Is Britain Really Running out of Fuel? Is Brexit to Blame for the Petrol Shortage - TLDR News
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Over the last few days, Britain has been experiencing a fuel shortage with panic buyers queuing for hours to fill up their cars (further draining the pumps). So in this video we unpick what's been happening, if the UK really is short on petrol and what the government can do the calm down a nation desperately trying to find fuel.
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You're missing a big part that's also responsible for the HGV shortage namely cabotage.
Go back to TH-cam polls please, Twitter isn't a good platform for people's mental health and I'd expect that not all your viewers even use Twitter
@@robertboender5816 Known as 'return loads' or 'tramping' in the UK
Twitter polls cant really be trusted, especially when the company polling and audience is mostly left wing.
Yes
There’s a big difference between HGV drivers and tanker drivers. The amount of training necessary to be able to drive a giant bomb around is vast.
Don't tell Boris.
Crazy how a shortage of a few tanker drivers and a hoarding panic, can cause this much trouble.
@@luciach9742 it's more the whole supply chain in total stretched to the limit for max profit. If one link fails and something like a crisis happens at the same time things like the fuel shortage happen. See for reference: toilet paper.
@@luciach9742 that is a direct result of modern urban living. Big cities demand lots of infrastructure and resources.
@@luciach9742 there hasn't been loads of trouble though, it is all a hype
There is no quicker way to get people to panic than by saying "there's no need to panic"
Depends on who is saying it, and how trustworthy that claimer is. In the 2008 financial crisis Merkel said "German banks are save" and there was no bank run. Now Boris says "Fuels is save" and everybody and their grandma raids the petrol stations. See the difference?
One can thank the irresponsible press for spreading the panic word.
This is all thanks to the British media for reporting "Fuel Shortages". Naturally it causes the snowflakes to go out and panic buy. Look at last year...soon as it hit the news, supermarket shelves were empty of Pasta and toilet roll. This country is ridiculous! Doesn't help we have the most selfish clueless Government running this shit-fest.
The government are right though, the fuel shortage is created by people who've been fed lies by the media
@@elliotwatson3754 Exactly. The petrol and diesel has been taken by mostly those who have 700 toilet rolls in their spare room. I know people who work in rural areas in the UK as carers and they are unable to get fuel to travel to care for for vulnerable elderly. This whole thing is a disgrace, totally not helped by the media who have stirred this up into a panic!
“The problem is not Brexit”. ‘What are you doing about it?’ “Issuing additional visas to EU drivers”. Does anyone else see a contradiction there?
@@CmdrTobs lol
Exactly.
@@CmdrTobs agree they are doing this just to be seen to be doing something
I believe it is not just EU drivers, though that doesn't change the thrust of your argument.
@@CmdrTobs you mean the goverment would take placebo response to a real tread?
I drive a tanker truck here in the US and deliver gas to stations. I make about 90k USD a year. no wonder UK can't get drivers for 32k BP per year. Gotta pay them more.
Tbf here you wouldn't need to drive as far, but a third of the wages is pretty ridiculous
@@battmarn if you factor in exchange rate it's just over double. Oddly enough if you look at what truck drivers use to be paid and working in inflation it's double what there paid now
I don’t buy the premise that low pay is a major issue. 32 BP is the average salary in the UK. I think it is more the lack of advancement/career ladder and generally bad work conditions that is to blame for it being unattractive.
Sure, higher pay would attract some, but will a wage increase actually retain the new drivers? Or will they find something else with better work/life balance, greater respect, better hours, and possibility of learning new skills. Even if they pay on average is slightly lower?
@@sorencyrano1413 I've not noticed a shortage of materialists although it is declining through the generations.
@@battmarn shorter drives between sites means a higher proportion of your time is the the tricky bits. Maneuvering, hooking up etc. I would assume that should push pay the other way.
Sorry what? So the claim is "luckily thanks to Brexit we have the power to increase the number of visas for European drivers that would have been allowed to work without one under Schengen regulations"? That's a joke right? Phenomenal!
He says that verbally in the video, but the text on the right actually says they're changing the tests to get more qualified drivers.
The test centres have been closed during lockdown for some reason. There is a backlock in the UK of 30,000 HGV tests.
whether for, against or indifferent to brexit I rekon everyone is facepalming at this
i came to the comment section for this!
confused - UK was never in schengen (but e.g. Switzerland is)
Schengen regulation only says that nobody is checking the passport while crossing a border
The possibility to work wherever you want within the EU is one of the 4 freedoms (free movement of people, work, service and money)
@@corpclarke They're doing this in addition to the visas. The idea being that if it's easier to get a HGV license, there's more likely to be drivers in the future. Of course, this fails to address that driving jobs aren't to everyone's taste and Brexit has already scared off nearly 60% of the ones we already had.
So yes, we're basically saying "Hey, free visas" to people who previously didn't need one anyway and acting like this is somehow progressive. Our government is equally as stupid as 51.89% of referendum voters.
4:30 I'm shocked you didn't fact check & put it in context. The UK government issuing VISA's for EU citizens is a result of leaving the Single Market. Saying it's a new power & not putting it in context, is like a divorced Father saying he has new powers to visit his children weekly, rather than every day when he was married.
Yeah, it's crazy how the government will spin a negative into a positive.
I'm stealing that analogy!
The solution is very simple an immigration agreement with Turkey!! There might be some increase in narghile shops, doner and kebab restaurants and some neighborhoods might look like Turkey than UK but other than that it is perfect😂😂
@@getnohappy Haha, please do!
Same with " eu has driver shortages too " fact check. Polish driver on lbc said, there is demand not a shortage. And if you need, you get drivers from other eu countries. Who would come uk to do shitty job leftovers ? Drivers are leaving because good one are taken.
I wanted permanent contract with the company that is desperate for drivers. When they offered me contract 5 on 2 off I replied that this system isn't good for me and that I need 4 on 4 off. They said no. I guess they are not as desperate as I thought 🤷🏻♂️😄
Theyre just lookin to rag around the workers mate
Just let em go bankrupt...
"There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn't true, the other is to refuse to believe what is true" ~ Soren Kierkegaard
Everything that goes against brexit is not true because we brexiteers say so.
Also dont be fooled that the earth is round, my spirit lvl says its flat
Other European countries are NOT experiencing the same problems. There are no distribution problems and no empty shelves.
I live in Warsaw. No delays in dispatch here. Only in some materials, like products with steel, so you might be asked to wait for a couple of days/ weeks for your chosen house appliance. Local shops are well stocked, just like before the pandemic. No queues on petrol stations either.
Agreed! Sick of news saying there are problems... No visible problems in Ireland, Italy or Germany anyway!
This video does a poor analysis of the situation. He presents the side of the government, that brexit allows them to change some laws that otherwise wouldn't be possible, with no challenge of its veracity. I would like that.
Also news flash = Grant Schapps is a liar.
@@stephenhill1350 People went to the pumps en masse exactly because there already were message of some fueling stations having no fuel left
It’s nonsense that this issue is the same or worse in the EU. There are no shortages here in Spain. While more drivers might be needed, the ones we have aren’t getting held up at borders with ridiculous red tape. Brexit is the only difference.
I had to ask a buddy of mine who moved to Spain just before Brexit and he confirmed he still has fuel. Here in The Netherlands we drive on electricity mostly so I have no issue, didn't hear anyone else either.
What about Poland though?
@@dragonbugz6715 of course they are always looking for drivers because they are the biggest exporter of truck drivers.
exactly, not even in poorer countries - I live in Chile - are seeing this. And the government here is still giving monetary support to a lot of people, but we have no shortages at all, only inflation as is the norm elsewhere. This is purely Brexit
@@franug I don't mean any offence, but you probs have different demands and standards in Chile
I'm surprised you didn't mention the fact there is massive delays in the DVLA giving back hgv licenses after requesting them to renew them, for example my step dad works for a hgv firm and on his shift there is at least 5 members who are not allowed to drive as they don't have there license available because the DVLA routinely requested them, however there is a 5 week+ delay in getting these back to drivers therefore stopping them driving for this period
true that.
that is because they have an anti brexit agenda on here jack, you are correct about the delays by dvla and also driver cpc is stopping license holders from doing hgv work. regards the batman.
