Panic buying leaves petrol pumps dry across the UK amid trucker shortage

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A dire post-Brexit shortage of truck drivers in Britain has sown chaos through supply chains in everything from food to fuel, raising the spectre of disruptions and price rises in the run-up to Christmas.

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But queues of dozens of cars snaked back from petrol stations across the land on Sunday, swallowing up supplies and forcing many gas stations to simply close. "Some of our members, large groups with a portfolio of sites, report 50 per cent are dry as of yesterday, some even report as many as 90 per cent are dry as of yesterday," Brian Madderson, chairman of the Petrol Retailers Association told Sky News.

 

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Where are the thousands of drivers from the Sainsbury delivery company that went bust? Perhaps drivers shouldn’t have been furlonged and paid to be at home until oct

Time to buy electric cars?

The stupid Brits and their self-inflicted Brexit chaos. That’s what happens when right-wing populists manipulate the masses to vote against their very own interest, fueled by racism and the ideas of long gone days.

Clickbait: consumers create problem Reality: brexit creates supply chain issues

It appears that the BBC have abandoned their principles under pressure from PM Johnson & Conservative Govt…..BBC seem to be banned from mentioning Brexit

The Financial Times reporting that Brexit is damaging the U.K. economy to the tune of £600 million per week

All those Brexiteers knew there would be disruptions and price increases. They figured it was worth it.

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