We’re going to have to rely on other countries to help us out for the foreseeable future as we don’t have the infrastructure or skilled people to do the relevant jobs after we chose a services-based economy.But they didn't report the truth.
They lead with "FUEL CRISIS!" headlines.
Only when you read the full articles did they state that only some BP garages would be affected for around two weeks.
What the political minded press did was to try and blame the government for the lack of drivers due to brexit.
They will use any stick to beat the opposition. They knew what they were doing and went with it anyway.
The simple truth is "some" drivers have returned home. Yet this hasn't stopped Europe having their own driver shortages.
This has been caused mainly by two factors.
1: No exams being done during the lockdowns. Meaning a shortage of new drivers. Drivers die or retire meaning a fresh supply is always needed.
2: As the economy recovers and people go back to work, demand has risen meaning more drivers than normal are required.
The effects of Covid will be long lived, with driver shortages just being one of them. Brexit will not have helped, but as a nation we need to just get on with it and stop relying on other countries to help us out.
That's right the trade press are funded by the Toriesfunded by the tories no doubt. Funny isn't it that these figures just turn up. I bet Germany and Poland haven't lost 15,000 drivers just because of Brexit though have they, in fact they've probably gained drivers because of it. Plus those conutries they have no visible effects unlike the UK. If it looks like Brexit, smells like Brexit, tastes like Brexit then it's Brexit causing the issue. Every company has said Brexit is the issue
Petrol issue is due to the selfishness of the people, a little like toilet rolls etc last year.They’re in the same position in terms of shortage of numbers, they’re not in terms of the impacts being felt from it though, in part due to other factors in the supply chain caused by brexit.
Petrol issue is due to the selfishness of the people, a little like toilet rolls etc last year.
Absolutely nothing to do with Brexit but it's being linked to it left right and centre. It's a worldwide issue of a shortage of drivers, many of whom in Britain and Europe have retired since the start of the pandemic.Nothing to do with Brexit. Most of Europe has a shortage of drivers as does the USA and China has a shortfall of 4m drivers. Don't let the truth get in the way though.
Ironically for us in the north west, the UK's biggest manufacturer of bog roll is in Salford. Or maybe it was Oldham.Absolutely nothing to do with Brexit but it's being linked to it left right and centre. It's a worldwide issue of a shortage of drivers, many of whom in Britain and Europe have retired since the start of the pandemic.
There isn't a petrol shortage neither. There's a worldwide gas shortage and British petrol companies have a shortage of petrol but there's plenty of petrol at the other stations, but the media have stirred everyone up into thinking all of these things are linked. Of course, Brexit gets thrown in as well when it has nothing to do with that neither.
It's like at the start of Covid - Australia had a toilet roll shortage because the put a block on Chinese goods which included toilet rolls, then the British press mention this as well as it being mentioned on social media where most of the world are linked ("#toiletpapercrisis"), and every supermarket in Britain had empty toilet roll shelves when we were never going to have a shortage of toilet rolls. Brexit was probably thrown in for good measure there n'all.
15,000 HGV drivers have left the country due to Brexit. Of course it's the major issueAbsolutely nothing to do with Brexit but it's being linked to it left right and centre. It's a worldwide issue of a shortage of drivers, many of whom in Britain and Europe have retired since the start of the pandemic.
There isn't a petrol shortage neither. There's a worldwide gas shortage and British petrol companies have a shortage of petrol but there's plenty of petrol at the other stations, but the media have stirred everyone up into thinking all of these things are linked. Of course, Brexit gets thrown in as well when it has nothing to do with that neither.
It's like at the start of Covid - Australia had a toilet roll shortage because the put a block on Chinese goods which included toilet rolls, then the British press mention this as well as it being mentioned on social media where most of the world are linked ("#toiletpapercrisis"), and every supermarket in Britain had empty toilet roll shelves when we were never going to have a shortage of toilet rolls. Brexit was probably thrown in for good measure there n'all.