So Brexit is actually helping resolve this crisis because it gave Westminster more powers, with the power in this case being 'temporary visas for EU drivers'?
What complete nonsense... If we were in the EU those drivers wouldn't have needed a visa at all... And why would drivers risk everything by working here with a temporary visa when the pay is not any better than in most EU countries?
yeah but the critical issue here is that eu drivers and workers push the wage down, so the solutions should be fixed higher wages. No issue with hardworking individuals and familys wanting to better themselves. But capitalism exploits it and makes conditions crap. pay hgv drivers 42 to 60 grand experience and product dependent - it would keep people in the boring job
no point looking at what if , I voted stay but it's done. and to be honest the irony is it will push wages up, and costs up, might actually benefit people
@@olibob203 what the point to put wages up if the prices go up.... What get for the apples pay for the pears... So the ideea is to get a payrise without a price rise wich government can cap if I am not wrong..
Doesn't matter either way, since only 20k were from the EU/foreign in the first place, out of the 150k, I think it's a bad and semi useless decision for the government to try and give temp visas or whatever to people in the EU to do work for us lol
@@olibob203 people realized and didnt wanted to accept the facts, that most of their every-day products were from the EU, that most of their essential works were made by EU-citizen and that their wealth and lifestyle build on these cheap countries in the EU and the exploiting of these nations by the UK. the UK brexit was metaphorical the UK as an shop owner spitting into the face of his best buyer and seller of his products.
the Brexit FORCE now the UK to create these exploited people INSIDE UK. this will mean an increase of illegal workers, because the UK-society wants them AND an lowering of working standards for UK-citizen AND a decrease of export by UK, because of Brexit to the EU in a general sense decreasing business.
all these things were basically the reasons for brexit-voters to vote for leave, because populists made them believe, that a leave would reduce illegal workers, reduce Imports from the EU and safe UK-citizen work standards. they will get the opposite. they will probably get even cheaper foreign workers from outside of Europa, english speaking Africans and Indians, because they prevent Romanian, Bulgarian, Polish, Spanish and Portuguese workers to get to UK without a VISA. there were racists, who voted for leave to throw out the foreigners, but they actual made UK more depended for non-european migrants. really funny.
Its even funnier to see the UK desperately trying to get truck-drivers for their logistics, while the biggest logistic companies (germans) used Brexit to simply take all these former UK-based truck-drivers in UK logisitc companies and pull them in their own companies with cheap contracts and less Brexit-problems for the same work. the UK-brexit gave to foreign EU-companies one of the most important economical thing of a modern state. for nearly free. their logistic network. we will probably see a reduce of logistic costs in the EU, because the UK-truckers were forced to sign worse contracts to leave the sinking ship (UK)
“Crisis” Please stop, that’s the main stream media’s favourite word to spread fear at the moment
It has a shortage of leadership.
Always had
@@dellkuy4002 "All is well, the Conservative party won't make it any worse than we already have" - All future Tory PMs.
best benefit of Brexit is that UK
politicians will have no one to blame for their own mistakes (the EU) and it should, with time, lead to a better quality of politicians.
Bad leadership, the government is not working for the people
@@alawesy it won’t it’s just going to get worse and worse.
The UK is turning into that "Remain Indoors emergency broadcast" sketch from the Mitchell and Weeb show
Is it time for the Quiz Show! The highlight of my week.
We told you so not to leave the EU
To think, that it's already two years after 'the event'...
Mitchell and weeb, ah yes, my favourite sketch series about an awkward English man and his Japanophile friend who relates to everything through anime
@@Barabyk Do not think about the event!! (Remain Indoors)
Living in Germany I can confirm there are absolutely no queues at petrol stations. Open labour markets within the EU are a crucial factor for economic stability and success. It is very sad that the British people have to learn about that by feeling the consequences of Brexit madness.
It isn’t caused by Brexit. 90% of UK lorry drivers are from the UK. Germany has a shortage of 60,000 drivers. The media claimed that there was a shortage and it caused panic buying, like with toilet roll last year.
By the way, the EU wasn’t in such a great place when the Euro was on the verge on collapse 10 years ago or when Ursula Von Der Leyen had screwed up ordering vaccines. Not to mention Fräulein Merkel and her migrant policy.
Not exactly the “economic stability and success” that you mentioned.
@@willstanley2626 You are mixing up very different things here. There are no queues or empty shelves in Germany as we have access to the european labour market. Yes, foreign workers are welcome as are refugees who are escaping war. Many of them are successfully integrated are are doing very well. Don't trust british tabloids that paint a different picture.
And I can confirm until the media started inducing panic, there were no queues in the UK either. Once the media induced panic dies down, we'll be back to normal.
Brexit was based on lies and fear mongering and the idiot who caused this is now Prime Minister...
I think voters should be required to pass an IQ test before being allowed to vote!
I spoke with Hoyer tanker driver on friday morning, while i was waiting for his delivery to refuel my lorry. According to him, his rate was only 1,40£/h more then me on double decker curtain sider and he is treated badly by company management. No suprise that they haven't got enough tanker drivers.
4:12 So, by being outside the EU, we are able to enact laws which will give us access to what we would have had if we were inside the EU. Brilliant!
excepet we are targeting a single area with a shortage and inviting people to work here not leaving the door open for everyone
@@graveperil2169 and allowing job shortages in the process. Not enough "lions of Britain" can be bothered to hold dustbins, they'll just hope someone else does these jobs for them.
@@graveperil2169
The door will need to be open for all the other sectors... It's just a matter of time as native brits are too lazy to fill those jobs.
The UK will rejoin the EU single market and customs union in a very near future...
That cracked me up as well. We have the power! The power to partly return what we lost.
@@graveperil2169 You seem to think you are still in colonial times... Just take what you want from the colonies and damn the rest. 😂😂😂
There is a fuel shortage. Because I can’t get any of it in my car. No matter if there is a billion litres of it. Shortage is shortage.
They're not queing at the pumps across Europe? 🤔
@@TheMrReee The problem is despite what you might think this is really good for the fuel industry. Profits will go skyward in the years to follow. I wouldn't be surprised we see similar things start happening across Europe in the next couple of weeks. Watch this space
@@TheMrReee You would see it at primetime on your TV.
Just as we have seen the queues in england at primetime on our TVs, commenting: look, the brits have so much fun with brexit!
@@jamesfagan69 I do not think so. Wehn British Petrol can not satisfy the domestic market, alternative fuels and electric cars become more economic.
Sure, they have also skyrocketing prices and the power grid is not prepared for e-cars, but looking at price spike and hopping that this is a need positive for company is dangorous as it allows for changes and market shift.
“Only the young adult will suffer from the mistakes of the old politician”
The COP26 in Glasgow is coming up real soon. 🌍🔫
I live in the EU, have friends from all over, and there are NO SHORTAGES OF DRIVERS IN THE EU, cuz many are back from the UK.
Like it or not, that's just reality. Sorry.
Incorrect, there are shortages here
Mentioned multiple times
However they are at a manageable level which means the general consumer/ citizen barely notices these shortages if at all
The problem at the uk is that they had the same problem but then threw even more people out, making the shortage too big to effectively hide or manage
That's straight up lying. It's already proven that is is a wide spread European issue as Germany and Poland have reported issues. The prime suspect is Covid and poor treatment of lorry drivers in general.
@@TyroRNG Wrong. Covid is complicating things in the transport sector, but there are plenty of people here able and willing to drive. That's not the case in the UK, because of Brexit immigration rules. The fact that the UK gov is now begrudgingly forced to change these rules, proves my point rather nicely.
