We need smart people on the road . Not a cull the sukc.. 10 DOWN the street. ( CASTLE Thatcher) the lady is not for turn..( Big hair and handbag( purse) She was born a grocers doughter.. Died a Borrnesse M . She stank up the place when She was alive. And her legasy was .. more stank.
Working in hospitality industry in Manchester wasn’t the easiest one. Not because amount of work, more amount of abuse and disrespect of British people one second after they heard foreign accent. Many times I been told to go back to my own country. Because of it I decided to not even apply for settled status after I spent around 6 years in UK. I simply went back home year ago. My previous boss called me 3 times already, asking do I want to come back as they also have staff shortage. Sorry, money isn’t everything. Self respect also matters
Glad to hear that you have self respect. You were never asked to come in the first place ,but I want to thank you for your contribution and think you made exactly the right choice .
"But but...is unfair !!! We british are special, you need us, we don't need you, waaaaaaaa !!!" So far that is the intelectual level of the discussion on the british side so far
They still remember when England was a colony-owning empire. It's less than a 100 years since colonialism is still a matter of cultural identity for the average Brit. Also, the English version of Baby Boomers. Since there are still people alive who still are sons and daughters of the "greatest generation"(winners if WW2) they still feel entitled because they won the war, and should be grateful they still geace their presence... I dunno, that's my take.
@@janematthews9087 Soviet Union the great creator and leader Vladimir Lenin with his successor Stalin saved Britain and destroyed nazis . If Soviet Union didn't declare war on nazis , Britain would be occupied by nazis. You should put a picture of Vladimir Lenin in your house and thanks him
Why would an EU lorry driver want to mess about with border controls and customs when they can work, unhindered, in 27 other countries? Lorry drivers are in demand everywhere, not just here.
@@forsdykemontague1017 Money cannot buy people's dignity and the way UK treated EU drivers last year was just inhumane! I think You should listen again to what this man had to say! Apart from that there is plenty of money offered in Europe to do the same job under a lot better conditions!
@@yorgosr The hold ups and use of emergency measures at Manston were caused by unanticipated French belligerence, it took a few days to organise emergency measures which the British Army mobilised. There was no intention to treat people inhumanely and it was not just foreign drivers who suffered it was all drivers heading to the continent via France. You can of course criticise the Government for not anticipating the French would try to make life difficult and head off the issues beforehand or even that we didn’t act fast enough but it was new territory and lessons have been learnt (hopefully).
@@forsdykemontague1017 Brexit was not created by the French! What happened last year and is happening at the moment is the result of Brexit. The French or any other country in Europe are not responsible for that. It is always easier to blame the other side but I am afraid things are a lot different than the way you try to present them.
You forgot that Britain didn‘t want foreigners now it seems foreigners don‘t want Britain anymore. At least not the foreigners Britain obviously needs very badly
Why don't our political so called leaders listen to the likes of this guy who understands the consequences of letting an inexperienced driver loose on a 44 ton truck I have held a Class 1 H G V for over 30 years and I achualy agree with his assessment. These are not toys for boys to play with.
Because in their (the most general sense) minds, he is someone of no connections, no status, therefore a person of no consequences. And yes, I have no experience in Transport & not even from Europe but these concepts seems all to be relatively elementary, fairly obvious even for lay person. But it wouldn't matter for a government full of people that have failed upwards.
I live in Belgium and I walked by my local town hall yesterday. I saw the EU flag flying next to the Belgian and Flemish flag and it gave me a warm, comfortable feeling. Before I didn't pay much attention to it but now I appreciate it and understand better the fact that I'm a EU-citizen and all the benefits it brings. Thank you Brexit.
