28-09-2021, 09:11
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Re: Panic at the Pumps
Thankfully we have spent millions on cycle lanes in London so there's no problem getting to work
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28-09-2021, 09:13
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Re: Panic at the Pumps
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Thankfully we have spent millions on cycle lanes in London so there's no problem getting to work
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It's actually a £2bn nationwide Johnson initiative.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/p...ing-revolution
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28-09-2021, 09:26
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Re: Panic at the Pumps
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Money well spent eh,glad he didn't waste it on hgv and tanker drivers.
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28-09-2021, 09:28
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Re: Panic at the Pumps
The media can’t take all of the blame when politicians stand up and say “don’t panic” then everyone thinks “panic”.
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28-09-2021, 09:29
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Re: Panic at the Pumps
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The media can’t take all of the blame when politicians stand up and say “don’t panic” then everyone thinks “panic”.
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did you say toilet rolls
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28-09-2021, 09:30
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Re: Panic at the Pumps
The truest statement here is the increase in students at university and the situation now where even some menial jobs need a degree. (OK a bit of hyperbole).
If we can get back to uni's, poly's and colleges all offering different things aimed at different vocations and people AND increase the value of non-degree trained people and jobs. It's not always just pay (though that helps) but being valued.
We also need to allow streams so people who are good at something aren't forced into management roles to progress and we can identify those who are good at management and get them into those roles even if they are rubbish at other stuff.
And stop snipping at each other pointing out mistakes, especially not having viable alternatives. We need to work together through this situation, yes different "parties" will have different solutions, lets work out the best that also fits in with the best other solutions for other problems.
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28-09-2021, 09:35
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Re: Panic at the Pumps
The way out of this is another lockdown
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28-09-2021, 09:48
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Re: Panic at the Pumps
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I'd say that's more likely than media scaremongering, no way they can compete with the supermarkets
Isn't illegal to store over a certain amount of petrol at home?
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There is yes, in fact it's not recommended to do at all by some people, I think it has to be stored away from a house or car as well so most people probably don't have the space to do it properly anyway.
Only a matter of time before one of these ends up in a fire, i'd say.
I'd definitely ban filling up anything which isn't a vehicle (potentially without some sort of permit which shows you have something to fill up if you can't take it to the garage) and the only exception should be like for example if you've ran out and need a can to get you to a station where you could say provide an emergency code to permit it which is issued by the AA or whatever.
If they turn up and try and fill up something else, they don't turn the pump on.
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28-09-2021, 09:49
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Re: Panic at the Pumps
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The media can’t take all of the blame when politicians stand up and say “don’t panic” then everyone thinks “panic”.
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I'm afraid Dad's Army comes to mind when I hear that phrase being used!
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28-09-2021, 09:51
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Re: Panic at the Pumps
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Thankfully we have spent millions on cycle lanes in London so there's no problem getting to work
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An even worse scourge! See Tower Hill for details and the pedestrian crossings with the scourgists jumping the lights. All lycra clad.
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28-09-2021, 09:52
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Re: Panic at the Pumps
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did you say toilet rolls
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You appear to accidentally inserted an extra "oilet " in your post…
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28-09-2021, 09:56
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Re: Panic at the Pumps
Pierre's quote a few posts back leads me into a conspiracy theory.
The gist of his quote is that the fuel crisis is due entirely to the media hype of a delivery problem. Had they not hyped what had been going on for months, there would be no run on fuel.
It's the trade union who "leaked" an over-stated problem to the press and, naturally, the left wing of the Labour Party is behind this - I would say. An attack on our nation.
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28-09-2021, 10:03
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Never thought of anything that far but I do think that the civil service often interpret and work on rules made by parliament in such a way that they don't work or don't work as intended.
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28-09-2021, 10:04
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Re: Panic at the Pumps
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Never thought of anything that far but I do think that the civil service often interpret and work on rules made by parliament in such a way that they don't work or don't work as intended.
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Can you give any examples, please?
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28-09-2021, 10:05
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Re: Panic at the Pumps
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Originally Posted by Sephiroth
Pierre's quote a few posts back leads me into a conspiracy theory.
The gist of his quote is that the fuel crisis is due entirely to the media hype of a delivery problem. Had they not hyped what had been going on for months, there would be no run on fuel.
It's the trade union who "leaked" an over-stated problem to the press and, naturally, the left wing of the Labour Party is behind this - I would say. An attack on our nation.
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I don't think a trade union was at the talks.
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Never thought of anything that far but I do think that the civil service often interpret and work on rules made by parliament in such a way that they don't work or don't work as intended.
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I think they do exactly the opposite - try and get the most ridiculous policies to work.
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