Fuel shortage

In my mind, the bulk of the blame for this current shortage lies at the feet of the general public, but that is not to minimise the impact of Brexit on the driver shortages on fuel distribution as well as other goods.
BP were just protecting their shareholders interests when they said the forecourt closures were down to driver shortages and not fuel shortages. What ensued was the domino effect of public panic.
No doubt the regular customers at those BP garages used other stations for their fuel which increased demand on them and then people started posting on social media about fuel running out and the media got their news stories.
I put my normal £30 in this morning as the warning light had come on. There were 4 vehicles at Morrisons Teesside Park at 7am, no more than usual, but no doubt many less than stations in places like London and Birmingham would see at a similar time. It wouldn't take seeing many extra customers to spark panic amongst the kneejerk users of the social media universe.
 
Received this in the post this morning along with my fellow ex-Forces HGV drivers. The large majority have told them to shove it. The HGV driver has been underpaid with poor conditions for years which has fallen on deaf ears.

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NYboro said:
You voted for the independent who was previously Brexit party and a proponent of hard Brexit, so that must be what you wanted,
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Yes because that's exactly what they were only standing for. You are also wrong. I don't believe in spoiling voting forms as it's a fundamental part of democracy hence why instead of voting Conservative or Labour I voted independent knowing fine well they would more than likely not win but those who study the voting intentions of people may sit up and take notice if lots of people aren't voting for the 'big two'.

@Muttley honestly? No idea. Haven't thought about it really. None of the pros or cons of the current situation have affected me yet so I'd more than likely give it a swerve like I did with the original vote.
 
Same ****, different day here where I live in Kent (not sure if this is represented elsewhere in Kent).

Fuel delivery, miles of cars start to queue, every single day since this "crisis" started
 
boroboy6872 said:
Same ****, different day here where I live in Kent (not sure if this is represented elsewhere in Kent).

Fuel delivery, miles of cars start to queue, every single day since this "crisis" started
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Surely folk down that way must now be topping up with a fiver or a tenner? 😮
 
Randy said:
Surely folk down that way must now be topping up with a fiver or a tenner? 😮
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Very possible and something I hadn`t thought of to be honest

and here`s me thinking it`ll all have calmed down by the end of the week. I`m now thinking it`ll just be another cycle of panic buying like last weekend
 
Capybara said:
No, what they are doing is filling up in the morning then driving around all day so that they have room for some more in the evening.
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I know that is supposed to be a joke, and it is funny, but... I kinda believe that may be happening!

People in Beds are a bit brighter we have settled down here quite a lot in the last 24 hours as everyone seems to have fueled up now.
 
Next now announcing that without government intervention they worry that they won't be able to meet demand for clothes deliveries.

So expect queues again at the pumps this weekend as people fuel up so they can queue at out of town retail parks for their Christmas jumpers.
 
Randy said:
Yes because that's exactly what they were only standing for. You are also wrong. I don't believe in spoiling voting forms as it's a fundamental part of democracy hence why instead of voting Conservative or Labour I voted independent knowing fine well they would more than likely not win but those who study the voting intentions of people may sit up and take notice if lots of people aren't voting for the 'big two'.

@Muttley honestly? No idea. Haven't thought about it really. None of the pros or cons of the current situation have affected me yet so I'd more than likely give it a swerve like I did with the original vote.
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So you voted for a hard brexiter?

Interesting hypocrisy there
 
SmallTown said:
So you voted for a hard brexiter?

Interesting hypocrisy there
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SmallTown I try my very best not to get involved with your postings largely because we are both on the same side. We can both see how appalling this Brexit deal is and we can both see how badly it is damaging the UK.

However your tone really needs to be tempered despite how angry you are. I rightly cal out those with opposing views to me when they get OTT or start being insulting or abusive and it’s only right you get called out for it too.

This latest post calling a poster for hypocrisy doesn’t wash when you literally voted for ‘Get Brexit Done’, ‘Oven Ready Deal’ Boris’ Tory party.

Your vote that you cast of your own free will helped elect this bunch of corrupt charlatans.

Please, please refrain from getting personal and insulting to other posters. I’m not against you ST but you often overstep the mark so I ask you as a fellow Remainer to consider what you’re writing before you post.

You make yourself an easy target to those who like to wind you up and your rage doesn’t solve anything. I’d imagine admin aren’t too far from taking action and personally I think you’d be a loss to the board. You’d be a good poster if you’d just reign in your approach on here.
 
You’d think with a market economy and a low supply high demand for drivers the power would be with the drivers to strike for more money and benefits or am I missing something?
 
Randy said:
I voted independent as a personal stand against Tory and Labour as I didn't and still don't believe in any of those parties.
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So you voted for a guy who wanted the hardest and worst of all Brexit's? What's that going to achieve (other than screw up the country most, and hit the lowest paid the hardest), and why is that a better choice for you, and the North East, than Labour?

He's worse than any of them, at least Sunak sorted furlough out (also from your constituency).
 
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WeeGord said:
SmallTown I try my very best not to get involved with your postings largely because we are both on the same side. We can both see how appalling this Brexit deal is and we can both see how badly it is damaging the UK.

However your tone really needs to be tempered despite how angry you are. I rightly cal out those with opposing views to me when they get OTT or start being insulting or abusive and it’s only right you get called out for it too.

This latest post calling a poster for hypocrisy doesn’t wash when you literally voted for ‘Get Brexit Done’, ‘Oven Ready Deal’ Boris’ Tory party.

Your vote that you cast of your own free will helped elect this bunch of corrupt charlatans.

Please, please refrain from getting personal and insulting to other posters. I’m not against you ST but you often overstep the mark so I ask you as a fellow Remainer to consider what you’re writing before you post.

You make yourself an easy target to those who like to wind you up and your rage doesn’t solve anything. I’d imagine admin aren’t too far from taking action and personally I think you’d be a loss to the board. You’d be a good poster if you’d just reign in your approach on here.
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That's what hypocrisy is though. He constantly says I voted for brexit because I voted for tories despite me explaining why he was wrong. Now it turns out he voted for a hard brexiter and has explained why he didn't vote on brexit grounds. It's a slam dunk, clear cut hypocrisy
 
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