Tell Me Something............Anything!

[Firebottle]

Went over to Much Menlock, no queue at the service station.

Sign said £40 max but only put £30 in as didn't need more, I have about 3/4 of a tank.

[struth]

The government's reserve tanker fleet was being deployed on Wednesday afternoon to boost fuel deliveries, the business secretary said.

Civilians were driving the trucks from their depots in Cambridgeshire and West Yorkshire, Kwasi Kwarteng said.

He has also said soldiers would be delivering fuel in the coming days.

The fuel industry said the situation at the pumps "has begun to improve" and it was working with the government to maintain regular deliveries of fuel.

The joint statement, from 14 companies including Shell UK, BP and Esso, comes after days of long queues at petrol stations.

It said: "We remain confident that the situation will stabilise further in the coming days and encourage everyone to fill up as they normally would to help forecourts return to normal."

The industry statement also said there had "always been plenty of fuel at our refineries and terminals" and welcomed the deployment of the reserve tanker fleet.
Mr Kwarteng admitted the situation had been "difficult" but denied there was a crisis in UK fuel supplies.

Ministers have decided to deploy troops to drive tankers in "the next couple of days", he said, in addition to the civilians driving them from Wednesday.

Some 150 military drivers are ready to drive the fuel tankers, with another 150 Army personnel ready to support them.

The Petrol Retailers Association (PRA) said there were "encouraging signs" the pressure was starting to ease at the pumps, with forecourts taking further fuel deliveries.

[walpurgis]

Not content with fuel shortages, the Mirror (and probably other media) are stoking panic buying across the board.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/money/items...-toys-25096331

[struth]

PERHAPS A FEW JOURNOS SHOULD BE SHOT AS AN EXAMPLE TO OTHERS

[guy]

PERHAPS A FEW JOURNOS SHOULD BE SHOT AS AN EXAMPLE TO OTHERS

Bloody hell no, we just couldn't manage if there were a journalist shortage

[Alex_UK]

Bloody hell no, we just couldn't manage if there were a journalist shortage

[Macca]

Bring in Polish journalists.

[Marco]

So, remind me again, what supposedly were the benefits for the common man in leaving the EU?

IME, everything has become more expensive or more difficult to obtain, plus longer to get hold of. Del sent a parcel to her cousin in Germany the other day that would normally have cost £3.50, and was now over £7.

I bought some cables on Ebay recently from Poland, which would've normally arrived in a few days, and instead took 3 WEEKS - all because of delays relating to Brexit. And now, largely because of the same (Brexit) we've got a fuel crisis because of a lack of drivers, due mainly to Polish drivers, who made up a large percentage of the workforce, leaving and going elsewhere.

I don't give a flying fuck for any supposed highfalutin benefits for the fat cats or the big shots of this world, for leaving the EU, *only* what affects MY life (and I'm sure others like me feel the same) on a daily basis, and since leaving the EU, all I've experienced so far is greater expense and inconvenience!!

Marco.

[Macca]

driver shortage is global, USA short 60,000, Germany 40,000, China 400,000

This is mostly due to the pandemic and the consequent massive increase in people wanting stuff delivered.

Anyone from the EU who was driving a lorry here could have stayed and continued, it wasn't like they had to go home. I suspect a lot did due to the pandemic, not Brexit.

It was the EU's decision to cancel the customs union, we were happy to stay in it. So blame them for adding VAT to your shipment to Poland.

[walpurgis]

Not to mention the many HGV drivers retiring and not being replaced, partly because new ones can't get driving licences due to the huge backlog at DVLA. I've been waiting since June for my replacement car driver's licence.