@@21preend42 The Covid and bad treatment is the same as last year.
Covid should even be better than 2020 due to vaccination.
But something changed at end of 2020.
Exit from SM/CU? End of FM for drivers?
No it’s a problem in Germany right now. Especially near Potsdam. Petrol prices went up and tanks are not full.
If anything the UK has a shortage of Logistics ... and of a Reasonable Government.
shortage of brain cells
public has chosen this government so there's lack of reasonable public (also proven by panic buying)
Well more like the existing logistics is unwilling to pay more than a slave wage.
General shortage of logic…
@@lesmorley9628 ask @Aaron Okeanos - he wrote that "UK needs a Reasonable Government." can't you read?
Normally love the attention to detail of your videos, but it's simply not true to compare what is happening in the UK to Poland or Germany, the video is misleading whether intentional or not.
The shelves are fully stacked and the pumps are full in Germany and Poland. It is true that there is a shortage of Polish freight drivers in Poland, this is because they are in richer EU countries earning higher wages. But that void in Poland is being filled by other EU drivers, primarily Ukrainian, earning higher wages than they would at home.
This is both the core and the beauty of the open market spreading wealth around the EU.
Long may it last.
Fair enough but Ukraine is not part of the EU (and doesn't look like it will ever be).
It's thanks to immigration and migrants being prepared to accept less that wages and conditions have been held back from improving. Why would any British person do such a job when conditions are so poor?
Drivers wages and conditions are to blame the issue of Brexit should have been foreseen, if there where better conditions and pay more drivers would come back to the industry rather than working in other sectors. There are plenty of class 1 drivers out there.
Better Pay Better Conditions!
Foreign drivers are the reason wages being kept low I worked in construction and seen so many turn up saying they can get a full crew to work for half the wage of others and they aren't trained yet those that are don't get asked back once the next job starts
There are diminishing amounts of qualified HGV1 drivers my friend, due to retiring drivers and not enough new ones coming into the industry. So at present I would say there are not plenty of class1 drivers out there and certainly not 100,000. I do agree with your statement of better pay and conditions. It is the only way to allow recruitment to increase. Before I retired last year, I was working for a chemical company, delivering up and down the country, hazardous chemicals from acids to alkalines and flammables. My basic was £11.50 per hour, plus overtime at time and a half over eight hours. I was the only English driver, the others were Rumanian. Change in working conditions and wages needs an overhaul or they won't have enough drivers to do the hauling.
Bullshit. Conditions haven't changed, and wages are said to go up.
So what's the problem?
Hint: brexshit struck 1.1.21
@@YouD0ntSay nothing to do with Brexit
@@YouD0ntSay clearly no idea. My family are drivers and 15 years ago their class 1 pay rates were £20+ per hour and jobs were typically permanent with holiday / sick pay. Now hourly rates are (or were before this market correction started) closer to £14ph and jobs are typically zero hour contracts / agency work. Businesses are seeing the error of their ways exploiting cheap labour for decades to reduce pay and conditions for all and are now rushing to get the best, most qualified, drivers through the doors on permanent contracts, £50k+ salaries and joining bonuses. Long overdue and good for them.
who could have guessed that England need immigrants for low-wage jobs to function normally.
Also Wales Scotland and Northern Ireland
So you like immigrants for the cheap labour.
How very progressive of you
@@lazybones69 The confidence with which you replied is admirable given how you entirely missed the point of the comment.
It's the same in all post-industrial societies, if people want to keep up their standard of living they need others being paid peanuts
@@lazybones69
Is it more progressive to employ low paid labour abroad by importing the products instead?!
Think about it, everything you own, the cloths you wear, the food you eat, the furniture you sit on even the bricks and mortar than built the house you live in all traveled on the back of a truck at some point. The drive for cheaper everything coupled with the ever increasing cost of transporting good by road has lead to the only thing that can change, that being the decrease in the wage of the driver. EU (predominantly eastern European drivers) have always been happy to work for these wages as it's more than they would get paid back home. This has moved the industry to be reliant on foreign workers. Brexit has now cut-off those workers the industry has come to rely on. So yes, Brexit is to blame, but then so is the current haulage industry.
Thank you, reasonable response rather than the BS from both sides going my side is correct. I feel more annoyed at my super pro EU friend with them commenting on how workers should be treat correctly and paid fairly for their work but then goes Hur dur Brexit people stupid when this has been a wound in the UK economy for 10+ years that we happily ignored by making people live in awful conditions to serve us.
Brexit has a lot of wrongs but we have a chance now to try and fix our labour market so I think it would be a shame for all's these people who speak of fairer employment to not act due to stupid political tribalism
Don't forget Covid19 also The insulate Britain protesters blocking the motorways. The media that had a hand in creating the shortage in the first place
@@icemanic751 Last mile delivery is always made by trucks... Or do you think, linking all petrol stations to a railway is a good thing to do? Building railroads takes years and given how underfunded british railways are, it will probably take even longer. Especially when these sorts of projects will probably benefit the next government, which might not be the current one and LORD FORBID, the opposition should take credit for the project.
As far as I can see, this is just conjecture. In your hypothesis, you're assuming that pay is the leading principle in decisions whether to work as a HGV driver, and that European workers accept lower working conditions to UK workers. When you see the conversations European drivers are having about this issue it's not just an issue of pay. The working conditions for HGV drivers across Europe are not a good standard as a whole, but the UK rates fairly low in amenities and also has a high cost of living (for overnight work/groceries) in comparison to other member states. Plus the UK is overly reliant on agencies for HGV work, which means less reliable employment for those working in the industry. This coupled with the fact that it's a lot more difficult to get through customs now, and the way drivers were treated last year when there were days of queues entering the country, make for unappealing work for anyone, not just Europeans.
You could argue a British HGV driver would enjoy more reliable employment, better working conditions, and less hassle being a mainland European driver. European countries have also had free movement of people for a long time but have managed to maintain better conditions than we have, so Europe is not principally driving down standards and wages - we should be looking at our own government's failings for why we have let it get this bad. Improvement in workers' rights is one of the things that the UK routinely fought against when part of the EU, if we want to blame Europe for it, then we are really blaming ourselves.
I'd argue that it isn't the industry's fault, at least not directly. They only try to operate to the best of their abilities witin the framework of the laws of their given society. Sure, there's undoubtably lobbyism going on, so at least part of the blame falls to them, but in the end: Who makes the laws? It's the politicians people keep voting into office, despite knowing that what they tell you is a lie and being aware of the widespread corruption. The main problem is the person making a mark next to the name of known corrupt liars.
Im not a spiteful person but my pity for the crisis is not very big.
If you want to think that leaving the EU isn’t the cause, just keep thinking that 🤷🏼♂️.
Im not really sure how long people could support such a joke of a government but it’s your Beer or as you say in England not my cup of tea.
Greetings from Germany and get well soon.
supporting cheap labour driving out domestic workers to own the brexiteers
This whole "europe has huge driver shortages too" shpiel is statistic trickery. Germany has 1.500.000 HGV drivers and is missing 60.000. the UK has just 236.000 HGV drivers and is missing another 100.000. So that means Germany has a shortage of 4%, the UK a shortage of over 30%.
numbers coming from the ONS for Britain and the BDA (German equivalent of the CBI)
are not the same.Why can choose somebody to work for UK? for money? no. In European Union things are diferent you can move free for same money like in UK. That is life they has choosen to go out. I"m very happy!
