Amid reports some petrol stations have been forced to close due to supply chain issues, the transport secretary has blamed Covid for "exacerbating" longer term "systemic" issues with lorry driver recruitment.
Grant Shapps told BBC Breakfast there is "no shortage of fuel" in the refineries and that the public should continue as normal and not rush to fill up tanks. After saying the pandemic had led to a bottleneck in HGV driver testing in the UK, he was also asked if he would be prepared to relax rules around allowing European drivers to take up vacancies in the sector.
The press's reporting of petrol station closures is the cause of the stupid panic buying we all saw yesterday. STOP! Do you really need to fill up! NO!
Cheers Mike
Guess that what results when all your messaging is couched in lies.
Why can't they sign off on the visas? Most long-term unemployed do not have driving licenses, let alone HGV driving licenses lying around. Most long-term unemployed can't afford to take driving lessons. Factor in the low wages and abysmal conditions - why would anyone apply
Not sure why the media and government are reporting on this. The more you talk about it the more people are panic buying. It’s human nature, that when people hear this on the news they will go out and fill their cars up.
Ouch! without Petrol I cannot continue to destroy the world I live in! I cannot continue to be part of killing 36000 people in the UK alone from the lousy standard of air the are forced to breath. Wake up!
Listen he speaks good English. Go Blues, never loose. 😴😴😴😴
What do you mean is there Where is it
Some people come on Teams/Zooms calls and exude credibility grant shapes isn’t that guy!
NO SHORTAGE? WELL TELL ALL THOSE MINDLESS SELFISH PEOPLE OUT THERE BLOCKING THE ROADS FILLING THEIR PETROL TANKS. SERIOUSLY BRITAIN IS SO FULL OF FUCKED UP PEOPLE.
Lies lies lies lies and MSM allows it ..
Stop f***ing reporting this non story! Guess what, it has the opposite effect and all the idiots are now panic buying. Well done.
It’s the Toilet Rolls all over again..
Maybe he should let the mass media know this….
Whack a Mole governance Our surgery still have no idea when they will start routine blood tests The flu jab or the booster vaccine.
Well, , you might have thought of that before you cranked up the fuel shortage narrative that never was on BBCBreakfast this morning. This is entirely your doing.
Let’s not rush to believe a word that comes out of your mouth while we’re on.
Hmmm I wonder what will happen next after this message has been conveyed to the British Public...
Worst government ever.
Look at the queue, it's getting really bad
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Ahh, first toilet rolls and now this. 😁
Petrol shortage - shortage of lorry drivers - Brexit..
'The fuel is there; you just can't have it,' says grantshapps.
How would we do that at closed petrol stations ?
How come the government didn’t see this coming? Next there will be no fuel for ambulances! Where’s the forward planning? No tests for 12 months and 20k drivers returned home, it should have been obvious that this would become a problem. What’s next?
I heard this on the radio as I was rushing over to fill my tank actually. petrolshortage
The best way to avoid people panic buying is to never tell people to 'not panic buy'
Too late. Queue of 30 cars at my local Tesco this am.
We will see in few days🤔
It isn’t still flowing though is it? Two stations in my local area are closed.
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