You sound like a brainwashed peasant. It would be funny if it wasn't so tragic. Still, as Nigel Farage said, Belgium isn't really a country is it? So you had nothing to lose but democracy, which terrifies you. Here is BREXIT: We are now the world's 5th largest economy - in 2017 we were the world's 6th. We are the world's biggest finance centre. We have the highest economic growth in the G7. We have a permanent seat on the UN. Our NHS, free at point of delivery, was voted best in the world, from the 11 highest-spending health-care systems. We were the first to develop and buy Covid vaccines, and had the fastest roll-out in the west. We have twice the international investment of France and Germany combined. We have signed 69 trade deals, plus an export deal of agricultural products to the USA. We are now part of the world's biggest defence and intel alliance, with our fellow Anglo Saxons, have a fleet of nuclear submarines larger than that of China, and a new class of aircraft carrier, and are leading the Armada of Democracies in the Pacific. We are building nuclear submarines for Australia. We have tripled expenditure on state of art military hardware. Our shipyards are building ships. We are self-sufficient in pharmaceuticals. We have new industries. We are building new housing on brownfield sites, and rewilding green-belt land. We have new micro-nuclear power stations built by Rolls Royce, in service in 2023. We have 8 x the oil reserves of France. We have the two biggest wind-farms in the world, and the world's longest electrical cable, as part of a deal with Norway. Our wages are up 18%, and there are a million new jobs available. People are being offered 4 jobs in a month, where in 2019 they couldn't get an interview. We can control immigration, and instead of being flooded with low-skilled cheap labour and benefits dependents, we are now the world's primary destination for high-skilled workers. We now import more from outside the EU than from within it, and products marked with our flag, proving origin, sell fastest of all here. Best of all, we are free: and when we elect a government, we know that government - which we can fire - is not controlled by a foreign power, and can make our own laws - and if we don't like it, we can get rid of it. We are free - and the sense of releif, knowing that we are not over-ruled by the most ridiculous, low-growth, anti-democratic cabal in the world. is a joy. We are doing very, very well. The efforts of the EU to pretend that we are falling apart, when really, THEY are in crisis, are hilarious - and their attempts to undermine us by acting like a jilted ex, only make their already poor world-wide reputation, worse.
Actually everything about Brexit is pretty amusing … if you don’t live in the UK. And if you live in the UK amusing morphs into infuriating. Unless you’re a Brexit cultist, then infuriating changes into delusional.
Surely they'll all be sat in some secret EU "spare lorry driver" silo those nasty EU representatives hide from us, ready to abandon their families, their job security and their homes to rush over here at a moments notice with a couple of freshly printed twenties wafted under their nose ready to be abused, worked to the bone and then sent packing 3 months later.
@@JohnClark-ew8dh as an ex-inhabitant of BrexitLand and EU citizen, your comment reminds with a heavy heart how I miss, some of English people's witty sarcastic sense of humor. Cheers for that.
@@magdaslowinska5719 I remain ashamed that so many of my countrymen hold xenophobic attitudes that led to you and others like you being made to leave. We are clearly lesser without you.
However it seems no one wants to be an HGV driver, not just in the UK but globally. Why do you think there is such a push to develop AI driven trucks and agriculture robots?
@@bigbinji6145 and yet the supermarkets are full in Deutschland and there has been no panic buying of petrol. Whinging about covid only highlights how shocking the UK government’s crisis management has been. Seems to me that Britain is getting the Brexit it deserves.
Yeah. They will hand in their notice. Find somewhere to live for 3 months. Open a UK bank account. Satisfy a landlord and the bank they are 'bona fide'. Learn all the routes they are expected to drive. Go home after 3 months and everything is sorted. This one hasn't really been thought out well.
Pathetic!! There is a shortage of drivers in Scandinavia, Germany and most of Europe. Why would any driver with a steady job go to Britain for three months...???
Top 10 nations for trucker wages: 1. Australia 2. Switzerland 3. Norway 4. Canada 5 United States 6. Denmark 7. German 8. Italy 9. Sweden 10. Netherlands Those EU nations also have driver shortages...and they pay much better....and they won't kick them out after 3 months.....
Yep, almost no one. They know it. It is just a show. Drivers are in high demand in the EU. Very few will leave a current job for just 3 months there. But if they bring Indians, Pakistanis, like that, for sure they will come. That's the solution
I seriously think that Brexit will be a great way to convince the younger generations of the need for further european integration. Great stuff Brittania, thx for all the laughs
Boris should get out there and drive a truck. He's been a fishmonger, baker, car factory worker and chemist in the last week, he could surely do a bit of HGV driving too?
@@lorrainelane6583 he is struggling, poor lamb. Still, Dad is over 80, and Boris said people don't last long after 80..... perhaps he was just anxious to claim that lovely inheritance.
Yeah. All thoes workers, milions of them, just waste time for that UK. Last 15 years was just waste of time and build some weird county, now out of EU 🤷🤦
@@Tomaskii That UK was weird even long before. Work a lot with an office there. Always big fun to deal with that culture. They don´t care about agreements and are angry if you confront them with their own words. Like Boris...you guys get what you deserve.