What a fool! Other EU countiries are not experience this pertrol crisis or empty shelves. BREXIT, you were all warned! Where is the £350 miliion pounds a week now from the NHS, contrary Boris was refusing them a pay rise and 1% for doctors loooool "£350 miliion pounds a week now from the NHS" , I hope they suffer.
not true, the u.k has 516,000 hgv license holders . only just over half of that are driving,the rest dont have the cpc so cant come back to hgv work at present, so the u.k needs to scrap this now it has left the e.u
@@brucewayne7838 Then please send a letter to the ONS so they can correct their data. Obviously they got it horribly wrong
@@max11111ablethey had the 350 million long ago. under the conservatives the nhs has had a lot more than that pumped into it. in any case the amount you quote was a brexit slogan by the brexit party to give an example of where the money could go instead of wasting it on the e.u.
It's all well and good saying that we don't have a fuel shortage because the fuel exists SOMEWHERE, but if it doesn't exist in the place where I need to get it from then this surely means there is a shortage.
To put it another way, there's more than enough food in the world to feed everyone, and yet in some places we still have famine.
Yes the best thing to do for that is create a panic so people drain the petrol stations immediately, if people went to get fuel at a normal rate it would probably be fine.
False equivalency. Only a few of BP's stations were having issues, I would not call that a shortage. If a village in Kent had a blackout affecting 100 homes, it would be incorrect to say the UK is having blackout issues.
We don't have a fuel shortage as there was and still is fuel getting delivered daily, the issue is as like there wasn't a toilet roll shortage during covid but panic buying / greedy idiots....the whole issue was caused by media and lack of any common sense.
If people where buying there usual amounts it would only be a few bp garages across the country having any issues.
@@Bilbobaggins82242 some reports I've seen have said that a lot of forecourts have been operating at 80% or less capacity. During last years lockdown, with minimal travel, not an issue, but I would guess that as more people have started too return to work and go out more, the gradual increase in demand will have caused that to drop to even lower capacity, but still without actually running out. It wouldn't take much to cause a problem if a garage has a weeks customers in two days, all buying more than usual.
@@NamaDoodoo It would according to the BBC
"Relax! Now that we're out of the EU, we have more powers to deal with the situation."
What kind of powers?
"Well... The powers to reverse portions of Brexit. Duh."
And issuing temporary work visas to EU HGV drivers!
@@MrMartinSchou the EU HGV drivers: *signed allready contracts with non-UK-logisitc companies month ago......
UK: *search for drivers outside of the EU and give them VISAs, because they cant find others.
the UK-citizen, who voted leave, and make the cheap seasonal polish driver leave the UK for an temporary cheap african driver, who will migrate to the UK permanent: :-| wah?
@@apollomars1678 permanent migration were an employee lives works and spend money in your country is always better than those that send all their income outside of the country.
As one of the big three in the EU, we had lots of power. Now we have none.
@@RandomShart not if they are people with an economical, social and cultural background, that is straight up disliked by the majority of your nation social view of a British society.
lets make a simple example, most of us have no problem, if a (random nation) foreign maid would visit you daily to clean your house for some payment, but would hate the idea, that this maid would be able to move into your house after 3years of service, even if she will pay a lot of her salary back to you for rent, because she is old and need support in some years, not on your intellectual level and has a family.
its basically this, but more racism.
in some sense the UK exported social (poor workers) problems to different EU-nations. now you will have these problems in the UK and have to actively ignore these problems in your own society (bad even for UK-citizen, because you loose your good standards to fight these problems at least in your society) or you have to take care for these problems (spend money on these problems on a UK-level and not on a foreign-nation-level).
Boris Johnson new statement:
Do not blame Brexit.
The People's Front of Judea is to blame.
don't be antisemitic
@@GeoffreyBronson Never seen Monty Python "Life of Brian"?
Well it sure looks like they have taken back control...
So you prefer to continue treating drivers like dirt and bring in more workers to undercut pay and conditions further or do you want to invest in our own workforce like we used to?
I’m a hgv driver and not every one can do it plus you pay for your training so if u fail it’s money down the drain it’s hard work long hours that you can’t pick over time if your on the road and things go wrong it’s a 15hour shift you get routed at leased 10hours most places so 50+ hours a week for not much more than a warehouse worker that doesn’t have the same responsibility uk road are not made for hgvs and other drivers are inconsiderate of the space and time you need it’s lonely and hard the find a toilet.
15 hour shifts? That's appalling. What incentives are there to encourage new drivers into the field?
how did you write that without a single comma
Oh... damn.
Never thought of that .
The toilet problem is a real thing .
Holding in urine for a long time could potentially create a medical problem.
Not worth it .
@@rossellinirossicalrossc3507 He's an HGV driver. He keeps the momentum going by not using breaks often.
@@Jablicek None! But don't worry, let's just have loads of people from other countries do it instead, problem "solved" (not at all).
There is no fuel shortage.
Just the fuel is not in the cars' and trucks' tanks.
Ehh we realise that Peter, but there's a driver shortage, its to do with that B word you see !!! You know the one? That one who the B voters are laid in the fetal position under the union jack rugs ,sucking there thumb. 👍
@@nelvaldo.4850 Lmao spot on mate. Another brexit failure but lets all blame the news for reporting the news
@@teddypicker8799 We've got our work cut out on here Ted we are wasting our thumbs energy trying to get through,but al just say these nationalistic brexit arsoles are ruining my country I hold dear, there's a difference between patriotism and nationalism and these deadheads will never understand that. All the best Ted.👍
@@peterebel7899 Do as the English did in 1900.
man: handcart
There is no food shortage either, its just not on shelves.
The day before Boris said the situation was improving: we had fuel at 3 out of 5 local fuel stations. The day of his announcement that had dropped to 2 out of 5. Today (the day after) it is now 1 out of 5 and despite a delivery last night, they say they're going to run out by this evening. Not quite sure what he means by improving.
He means there are signs the news cycle moves to something else.
Here in the 'grim' North, there are no queues on forecourts. Zero accessibility issues in my area. Looks like it's a London, South coast, home counties issue. Oh dear, how sad, never mind...
This was predictable with Brexit irrespective of Covid. While mainland Europe have driver shortages there are no empty shelves, no queues at petrol stations and no food rotting in fields. I must stop though because when I said this would be a consequence before Brexit I was accused of scare mongering. However, the pro-Brexiteers were confident enough with their assertion that 'no one knows what will happen', is that the mission statement for respectable business, let alone a strategy for running a country? This is the reality of getting Brexit done!
Queues at petrol stations are 100% caused by panic buying, which could have been predicted. Neither Covid nor Brexit is to blame.
Brexit fear is a lot like climate grief at this point.
Unfortunately, being right at this point does not matter unless something radical is done.
Turns out cutting the UK off from the EU wide logistics system is bad and burning oil products is bad, but also that feels obvious to everyone who believes it.
@G Haus love this response, i have worked in warehousing for almost 20 years, i remember when i first started and first drove a FLT i was getting around £15 an hour, then i noticed a lot more people from eastern Europe were working in the industry, and so the wages dropped, within 5 years the wages had dropped to minimum wage. If anyone out there has never driven a FLT for 8 hours, the amount of concentration required is massive, having to notice everything, be aware of people who don't realise just how dangerous a warehouse can be, and making sure they are safe, and then think doing all of this for £7 an hour is worth itand right. Seriously need to get out and try it themselves.
@G Haus That's a really interesting viewpoint I don't think I've seen expressed quite as well elsewhere. Not sure it quite justifies the decision that was made or the tactics used to get us there, but it's an interesting point none the less.
@@toluabisola It really isn't, because ultimately the politicians you think will let the prices rise (through higher wages), will actually simply allow the "brown people" back in, except this time it isn't mainly from eastern Europe, but from the Commonwealth nations. Those who think that their wages will rise, haven't really paid attention in th last couple decades...
I believe that it is a useless and meaningless bit of semantics to say "there is no fuel shortage" when fuel stations all over the UK do not have the supply to meet the demand for fuel. Just by definition, this is a shortage, and to say there is no shortage is nothing but word play. You are short of fuel if you run out whatever the upstream cause of this is
I guess it depends on how you process information, because when I hear "Fuel Shortage" I would take that to mean a physical lack of fuel within the country, and then I start thinking of the causes and implications accordingly. Whereas "Driver shortage" would cause a set of different problems
The country has plenty of fuel, thank you very much, but the citizens don't.....
