.2: do you have enough bottled water, tinned goods other essentials at home to live a month indoors? If not, get shopping. Damian McBride (@DPMcBride) August 24, 2015 Crash advice No.3: agree a rally point with your loved ones in case transport and communication gets cut off; somewhere you can all head to. Damian McBride (@DPMcBride) August 24, 2015 Every day the era of easy borrowing persists just means even more loans that wont be repaid when the real crash finally comes. Damian McBride (@DPMcBride) August 25, 2015 Just like mid-October last year, the market howls; the Fed panics puts the dummy back in; and we all pretend its OK again. Its madness. Damian McBride (@DPMcBride) August 25, 2015 Im presuming the Central Banks will intervene to stop this market slide but that will just make the eventual, inescapable crash even worse. Damian McBride (@DPMcBride) August 24, 2015 Today is just the stock market catching up with the terror over defaults thats been gripping the bond market for months. Damian McBride (@DPMcBride) August 24, 2015 .@thomasdolphin The real problem will be when all the bad loans fuelled by cheap borrowing (and in China, shadow banking) start to default.. Damian McBride (@DPMcBride) August 24, 2015 Damian McBride (@DPMcBride) August 25, 2015 You dont have to have a Twitter account to peek in on the developing discussion visit Damian Mcbrides Twitter account and click the links that say view conversation to see the volley. He has been very friendly in answering peoples curiosity. Imagine getting prepping and economy tips from a former adviser to a British Prime Minister What do you think is this sound advice for potential collapse? Do you think economic troubles will continue slowly or bottom out? Help your friends think about their future share this article! See my companion commentary at Natural Blaze Two recommended books on the topic (still reading both): When All Hell Breaks Loose: Stuff You Need To Survive When Disaster Strikes When Technology Fails: A Manual for Self-Reliance, Sustainability, and Surviving the Long Emergency, 2nd Ed The photo Pantry is byRobert Bennerand is published under Creative Commons Licence Heather Callaghan is a natural health blogger and food freedom activist. You can see her work atNaturalBlaze.com and selfnewsPost.com. Like at Facebook. Recent posts byHeather Callaghan 