There is a shortage of drivers in Poland (but only in public transport where the salaries are low), in Germany (salaries too low) and in the Netherlands (more jobs than unemployed...so foreign East-European drivers do the job). So if you can get better salary in Holland or Germany whu go to the UK where they also drive on the wrong side of the road :)
The visa proposal is pretty offensive if you ask me! Work for a few month and kicked out just in time for Xmas. Only a psychopath could come up with such a idea, a certain lady with background in Uganda and India comes to mind, she is such a cold hearted psychopath.
Probably after long discussion between Pretty Patel and Boris Johnson in a lock room they decided 3 months is enough for these EU truck drivers because they take the jobs meant to British people 😂😂
It is lovely to listen direct from HGV driver. With any luck his eloquence and clarity will dispell a few myths about lorry drivers. Its like when I started to watch a Southern US journalist/commentator. The exposure helped dispell the stereotype in my mind.
Oh trust me. Lot of drivers (not only HGV drivers) are quite intelligent people. They are quite logic in their way of thinking and resolving problems. This type of job require this kind of skills. Some of them are also well educated and/or speak foreign languages.
@Pale Rider Or fuel, or food! You realised, those drivers are offered quite big bucks to convince them to come to the UK to help out. How can they be cheap labour? Those times have gone!
@@paulwood6048 that's down to less trucks in general, but dont worry. If the fast track licences in the UK they'll no doubt cut corners and have unsafe drivers on the road soon
I'm in Poland, and like this guy, this is the first I heard about any "shortages" here... Maybe this is a result of people ordering more stuff online during the Pandemic, or maybe it's something else, but there are no empty shelves or queues at petrol pumps here. (Although admittedly, petrol prices have risen sharply in the past year)
I don't think it's the pandemic. They were no gaps on supermarket shelves in 2020. Apart from when people were panic buying stuff like toilet rolls last year. I didn't have a problem buying anything online last year and getting it delivered. I think the overwhelming reason we're seeing shortages is down to European HGV drivers leaving the UK after Brexit.
Heard about it in Ireland a few weeks into the pandemic. DPD and other couriers companies were advertising like crazy as was Tesco and other shops for in-store help and for delivery drivers but the positions were filled. Our only shortages here are in Marks & Spencer because they stock mostly British products and finally they have come out and said they plan to start sourcing Irish products for their Irish stores. A win for the Irish economy. Thanks, Brexit. I assume soon we will have supply issues on electronics though. We use the type G plug, same as the UK. Puts us in a dodgy spot.
Capet McVape: indeed. They (gov) are so blurry in their head and so arrogant in their attitude they don’t even see the slap in the face that they are offering. It s bitter and sour at the same time without even trying to sweeten it even a bit. Appalling to the extreme. Sorry all our dinghies are in use at the moment, hence don’t expect much help to come your way from Europe due to such shortage.
The Sun has given English people the impression that everything is as simple as a short paragraph. And how to be ignorant or arrogant . Murdoch is more responsible than all the clueless souls whom know nothing of how the world works.
all alternative media and conspiracy theories state that Soros is one of the main devil responsible for all the bad, but the true is that this title should be given to Murdoch (Fox news, Sun etc)
A bit of self education wouldn't go astray looking at how easily cajoled the populace was in relation to brexit. I still think it was an anti uk government vote rather than an anti EU vote. The average clown reading the sun, dailymail etc definitely isn't informed on benefits of EU membership. Anyway, feel very sorry for those stuck there. Very incompetent politicians it seems.
I think Boris Johnson and Dominic Cummings should drive the Trucks, and even Keir Starmer should join in (as punishment for not upholding his anti Brexit vote in office).
Borris Johnson seems like a Russian puppet - I mean putting all his anti patriotic doings to one side, do you really know any other British man named Borris? 😀😂
No, Ideally we want some of the 2.5m+ lazy bast@rds to switch their TV off, go out and train (for free) to become lorry drivers. So far no credable government has the guts to force them yet!
Especially not just for a couple of months. Lorry drivers are in high demand in EU countries as well. They offer way better opportunities for drivers through freedom of movement and unproblematic working conditions due to the single market and customs union. I can't immagine a scenario where a drive who is looking for a new job would actually consider the UK for a short period of time. Unless they have some kind of connection to the UK, I guess.
I've worked for Lancashire textile factories where the loading yard and loading bays where built for 'horses and carts'. I've seen european drivers with an articulated trailer 'back' into these yards with everyone saying, 'he's never gonna make it'. But he did, and alot of times it was followed by a handclap, and, 'well done drive!'.
@@ciararespect4296 I can only speak from 20 years first hand working experience of top class european HGV drivers. What are your credentials? A few shakey anecdotes?
