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When it costs the same to charge my EV as it does to put 110lts of vpower diesel in the 4x4 I’ll start worrying

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IF the deliveries get through then the next few days should hopefully see things stabilise a bit.

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Will be interesting to see what the polls say on this. Does the electorate think the government's done a good job or not?

What I'm a bit confused about is the numbers. If there's about 100,000 driver vacancies then are 5,000 temporary overseas drivers really going to make much of a difference? Unless there's 95,000 British HGV drivers about to take their tests or something else I'm missing?

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Given Kier Starmers performance on Andrew Marr this morning, I don’t think it matters.

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Or his rude and pathetic Deputy. What a disgraceful party they are and have been for a very long time.

LATEST: Govt has suspended competition laws to allow fuel companies to tackle shortages. brought on buy panic buying weekend.

https://news.sky.com/story/supply-cr...tages-12419291

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I think I saw an observer poll earlier on this evening iirc the figures were.

67% believe the government has handled the issue badly
68% believe the B word is at least partially responsible

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Her comments were utterly ridiculous and lack both professionalism and sound judgement.

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Interesting, thanks. Obviously, people are going to be angry right now and human instinct is to point the finger somewhere so the long-term impact will be interesting.

Johnson has a new useful idiot.

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I happened to catch the silly tart on Sky news around tea time, my thoughts after the 'interview' were that the conservatives have nothing to worry about for the next 10 years, and Labour really really need to stop focusing entirely on LGBT, Diversity, Equality and Racism.

Shoot me, see if I care :p:

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Poll conducted by The Observer aka the guardian. :rolleyes:

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What they need to do is stop the media spreading panic.
There ws absolutely no issue until they started telling everyone a shortage existed, when it didnt.

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It was the same with the toilet roll shortage fiasco (and others), media get fed a line and immediately broadcast it as Armageddon :D

Makes me laugh how the media, who thrive on click bait articles, can so easily get caught by one themselves :D

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They're not fooled, they're driving the story to get the clicks and eagerly awaiting the next opportunity

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This sucks. All the petrol stations around me have a £30 limit and many are checking fuel gauges before allowing people on the forecourt.

I have drive to Leeds and back on Saturday (which will cost me around £100 in fuel) and as I’m on around half a tank at the moment I can’t seem to find anywhere to let me fill up. I’m really hoping this is sorted by the weekend or it could get messy.

Does anyone know if petrol stations on motorway services are having the same problem?

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Probably easier to fly into Leeds Bradford airport Russ . . planes seem to have fuel ;)

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And all the people who panic buy…

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John Redwood - the gift that keeps on giving…

https://www.cableforum.uk/board/atta...9&d=1632734735