It's a shortage of public intelligence that has caused this fuel issue, too many tinfoil hat wearing non critical thinking idiots and the BBC desperately trying to stir shot as always.
@@dtwistrewind7361 That is not true, the public are being used as scapegoats. Completely normal and typical behaviour such as filling a quarter tank to full is being described as "hoarding" or panic buying. Or if someone has a half tank, but needs to drive 200 mile round trip to a different city and back so fills up the tank, is being described as a panic buyer....or if someone drives to 3 different stations that are closed, so then is willing to wait in a queue for one that's open, you are a panic buyer. This shifting the blame onto the consumer is ridiculous imo. The public is a free market that is responding logically to a change in market conditions, you cant expect people to what? wait only until the tank is on amber and the responsibly only fill to half tank? idk, unless youre saying that folks are pulling up with containers, tanks, drums etc then idk how the public caused this issue.
@@blaccpanther8715 nevermind you can't know everything.
I heard drivers complaining about their environment too( lack of facilities on their routes in the uk and so on) and obviously they don't get payed enough.
"We can't say it's about Brexit, it's just that half the guys that left blamed Brexit and we could fix it by importing European drivers"
them by beg mayYou
We can't say it's about brexit because this happens in Europe as well, did you even watch the video. Therefore the credibility of the poll comes into question.
@@21preend42 Except for the crucial point that situation in europe is not causing empty shelves or petrol queues or anything else. So same thing on both sides of the channel, right?
@@21preend42 Wierd. I life in Europe. Not seeing any giant Queues on gas Stations.
What exactly is happening here, that I am not seeing?
@@christopherg2347
Brexit and its consequences is what's happening in the UK right now 🤣...
I live in San Antonio, Texas, USA and this happens here. We had a hurricane that devastated Houston but did not affect us at all but panic buying created a gas shortage that didn't exist beforehand.
hi gaius i am in the u.s.a as well and you are right sir ! the u.k situation was caused by the media.
Did any of these companies ever consider paying people a wage they can live on?
If they did then they wouldn’t be making a profit, meaning they will go out of business
@@fho0707 hopefully you're joking, but if not I'm calling bullshit. Oil companies are some of the biggest, most profitable companies in the world. They also have no problem letting the price fluctuate when it impacts their bottom line without any real impact on them.
@@robertshindeliii well this is a capitalist society, and companies are there for profit. If there is a chance to lose money in one country, they will just move on to the next. Why do you think all the big companies have their factories in places like China. It is not worth it for them to be situated in a country with a minimum wage.
@@fho0707 That's not how oil companies work...? The HQ isn't in Britain, they sell the product there. That's why they need drivers, to move the fuel to petrol stations. That's why you see gas stations in the US, Canada, and basically every other country. That's how a capitalist society works, you sell to as many consumers as possible.
Also, the amount they pay drivers is marginal compared to profits. But realistically, instead of taking any kind of "loss" (smaller profit), they'll raise the final price of fuel for the consumer. And you know what? The consumer will pay for it, because they need to get to their jobs. Capitalism works on supply and demand. There's a demand, those oil companies need to provide the supply.
The fact that the fuel exists in some storage somewhere is irrelevant. The fact is that people can't get the fuel at the end, so that makes it a shortage
Everyone are just playing semantics it’s annoying we may aswell have no petrol if we can’t get it in our tanks. I’ve lost out on 2 weeks work due to the shortage
Except before this BP said they were short by about 20% at forecourts, which would have been fine, we would have coped as there are enough petrol stations. Unfortunately the media whipped everyone into a frenzy and we find ourselves where we are now. It's a symptom though of how fragile peoples confidence is though, there's just no resilience in any of our systems so the slightest blip and things start to crumble.
Shortages of fuel are created buy shortages of brain cells of us all , ask yourself how oftern do I fill up fully , then look at what your doing at the pump , then you will see the real reason for the shortages
It is relevant if you actually want to solve the problem and understand the issues causing the shortage. If you're interested in partial propaganda based on what your favourite politicians say, you can try tuning in to other entertainment news networks. But since I began following this channel, I've never found them to have just settled with stating what things are, they've always delved in deeper to find out the whys. The fact that petrol exists somewhere is important to attribute at least some blame on brexit, because firstly that's what the majority of the drivers who left the job are putting the blame on and secondly the government's official position is that the shortage isn't caused by brexit at all. Tldr strives to achieve objectivity in their reporting, and you can't possibly be objective by just saying what each opposing side is saying, but why they say so, and ultimately, show who's right. When one side is lying, an objective news outlet can't just say that, it needs to present data e.g. from a legit haulers' association showing the contrary. So no, this is not semantics, and definitely not irrelevant. It's just responsible journalism.
@@davidpotter6564 the media? It was the government speaking about fuel shortages
Regardless of the reasons; it’s more than clear that the British government are utterly clueless when it comes to real issues affecting real people.
100% true 🤣
The whole UK is clueless since that non sense referendum on the EU membership. Yet you guys keep voting on the same incompetent people…
I'd argue they just don't care.
Not clueless, just scumbags.
Most economic analyses of a possible Brexit predicted an increase in supply/demand imbalances due to the UK being a smaller market than the entire EU. The primary result of that is higher costs for business followed by higher costs for consumer goods. The normal result of THAT is eventual weakening of the currency. All of this was predicted over and over again years before Brexit became reality.
But the germans. THE GERMANS HAVE TAKEN OOVER. THE GERMANS AND THE FRENCH. UK strong
This has literally nothing to do with Brexit.
@@frenchfrench4514 , wow, the oracle speaks with great certainty and no detail.
@@stuartschaffner9744 This is currently to do with a truck driver shortage and if the native truck drivers of the UK hadn't been driven out of the market over the last 30years then their wouldn't be a problem. This is a positive, it's a sign that just because you can get cheap labour from abroad you shouldn't.
But it's also more complex than that. Covid has had a far greater impact of truck drivers wanting to come to the UK than brexit. Getting here and back was almost impossible for a long period.
But that isn't just it, fear mongering and fucking idiots (probably like you) is THE main reason why we are seeing empty pumps.
This is just a good story for the pro EU media and remainers to get their teeth stuck into. Turn up the fear factor and create your own story to back up your own argument. It truly is pathetic.
You did sound almost intelligent in your initial statement though.
Hello Stuart, how are you doing and what is the weather like? God bless
I filled up, I got stuck in traffic which turned out to be a queue for a petrol station, by the time I were at the front, I thought I may as well 😂
😂😂
The main problem is the Government, and their refusal to recognize that it is their policies that is making the situation far worse. At the moment they appear to be only denying that any problems exist, rather than working on solutions. Of course, that would be admitting that Brexit, and their form of hard Brexit was the main issue!
haha
your own fault. you wanted brexit. now you have to live with it. and if you believe that drivers have come back who were thrown out before, you are very wrong. who quits his job and goes to drive with you for three months ...... greetings from the EU😂😂😂
Even if Hard Brexit was the issue, what were they doing since 5 years ? Could they have not trained the required no of drivers.
I'm surprised 😮 why they did not anticipate this situation.
@@ajithsb1853 The fact is that thousands of drivers, mostly from Eastern Europe, had to leave the country after the Brexit. Nobody wants to do the job here in Germany because of poor pay and conditions. In the meantime, more Eastern European drivers drive with us because they are simply cheaper We have the advantage that these drivers can still drive although it is morally reprehensible. You have not had the option since brexit.
The solution is very simple an immigration agreement with Turkey!! There might be some increase in narghile shops, doner and kebab restaurants and some neighborhoods might look like Turkey than UK but other than that it is perfect😂😂
Are you suggesting that this government, famous for 'wash your hands and don't touch your face' several months into a global pandemic are denying there is a problem? What as stupid thing to suggest
People simply don't realize that their wealth, lifestyle and comfort is normally based on the backs of the minimum wage working people. And as you've guessed it - most of those jobs are done by whom? Can't see any Brexiteers willing to pay more money for services and those jobs or are willing to work for those minimum wages.
Which was kinda the point of brexit, foreign workers were keeping wages artificially low not their fault of course. 15 years ago when Polish and Latvians first came they could make the equivelent of a months wages inside three days so they thought it was a good deal. We couldnt compete with that kind of motivation for £5.00 ph considering I had been on 20+ ph previously.
@@Geordie6740 Exactly and now wages have been stagnant for 20+years. Not even keeping up with inflation.
People will have to pay more, it's the only way. Governments, unions, free market, none of it has helped lowest paid keep up with the cost of living. Cutting off an unlimited supply of cheap labour was seen as the only option and it is starting to work for many of the lowest paid already. This is a course correction and there will be some pain ahead. It's just that the pain is being felt by those with money, so it's national news.
We have thousands of economic migrants crossing the channel every day.. we have loads of people to fill the roles. In fact lets train them in how to drive HGVs.
@@Geordie6740 so many people cry about Brexit yet they are calling for minimum wage increases and much more. It’s insane how out of touch they are.
Next issue: There is no fuel for HGV's to bring fuel to fuel stations.
In that case, ask NATO to airlift some fuel for the HGVs :)
@@noseboop4354 The technologo is not that far. Flying cars, ok. Flying trucks ... well, still not. :-)
Most big haulage companies will have their own pumps as they will get discount rates,
@@derekrutherford6573 Which are supplied by train?
Another next video, there is no beer for pubs to sell more beer
If the fuel shortage is due to Brexit, how come this has only come to light in the last week or so. I am thinking if it is true that can only mean that 100,000 drivers have left the job in the last week or so. I am not convinced that has happened.
it is fake rubbish les, there are 516000 hgv licence holders in the u.k, only half of them are doing that job at present, because of low wages, bad conditions and e.u workers driving down the wages for british workers and they cant return becuase they need the e.u cpc card to drive again.
@@brucewayne7838 I completely agree, I just get fed up with all the muppets that as soon as something goes wrong they blame Brexit. I know for a fact the shortage of HGV drivers has been going on for a minimum of 8 years.
@@lesbailey2125 you are right les, and also there is a hgv driver shortage in other e.u member states. germany, france, sweden, denmark to name a few.
So people have realised that working for pathetic wages in poor conditions for employers who don't care and focus only on their own profit isn't worth it? Shocking. Maybe some legislation forcing companies to put basic employee rights and safe working conditions ahead of profit motive might make a difference? Y'know, like those pesky EU regulations did? While they're at it, they could put extra funding into rapid deployment of electric vehicle charging infrastructure on every street (creating new jobs and boosting the economy in the process), offer substantial discounts for switching to electric, and significantly bring forward the deadline for phasing out petrol vehicle sales; thus removing these kinds of issues permanently. That would require a government who cared about the public and thought more than 10 second ahead though...
I don't think the timetable for switching to electric could stand to be compressed though - because along with the need for far more electricity to heat homes with heat pumps it would over stress the electricity supply . We need to sort out electricity generation first , which is a very long term project.
@@auldfouter8661 As an EV owner for the last 10 yrs am inclined to agree with both of you,, There are some real petrolheads who when dino-juice really does disappear.. will still want to fill up an EV in 5 minutes.. if 6 turn up at a recharge station with that mentality it would drain the local towns electricity instantly with the mega high current as the wires in the ground infrastructure is just "currently"(forgive the pun!) just note there and its the big elephant in the corner of the room... Trying to change peoples habits is almost impossible...
If France can afford to give 10,000 Euro Grants to purchase an EV whats stopping us? The Dacia Spring could be virtually given away to key low paid workers like Teachers and NHS staff.. who need to travel to work.. and that would give other EV manufactures a massive incentive to make low cost basic EVs.. Not everybody wants a Tesla with more useless stuff on it that just adds weight to kill range and ultimately go wrong.. There needs to be a no frills EV with government underwritten (AKA no credit checking)EV loan scheme.. Funnily enough like what Scotland has...so everyone can get onto the EV switchover on all income levels..
If you add large and renewably powered Hydrogen plants, hydrogen supply chains, storage, and affordable localised electricity generation using that hydrogen into the mix, you could solve a lot of the issues you outline.
Service stations could generate their own electricity, using hydrogen stored on site when load exceeds grid input. These upgraded stations could provide 200+ KWH charging for those longer journeys, enabling the fast recharge times required to win over ICE drivers and reduce range anxiety.
Homes could also be better insulated, use air source heating (which should be mandatory and free on new builds to start the industry), store energy in batteries, again using renewable generation, and slowly charge the majority of cars overnight during off peak times.
You could provide government backed loans, at low rates, tied to the property itself and provide subsidies and taxes to help accelerate the move to Hydrogen and Electric vehicles.
We know how, it's about getting political, financial and public backing alongside strong leadership.
@@ianmax69 So why should a farm worker with no bus service , pay tax to buy teachers and nurses free cars , who earn more than they do?
Boris is worst thing happened to UK
Meh I think the one’s who voted for him are worse
Is there any alternative? and I think Blair was worse. At least Boris Johnson hasn’t started an illegal war
a clown as mayor is a bit of a joke a Clown as PM is not funny
@@jackjoyce1744 Corbyn was miles better but the media smeared and slandered him.
@@NamaDoodoo I’m not talking about corbyn. I’m referring to tony Blair. The main downside to corbyn was that he changed his mind like the wind ie brexit.
As a German, I am laughing my ass off. GET BREXIT DONE 😂
The shortage of HGV drivers is hilarious. Until the 1980s, Britain used to move most freight by train until Maggie Thatcher hit on the idea of shifting cargo to the roads as a means of reducing the then very high level of unemployment. Since the 1990s, the trucking business has been squeezed by the biggest players in town, such as supermarkets and Amazon, to the point that many truckers are now unwilling to tolerate the bad terms and conditions (like me!). Do our politicians never learn? What goes around, comes around.
Because when EU HGV drivers were agreeing to put up with the imbalance of job role to pay that was FINE because I had petrol! It’s not like there was a fundamental crack in our society where we can’t function without exploitation of cheap labour.
nail on the head. people seem more than happy to exploit cheap labour if they stand to gain something. EU workers filling those jobs were happy to do so because of how the wages stacked up when considering exchange rates and hourly wages back home. but just because it was financially beneficial for them to do those jobs, it doesn't mean the work conditions aren't horrific.
The solution is very simple an immigration agreement with Turkey!! There might be some increase in narghile shops, doner and kebab restaurants and some neighborhoods might look like Turkey than UK but other than that it is perfect😂😂
You can't shout GLOBAL BRITAIN or RULE BRITANNIA and in the same breath complain about cheap foreign labour. The whole point of influence and power is to get what you want, and for the least effort on your part. Exploitation is the name of the bloody game ffs. You would think the 'pragmatic' Brits of all people would understand this, the very Empire for which you still have a hard-on for was founded on it.
As soon as that Grant Shapps clip played I got a notification on my phone:
'Brexit has been a factor behind UK's fuel crisis, Grant Shapps says'
Grant shapps is a very shady individual
I would like to see a minister of transport behind the wheel of an articulated wagon drive 20 miles in rush hour then reverse into loading dock, lets throw out a challenge and see it broardcast on MSM , remember the time when Riffkin was minister of defence loading a mortar shell point end first down the barrel
The problem is the low pay... my uncle is a driver and starts Monday at 2 am and finishes Friday at 16pm.
The pay is horrendous for the hours he is out. Its so bad that his company has to hire cheap drivers from Poland or Ukraine.
Humanity has yet to understand that it is not good to underpay ESSENTIAL workers while dorks with a webcam, sports players and other celebrities make millions doing sometimes nothing.
Great video. However, the uneven highs of your hoodie’s cords is tingling my OCD 😂😂😂
4:00 - Not going to address whether these claims are true?
The countries mentioned aren’t facing similar problems, and membership of the EU would not have prevented the measures they have implemented.
Seems a basic journalistic oversight not to mention that the claims are misleading.
What toby said
but the good thing is, you've got your country back!
And Blue Passports , they'll be eating out of bins soon but as long as the Kippers have got a blue passport it'll be worth it lmfao 😂
Could you also do a separate poll for those who didn't vote in the referendum (Young people or those who just didn't vote) and ask whether they think Brexit is to blame for the shortages
No, no fuel shortage, just the shortage of the upcoming domination of electric trucks and electric car charging stations as well as the slow adoption of EVs
As an Irish man looking on at this, I find it hilarious 😂, as self arrogance has got Britain into this mess. There is a shortage everywhere, however Europe is coping better with the shortage, and as an island nation we don't see the same problems here. The majority of our economic trade has moved from Britain to the EU in the last 2 years and were doing just fine.
I actively avoid British companies to buy online in favour of German, Dutch and Irish due to greater tax rules. Just say to all the Brexiteers.
Your turn to bail us out with £3 billion
@@GudGudTheKid the only problem with that is where it would be spent. I would not trust your govt to do the right thing with it to actually reduce the poverty gap and help your NHS. More likely for their friends 😔🤔
Just to note if it wasn't for brexit I would be still shopping online from UK companies, ye just made it difficult and more expensive for me. We will take our 6 counties back and ye can have your 3 billion back 😉
Funny, no mention of the billions pumped into your island from the UK over the years to keep it a float.
@@CKW10001 do you know the UK is still your biggest trade partner despite brexit and tension?
@@footyvids7627 that's incorrect. Ireland biggest trading partner is the US, with the UK now a net importer of Irish goods and Ireland importing more EU goods. Germany will be soon our second biggest trading partner, as Ireland has a trade surplus with Britain. However in thoes stats is the role of NI where trade is up to just 70% this year as part of an all Ireland economy.
It will be more things like that. Us, imigrants, held this country working. Now? Good Luck. And of course, God bless the Queen.
God bless the beer🤣🤣🤣🤣
British petrol customers are happy to hear that it isn´t Brexit that causes the shortage.
Forigners was stealing UK ppl jobs- problem solved !!! Now the easiest part is coming,UK ppl just need to start driving tankers,cleaning houses picking productions from the farms an so on :) All 2nd hand ppl r gone :) Work for everybody now, Enjoy ;)
Yea exactly. this is the brexit benifit! poor ppl just need to work for free while the rich stay rich and its solved :)
The government, as usual has been incompetent in its duties to ensure that there are adequate and trained drivers in this strategic section of the economy.
Lockdown put pay to that with 30000 tests being put on hold, there has always been a shortage and the flow of incoming has always been slightly less than outgoing so it would have eventually led to a crisis at some point way down the line that the government could plan for but the lack of incoming due to pandemic has brought the problem much quicker to a head, The biggest problem was irresponsible reporting by media which caused people to panic which has put us in the situation, all because one area with 8 stations had to close do to issues that were not a drivers leaving but due to drivers taking holidays and some being told to isolate.
No mention of the issues at DVLA, not helped by a recent strike, which means the issuing of licenses is taking much longer than normal. This is also affecting the bus industry which too is facing a driver shortage.
Can someone explain to me how you panic buy fuel when you have a fixed and limited amount of fuel you can buy? Unless people come with jerrycans and drive more, fuel consumption can't go up. Refill at 80%, means only able to refill 20% more. It's not like toilet paper which you can keep stacking in your house. I don't see how panic buying could be a real issue here.
Conservative voter: "We are the best party to get us through this!"
Conservative government: *effectively lets shit hit the fan*
Everyone else: "Wtf, why is this happening?"
Conservative voters: "Stop being a re-moaner!"
this is worse when you realize Tories have been in charge for *12 years*
Yes, the solution is to force the consumer to consume in a way that lets the companies keep making huge profits (millions and billions) and politicians to not have to admit their policies are wrong. As if hoarding is the problem.
I think its lack of trust problem. People have heard about various shortages for a while and have no confidence that the government can deal with it. The so called 'panic buying' is simply a rational assessment that given the uncertainty, its better to fill up. (I didn't by the way, and now will have issues getting fuel. silly me.)
It is like saying there is no shortage of water, look at the sea!
If there is a lack of drivers to deliver the goods, then there is a shortage of said goods...
There was barely a shortage to begin with
Exactly. The argument is absurd.
@@NamaDoodoo the basics of incident management are Coordinate, Communicate and Control.
And where are the government?
@Ralph BROWN I hope people remember these crises when the next GE comes around and is not _fooled_ by the sloganeering again…
If there is enough fuel in the UK there is not a shortage. The problem is transporting the fuel to customers. That is not a shortage of fuel. That is a shortage drivers.
This is a prime time for the truck, excuse lorry, drivers to go on strike.
Just filled my car 😍
Greetings from Germany 🇩🇪👋
I don't have a shortage of money, it's just not in my bank account.
Shortage of IQ of the government is another one we should talk about, Jack. 😂
Correct me if i'm wrong as english isn't my native language, but as far as I can tell, "shortage" just means that there's "too little of something". Surely there must be a better word to say there's "absolutely nothing at all". In which case I'm not sure a "shortage of IQ in the government" would be the right term to describe the situation :D
@@Aedar it was a joke
No shortage, just nothing in the pumps. Mental gymnastics at play.
This is RIDICULOUS! I've trying to find fuel in North London for the whole week and there no pumps to be found with diesel available. To say that its panic buy is not true. It's a massive incompetence from government to the get grips on this.
Mate, this whole situation is frustrating. I work at a petrol station, I knew there was a shortage of drivers months ago, our drivers warned us when we had food shortages.
Our drivers (was English btw) ALL said they are struggling because a lot of their co workers have 'gone home'.
It's not always been the case, this is a new development.
Gone home because of covid, we wish everyone a quick recovery.
But brexit means brexit?
@@frenchguitarguy1091 it depends on the accent
@@AlessioCollura not gonna lie. When I told customers the reason for food shortages (now fuel shortages) I get one of two responses.
"Oh that makes sense, well we got what we wanted eh?" Usually sarcastic and clearly a remain voter.
Or.....sudden aggressive outbursts "NO! THEY ARE LYING TO YOU! ITS PINGDEMIC!" Honestly that tends to be from lorry/van drivers.....and honestly chavs.
Personally, I don't care how people voted, I can clearly tell, not bothered we all had our ideal reasons for voting. But I don't like the denial of seeing things that are in front of people's face....just so they don't feel like they were 'wrong'.
It's a bit childish to me, in my head I am like "oh just nut up and live in reality". Because honestly things are not being sorted by simply denying the actual problems.
I just don't like it when people just try and save face more then being pragmatic. Also hate this tribal bull that is politics too, not needed really.
Brexit means Brexit!!! And also means all kinds of shortages and other problems labeled "project fear", which is now "project reality"...
Although undoubtedly there are some other factors at play for the drivers shortage, one have to be very blind and fanatically brexiteer to negate the role of Brexit to worsen the situation...
I have never seen a queue at a petrol station lol
We are used to queues,we've been doing it for years, but we are no longer at the back of the EU queue for handouts.