I worked for a while at an Amazon distribution center. Articulated trucks come in and get emptied. Less experienced drivers were always extremely easy to spot. They were the ones taking forever to do what the experienced drivers all got done right away on the first try.
I guess it was Priti Patel shaping it, since The Clown In Charge cannot be bothered with details. Anyway, why not deport her? If people from Windrush generation can be deported "retroactively", why not her?
Have any insurers been asked if they'd actually insure a newly qualufied HGV driver who'd passed the new simpler test? Even if they will insure it isnt going to be cheap compared to a driver with experience. I'd wager haulage companies will use this as an excuse to pay any new drivers a pittance.
Obviously the government solution to that is to not require insurance for HGV drivers anymore and just let the other cars on the road carry the risks. They can always just get out of the way, right?
@@jounik he didn't mantion anything about No insurance. Is about the price of the insurance. CSCS cost 30 to 50 pounds HGV is around 3000 plus if is new driver the insurance is very high . Yet both classes do ruphly the same wages, CSCS site workers have less headache
The fact that most insurers want drivers to have a set amount of experience as well as the licence is one of the reasons why this mess has been created. Its encouraged companies to hire people with experience from abroad rather than new key qualified drivers. A newly qualified driver is only going to gain experience in a job role. People don't use lorries to do their weekly shop or the school run
Think one of the more overlooked points Tomasz makes during this is that while Poland and the rest of the EU are also short of drivers, they can just ask each other for support (basically). So even if the EU is (across the continent) short of 400k drivers, it isn't being felt because everyone is sharing. The UK is short of those 100k drivers and it has to find them all within it's own borders... and this isn't like a dictatorship where 100k people is mobilized for a vanity project, this is 100k people needed to make the country function to the levels it used to. Also yes, the visas is a joke, in part there are too few of them, but more importantly, the gig is just unattractive while there is a booting out of the country after just a few months (or weeks in reality), as if the problems just vanish after Christmas.
My son went for a bin man job didn't get it because he needs HGV certificate . Sooner have Foreign driver's than help the unemployed get qualified to empty bins
@@annbeth6730 Well he can still get his license. They made it easier now. It's the conservatives fault for not helping UK workers to get their HGV licenses and recognising that a massive shortage is coming.
But the point you are missing is if you pay decent salaries these driver the the problems will be short lived . But only because we are rid of the EU shackles
I paid just under 4K to drive HGV Class 1 ADR which is the qualification you need to not only drive fuel oils to the forecourts of petrol stations in an articulated Lorry but actually collect & safely deliver the fuel into the tanks under the Forecourt, I took me 2 attempts to get as far as Class 2, (18 Tonnes ) I then failed my Class 1 for a "slight speed oversight "and then lost the money I paid for the ADR as it was over 12 months before I tried to take it again, I see myself as an sensible considerate / experienced driver, Full car licence from 17 years, full motorcycle from my 20's I regularly tow trailers! it's no joke with these big 18 or 44 tonne trucks, let alone ADR for fuels, it's long lonely hours, it's incredibly early starts 4 AM or a sleeper "A cab with a bed" it's no hotel! There is no quick fix, and this guy Tom he's spot on why come to the UK only to asked to leave after 3 moths as the problem does not go away after 3 months! short term solutions to long term problems doesn't work. I would not even contemplate driving an HGV again on the sole thing of pulling up to a drop and seeing a car or several cars parked in the bay ear marked (deliveries only ) and then having to find somewhere else to park normally straddling the pavement the tail lift is now lowered is not level to the ground and the entire thing just becomes so stressful! it's unimaginable unless you have been in the shoes of a HGV driver, if your a HGV on the anywhere in the world " I solute you" as we all should!
Never interrupt your enemy when they are making a mistake 🙌🏾🤚🏾🚫💯 If one bad Christmas wakes up the masses ...to my mind it is not too high a price. Let them weave the rope that will finally hang them RIP
@@shadowfax7396 Silly, they're already doing Marxist moves that creates a 2-tier society. And you won't notice because you're in one of two camps at any given time, and too occupied with shouting down the other side.
I'm the only one of a four man crew who voted remain and they've all told me they've panic bought fuel this week. They also think there's a conspiracy to drive down british wages by asking foreign drivers in to bail us out. They'll never take responsibility for their actions I'm afraid.
