London has fallen to anarchist mobs following the chaos brought by the implementation of the mandatory 5p plastic bag charge.
Members of the government still alive have fled to Cornwall, where the last carrier bags in the UK are rumoured to be kept.
Follow the unfolding situation as it happens, in our live blog:
LIVE: AS IT HAPPENED
LIVEBLOG: Plastic Bag Charge Chaos
Day 1(01 of15)
Cashier casualties reach 4,000.
Confusion pushes supermarket queues into the Channel Tunnel.
Nobody can carry anything. Dropped ready meals and melted choc ices line the streets.
Confusion pushes supermarket queues into the Channel Tunnel.
Nobody can carry anything. Dropped ready meals and melted choc ices line the streets.
(02 of15)
The scene outside Sainsbury's in Crouch End
Day 2(03 of15)
Rivers run red with blood and discarded bottles of cheap wine.
High streets are desolate and empty.
Nobody can carry any shopping home.
Several starve.
High streets are desolate and empty.
Nobody can carry any shopping home.
Several starve.
(04 of15)
This man was robbed of his carrier bag at knifepoint just minutes after this photo was taken
(05 of15)
The scene at The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital in Birmingham on Thursday.
Day 17(06 of15)
Plastic suppliers go bankrupt.
The UK economy takes a nosedive.
The CEO of Costcutter holds daily Hunger Games with carrier bags given to the winner.
The UK economy takes a nosedive.
The CEO of Costcutter holds daily Hunger Games with carrier bags given to the winner.
(07 of15)
A young girl from Bromley is presented with a small plastic bag after slaughtering several of her own family for the prize.
Day 20(08 of15)
Waitrose becomes the last chain to completely run out of carrier bags. Middle-class school children are left with nothing to keep their swimming kit in.
A Bag For Life costs £14,000 on the black market.
A Bag For Life costs £14,000 on the black market.
(09 of15)
South Croydon's most notorious carrier bag dealer, or "bagman" as they have become known, sits with his haul of contraband.
Day 34(10 of15)
Thousands are now dead.
The Army mounts a coup as newspapers reveal David Cameron had a stash of old Tesco bags in his kitchen cupboard.
The Army mounts a coup as newspapers reveal David Cameron had a stash of old Tesco bags in his kitchen cupboard.
(11 of15)
The Army were said to have a massive advantage as most of their items could be carried in their large rucksacks.
Day 39(12 of15)
The UK files for bankruptcy.
Half the population are now dead.
Riots break out as a £204,000 eBay listing for a small Superdrug plastic bag turns out to be a hoax.
America continues to ignore cries for shipments of paper bags as millions of Brits suffer.
Half the population are now dead.
Riots break out as a £204,000 eBay listing for a small Superdrug plastic bag turns out to be a hoax.
America continues to ignore cries for shipments of paper bags as millions of Brits suffer.
(13 of15)
eBay's UK headquarters in Richmond were burnt to the ground after this user failed to honour his listing.
Day 52(14 of15)
Is anybody else out there?
We haven't heard from another soul in days.
Can you hear us?
Please, send help.
We tried to buy food but had no way of getting it back to the office.
Hello?
HELLO?
We haven't heard from another soul in days.
Can you hear us?
Please, send help.
We tried to buy food but had no way of getting it back to the office.
Hello?
HELLO?
(15 of15)
PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD.