Panic buying fuel again

pvr · Post by **pvr** » Sun Sep 26, 2021 6:27 pm

£30 would not get me home tomorrow, have to find a “proper” station tomorrow

Stevo1987 · Post by **Stevo1987** » Sun Sep 26, 2021 6:41 pm

I just filled two of our cars up Tesco in the town. They didn't have any diesel though.

Stevo1987 · Post by **Stevo1987** » Sun Sep 26, 2021 6:43 pm

Stevo1987 wrote: ↑Sun Sep 26, 2021 6:41 pm I just filled two of our cars up Tesco in the town. They didn't have any diesel though.

No queues either.

Ole gits rule · Post by **Ole gits rule** » Sun Sep 26, 2021 7:41 pm

Went to Devon on Friday and all the local stations had a line of cars waiting to fill up and causing bloody havoc on the roads.

I had half a tank so just went, got to Devon and no ques at any petrol station, filled up with no issues just bloody expensive

Thrustyjust · Post by **Thrustyjust** » Sun Sep 26, 2021 7:41 pm

We are all closed here, no fuel. Wife has now caught my awful cold and being a dental nurse needs a PCR test..................... so she is having to go in the Zed tomorrow

pvr · Post by **pvr** » Sun Sep 26, 2021 8:08 pm

Thrustyjust wrote: ↑Sun Sep 26, 2021 7:41 pm We are all closed here, no fuel. Wife has now caught my awful cold and being a dental nurse needs a PCR test..................... so she is having to go in the Zed tomorrow

At least with the e86 there is no chance of her spreading it through fresh air, bring all “couped” up and so

Flyingfifer · Post by **Flyingfifer** » Mon Sep 27, 2021 9:06 am

Brexit is great though ammarite?

Dav the wheel nut · Post by **Dav the wheel nut** » Mon Sep 27, 2021 9:35 am

ronk · Post by **ronk** » Mon Sep 27, 2021 9:35 am

Flyingfifer wrote: ↑Mon Sep 27, 2021 9:06 am Brexit is great though ammarite?

They were warned about the loss of migrant labour - but that was dismissed as project fear!

PerryGunn · Post by **PerryGunn** » Mon Sep 27, 2021 10:14 am

Flyingfifer wrote: ↑Mon Sep 27, 2021 9:06 am Brexit is great though ammarite?

Much as certain people would like to blame Brexit for everything, I'm not sure the entire driver shortage situation can be laid at the feet of Brexit as it's been EU-wide for some time now

In a recent article (linked below), The FT wrote: Europe has an estimated 400,000 shortage of lorry drivers, according to research group Transport Intelligence, with the workforce stretched by the pandemic-induced boom in online shopping

https://www.ft.com/content/0c4f9876-1ec ... bd2b58dde9

And a warning from BIFA in 2018 that an EU-wide driver shortage was looming
https://www.bifa.org/news/articles/2018 ... -of-europe

Flyingfifer · Post by **Flyingfifer** » Mon Sep 27, 2021 10:24 am

PerryGunn wrote: ↑Mon Sep 27, 2021 10:14 am it's been EU-wide for some time now

Yet all of a sudden its effecting us

Wouldnt be anything to do with the disaster getting through and back through the border, no no its purely a covid thing... honest.

Also noticed yesterday that there were a lot of empty shelves and freezers in Tesco and Asda

Post by **sp3ctre** » Mon Sep 27, 2021 10:30 am

So is Brexit the cause of the shortages in Poland and Germany?

Flyingfifer · Post by **Flyingfifer** » Mon Sep 27, 2021 10:45 am

sp3ctre wrote: ↑Mon Sep 27, 2021 10:30 am So is Brexit the cause of the shortages in Poland and Germany?

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"Some 14,000 EU HGV drivers left employment in the UK in the 12 months to June 2020, and only 600 have returned in the past year, according to analysis of Office for National Statistics labour force data commissioned by Logistics UK."

Brexit has made the problem worse and with the additional problems it introduced the already short supply are far less inclined to want to drive to and from here.

ronk · Post by **ronk** » Mon Sep 27, 2021 10:51 am

The Road Haulage Association are also attributing the shortage of drivers to Brexit .

Zulu4 · Post by **Zulu4** » Mon Sep 27, 2021 11:31 am

A more balanced view here:
https://www.thegrocer.co.uk/supply-chai ... 41.article

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