These r the same people that voted us out without actually sitting down and thinking about their decision. Same idiots with the Toilet Rolls, Anti Vac, & Fuel
HGV drivers is a global issue, there's loads of countries affected including Germany, France, Poland, US, Mexico and even Canada You lot are soo radicalised, it's unreal
I am not from Poland but I am leaving quite close. I am not aware of any shortages there or EU. Poland gave working VISA for 1milion peole from Ukraine and they have people from Belorussia as well. They are able to fullfile all vacancies and this is of course smart way how to aproach this kind of crisis.
Im living in the uk and loving brexit. The greatest thing to happen here for a long time. This has nothing to do with brexit. The world stopped for a year last year.
@@happyapple4269 aye keep thinking that 😂 you're gonna have a great Christmas, this will probably open your eyes to the mess the UK is in from Brexit. If this was the pandemic, why has no EU country I've been in within the last year (7) been affected?
To be fair, a ton of people that voted for brexit have been lied to and manipulated to do so. Many of them are already publically regretting their decisions. As an outsider watching, although I have never been a big fan of our Merkel, watching Bozo Boris and all of his blatant mistakes in handling covid/nhs issues, Brexit hype and all his lies and manipulations I don't feel as bad anymore. Have to credit the still United but cracking Kingdom for that.
That's an easy one. It's 100% because the BBC are terrified of this government. They're scared that they'll cut funding and/or turn not buying a TV license when you should have one into a civil rather than a criminal offense. When was the last time you saw anyone employed by the BBC criticising this government or Brexit?
You have to ask the question if Doris and his government were serious in this proposal of 5,000 visas for HGV drivers . If you take a close look and analyse it it's a joke of a proposal which will do absolutely nothing in solving the matter . But then reality sinks in when you consider we have a Tory government so useless so clueless it's staggering .
I think they prefer having people talk about how the problem is that the government has not issued enough visas. If they issue 25 000 and then not enough drivers show up, it sinks in for everyone how bad the situation really is. This way they can still try and distract people and some people might think there is hope.
And unbelievably arrogant!! First chuck out foreign drivers, then begrugingly allow them to enter the country again, but only for 3 months mind... anyone with any dignity would tell them to go forth and multiply!! What unbelievable arrogance!!!
solving what matter ?? I was in a supermarket last night and the shelves were still 50% full --meaning all that veg and fruit was going to waste. the British waste 60% of the food they buy anyway --so no big deal
Chris the real irony is that it's the citizens that elect the wankers to office and the citizens that swallow the media lies whole with no critical thinking involved.
Maybe the one that pushed hard for brexit to happen in the middle of a global pandemic when they were given the option to delay for a year. having been told that it would cause serious supply chain difficulties and worsen the drivers shortage. yet not only didn’t do anything to mitigate the issue, but actually changed the way lorry drivers are taxed at the same time to make the situation even worse? I mean, just a thought. Maybe they could be blamed a little bit?
After 5+ years in UK, I’ve left it and cannot be happier. Economy is booming in Lithunia, salaries increasing, no way people will choose UK instead of EU.
The one element I do not hear discussed by this government, or others is the HGV drivers predicament of not having safe and secure parking facilities with clean toilets, showers and access to fresh water?
@@sensibledriver933 is this lorry park not used due to the cost having to be paid by the driver and not the company I wonder? Whatever the reason, only 2 replies. Kinda shows that’s an issue doesn’t it?!
@@rockerjim8045 300,000 HGV drivers on our roads and 2 replies about lorry parks kinda shows this is an issue. I live in London, so assume any lorry parks near here would be closer to the M25, if the driver has not hit their limit that is…
@@actuallypaulstanley Or is it the company pays the driver to use them and they pocket the money instead? How can you get a clear idea of the problem from only 1 lorry driver?
It would be hilarious to me, if I didn't have a heart and also firends in the UK. To me the sheer incompetence of this government is like so absurd it becomes funny... But knowing how this affects real people also makes it depressing
@@joelwells .The biggest problem with this referendum is that a lot of people didn't vote. including many young people. thus the anti-Europe guests have won.
Well, this situation is caused by what UK nationals voted. Now they must turn to their leaders and make them accountable for their promises during the brexit campaign.
UK was sitting on its hands for more than 4 years since they voted to leave. Now, when reality hits, of course the fault must be anything else than Brexit. Thousands of British HGV drivers could have been trained since the vote in 2016, but they never got around to that because in UK, they did not want to pay drivers a proper salary. Well, what about now? Stupidity has a price and that price UK is paying now and will be paying for a very long time. This is merely the beginning.