(1) most drivers in normal times have a half-full tank (2) can only 'hoard' one tank (3) having 'hoarded', will then buy no more than usual. So... how come this is ongoing? You can only blame panic buying for 1 week approx of 'spike in demand'. Why not get the numbers to flesh this out, not a frikken twitter poll FFS.
it's funny how the UK government says they don't blame brexit for this but in the same move give additional visas to EU drivers. If EU drivers leaving wasn't the issue, then how do you expect these additional visas to solve it?
are they visas only open to the EU or to HGV drivers in general?
@@graveperil2169 as I've understood it it's only for EU drivers
@@MarcHatePage thank you
watching this video after grant shapps backpeddled and said brexit has been a factor. i fucking love how johnson's government has managed to fit so many u-turns into almost two years of governance. They've practically been moving in circles; a roundabout of clowns.
Enough backing up experience to drive a fuel truck.
earlier today I accidentally started listening to a download of yesterday's radio news rather than today's, and couldn't figure out why any talk of the army getting involved was being branded as nonsense when I knew I'd already read about it this morning. Of course, it turns out that news was nearly 12 hours old at that point so of course the current government statement was the complete opposite XD
clowns on a merry-go-around ;)
Brexit😂😂😂😂😂Greetings from the EU….
And yet when it comes to election, the public will still vote the supine invertebrate jellies back in
If there are driver shortages throughout Europe, how come there are no food or fuel shortages throughout Europe? And how come these problems started after the UK left the customs and the single market this year? And also, how can the government claim that none of these issues are because of brexit when they knew what would happen from Yellow Hammer?
Government say: There is no need to panic; Brexit is not to blame for trucker shortages; because of Brexit we have more powers to change driving laws to help the supply of UK drivers.
Government do: Issue 10,500 visas for European truck drivers.
Where is the logic!?
It's okay, with all the "amazing" trade deals we are now free to do, we'll have foreign drivers filling the gaps. I can't wait until we hand out a load of visas to Indian lorry drivers. Yup Brexit won't mean less immigration, it will simply mean immigration from further afield, from less culturally similar nations.
As a side note, I think your £32k a year average doesn't take into account working hours; my dad's a tanker driver who works regular 60+, sometimes 70+ hour weeks. Staying out in the lorry 5 days a week. Not only does he require all the tests that drivers have to go through, he also has the privilege of having to pay for them.
Thanks
The Government: It's not Brexit's fault, yet we are looking for drivers from the EU.
Brexiteers: It's government's fault, because of IR35... which would be ineffective and therefore not an issue if UK was in the EU.
Questions?
Only one: Why do these people keep getting voted into power?
@@MadnerKami
In a country where there are still blue blooded people with extra birthrights?
Don't ask me, I can't understand brits.
@@MadnerKami Incompetent opposition. Unfortunately.
@@MadnerKami BEcause they are idiots. Which means they are proponents of a simplified, unrealistic, black and white view of the world, which is a lot easier to grasp than the nuanced palette of reality.
The problem is, because reality is so nuanced, it's a lot harder to get people to agree on anything. Blame the bad foreign supernation, and promise that you are going to close their borders to their influence, everybody understands that. Try to explain why the benefits of the EU are worth the costs, and everybody goes cross-eyed and stops listening.
For historical reasons, the political right is more prone to simplified arguments than the left, and because of that left-wing parties end up offering terrible opposition, and often terrible government when they are in charge. Whether that is more or less terrible than the right-wing flavor of the same job is left to the reader's discretion.
Funny how no one is referencing to the ir35 tax reforms as a plausible reason for drivers not driving any more... its affecting all subcontractors across all industries leading to many companies struggling with major staff shortages!
No, Brexit is not to blame at all. It's all just a massive coincidence.
3:55 Godzilla had a stroke listening to this and fucking died!
My question is, how do these things appear overnight, without warning. Not only petrol shortages. I noticed selves in supermarkets are empty. Not delivered by lack of drivers. Fruits are not picked by lack of pickers. There is more wrong than the naked eye can see. Locks like the governments take the mickey.
Both labor and conservatives. That is the political level of a 3erd world country.
Correct. This all came out of the blue. It's not like Brexit was just last week. Things have been 'normal'( whatever that is) till recently in terms of supply lines. Now suddenly all this. Sheeple are running round in a tizzy. And fights breaking out. Divide and conquer. Everyone turn your gaze towards the true cause - this benighted tyrannical regime we are saddled with. More manipulation. Don't forget there are behavioural 'scientists' still advising this bunch of liars aka the government. The Uniparty is working to an Agenda. They need removing.
I remember seeing videos about it warning about supply issues and empty shelfes in supermarkets. "Project Fear" is what people answered, "Get Brexit done" is what they said, "WTO, WTO, WTO!" (rules) is what they wanted.
Been today in lidl and sainsburys and was shocked they had nothing
Ahem, electric car = "fueling" up at home.
The only real long term solution to these logistical issues is bringing forward the automation of haulage. Taking people out of that part of the chain will negate all the of the issues we're seeing here. Anything else is but a sticking plaster.
The covid lockdown problem has educated more people that there is more to life than work (also that life can be short), and that is very much the case when you have a shitty job. More people want a home life that they can enjoy, rather than collapsing on the couch when you get home from work, and they are willing to put up with less money for more time with their family.
It's not just COVID, in most of the EU (and I suspect also the UK) drivers have been paid less and less for more work for way over a decade, people have been leaving the industry for years.
In most of Europe this is mitigated (and partly caused) by Eastern European drivers filling the gaps, for them the lower wages are still more than they'd earn at home. But with Brexit many companies that used to loan out drivers to the UK don't anymore, because it's not worth the hassle, to have them stuck at the border for sometimes a day or two. (That is of course also made worse by the unpredictable nature of Covid regulations)
100% agree been saying this myself for a while. I’m a bus driver and I want out of it for that reason.
God forbid the oil giants having to fork out a little extra to the men on the ground! And they couldn't have the gall to pass on the costs of paying their drivers fairly down to the consumer during a driver shortage.
I never thought a lorry driver would be compared to a doctor
One survey showed that 40% of Brits blame the EU on the fuel shortage. FFS.
Requesting European drivers still doesn’t address drivers concerns or reasons for leaving the industry.
the same drivers who were spit on by Brexiteers for past 4 or 5 years - nobody sane will want to return, especially just for 3 months
@White wolf They literally KICKED THEM OUT OF THE COUNTRY! They did the classic "Go back to your own country!" and are now surprised with the results.
@@aaa_aaa985 were they illegal immigrants? Who was spitting on them?
@@maxdavis7722 no they were not illegal and they went home because they didn't feel welcome in the UK after the racist abused received and being the escape goat for the government incompetence.
"you're taking our jobs", "you're here for our benefits", "you're here to use our NHS", "we don't need you here", "go back to your country" - ring any bell?
Nothing in this video shows advantages of being out of the EU, just disadvantages. It's time these irresponsible brexiteers acknowledge their mistake and we as a country start moving to joining the Single Market. We have started going downhill, and the vehicle is getting faster and faster
From The Scotsman: "As early as 2020, logistics analysts Transport Intelligence reported that Germany had an industry gap of between 45,000 and 60,00 HGV drivers. Predictions for 2024 see this number increasing to up 185,000 by 2027.
In France, there has been a shortage of 43,000 drivers since 2019 and Italy reports a deficit in drivers of around 15,000.
@@markaxworthy2508 And we are the only ones suffering what we're suffering out on the streets. I wonder why that is
@@markaxworthy2508 Yes, we must ignore these bitter, bitter remainers
@@MrIvarlira Because we are in the grip of crowd psychology creating an artificial bottleneck. Whatever happened to "Keep Calm and Carry on"? Do you remember the consumer-led salt shortage in the early 1970s when the Minister of Agriculture had to go on air to say, tongue in cheek, that we were down to the last 500 million years of reserves in the hills of Essex alone? Given a few days, when everyone's tanks and jerry cans are full, it will subside naturally.
@@MrIvarlira Moronic panic buyers. The same reason there was a toilet-paper shortage a few months back.