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Before people started panicking... :)

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Who thought "20 out of 1,200" petrol stations out of fuel was worth national news reporting? Probably knowing that reporting on it would trigger a response from many drivers? And embarrass Boris?

Just as the Labour Party Conference was about to take place. I smell a rat.

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The Department for Transport have written to HGV licence holders acknowledging problems with the supply chain and asking them to consider jobs in the industry.

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I do hope they decide to publish some of the 'better' answers :D

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My local Sainsbury's has closed their petrol station. I don't know whether it's because they're out of fuel or to stop the mayhem caused by massive queues of panic buyers.

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Yes, what about electric car manufacturers hiring 10,000 HGV drivers to do nothing except drive to petrol stations and fill up? That's an equally convincing story too. :D

Media's media and clicks come before politics, although most newspapers supported the Conservative Party at the last election.

Andrew Neil was tweeting that the DVLA had a backlog of 54,000 HGV licences to process.

https://twitter.com/afneil/status/1443109515583496193

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I wonder how big the list is of HGV drivers awaiting their medicals from GP's so that they can drive again?

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Good point, not the kind of thing that can be done remotely.

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I was in my local Sainsbury's this morning, the woman there said they didn't get their delivery, so I guess it's the same across the board, or they could be stuck in queues to petrol stations

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Daughter had awful back pain, being sick, and above average temperature for 2 days, took the wife 97 attempts to get through to the surgery on the 3rd day . . . . to be told they'd 'ring back sometime today' :(

Thankfully now sorted with antibiotics and almost recovered.

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Good to hear :tu:.

Let's hope the tax increases coming really will go to the NHS (they should also be getting £350million a week from some other source, so not sure why the tax increase is needed.)

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Patchy availability on my drive in to town this morning … the first BP I come to was dry, same as it was when I tried to fill the missus’ car there on Monday. Second one close to the town centre had everything except super diesel, which I thought was a bit odd as I’d expect the over-priced stuff to go last of all (I had to put super unleaded in her 990cc Fiat Panda on Monday as that was all I could find. What a waste :cry: )

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This morning the Telegraph reports "Fuel diverted from big firms to forecourts".

So what happens? I pass the local Sainburys to see a fleet of double-decker buses waiting to fill up. They only just fitted under the canopy.

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No problems here in West Yorkshire, all outlets have fuel but are limiting to £30 - £35 only.

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Is that likely to be the case in Leeds too? I’m up there this Saturday.