I'm an EU citizen who works here. We were all given 2 years to complete a simple online application for permanent status. Did these drivers not go through this easy quick process?? The Gov made it so easy as they were afraid of losing a substantial tax base. So why in sweet heaven's name is the Visa system blamed?!!?
@@mattwilliams1205 I am sure many of them did complete the online form. It did not prevent them from leaving for a better job in a bigger market, closer to home and without the xenophobia and, most importantly, loss of cabotage opportunities.
@@davidreid5599 "bigger market" is meaningless. The workers care about how much they are earning per hour, not "how big the market" is. Do you suppose they are going to go and work in Bulgaria and Romania, for a lower wage in a "bigger market"
The only solution in my opinion is to extend the visa program, align it with the option of permanent residency and increase the wages from significant tax subsidies that would need to be created to compensate for the wage increase. This may attract some drivers from Ukraine and other countries outside of the EU. Otherwise, forget about any progress. Oh, I would love to see the faces of those xenophobic Tory backbenchers and Brexit fanatics during this Xmas and in the following months. This is clearly beginning of the new low.
I truly hope the EU embargoes the UK. The arrogance and superiority the Brits have... Just f off be on your own and never deal with the eu. As for the eu... Embargo the UK, make a hard border on the Irish island, offer Scotland eu membership with a super hard border with the UK. And let them be superior and arogant.
Could have something similar as Australia have with their skilled visa's for jobs they are short in which last for 4 years, you just need a job lined up with a company that will sponsor you and to pass usual checks. Instead our incompetent goverment think up a pathetic 3 month visa for only 5000 drivers when were 100k short.
Junior 44 ton lorry drivers - I guess they will have green stickers - Would you let your offspring drive your car just after passing his test? - my dad did and I nearly wiped out 4 of us within a few hours. Why do new drivers attract high insurance premiums? Might it have something to do with experience? Yet another daft "solution" from the muppets
The two interviews that Grant Shapps and Andrew Bridgen gave the other day they both quoted Poland had a shortage of 120000 drivers. They did not say they were HGV drivers, just drivers. Are they being economical with the truth?
I know there is a shortage of taxi drivers, but 🤫 I am making triple what I used make, and I have the freedom to decline jobs I think it's not worthy 😂😂😂. Also I know there is a shortage of builders and more job that Europeans used to do it.
They are. I mean, if you have 20 grand and I have no money to buy food, we’re still short if we want to buy a yacht. But your situation is oh so much better in general.
Sheesh,this interview is so engaging and interesting, I want more of Mr Orynski. A man who speaks fluently and calm with absolute legitimacy gets me craving for more.
So how exactly are people on very short-term visas supposed to find a place to live, etc? I can think of a hundred instant such problems to raise, but I don't think the people advocating for such short-term visa dependency are particularly bothered about how the - ugh - lower orders have to live.
@@stevenredpath9332 you need a bank account, papers, proof of address, national insurance number, loads of things that requires you to have an address. If you change your European driving license to an UK one you will need an address where your licence will be sent to. They still need a place to keep their belongings and rest.
I live in Germany and visited the Netherlands last weekend and I didn’t see any shortages the supermarket shelves are full and the gas stations have petrol 🤷🏼♀️
@@lorrainelane6583 This is funny! We already have worker shortages now, there are more job offers than umemployed. Why would we be happy to close our borders for foreign workers? We are not crazy! Although we also have a very few right wing NEXIT idiots.
Who want to put Muppets behind the wheel of around 50ft long, 44tn heavy of death, averaging 55mph up the motorway while you pass with the kids in the car, not having the experience to deal with the total Muppet that just cut you up and then them at 100 miles an hour.
Still waiting for those poor unfortunate long term unemployed Brits so desperate to finally get a job now the evil foreigners are gone... Seriously, how many have gone off the dole since Brexit?
What’s the issue? We’ll just get a legion of patriotic 70, 75, and 80 year olds back behind the wheel, 10 hours a day, driving tankers full of petrol across the country. Problem solved.
Completely laughable that any self respecting and qualified HGV driver from Europe who has returned to their country of origin following Brexit / Covid, would return on the promise of a short term Visa to ensure that the 52% of the population who didn't want them here in the first place, don't go short of turkey over Christmas. You really couldn't make it up.
A working visa valid only until Christmas ? The main problem with that is it is treating people as if they were desperate to work, which is not the case since there is work in Europe.
Yes, but Britain is always acting like that, remember how they kept saying they have all the cards, and they can negotiate so much better once they are out of the EU and how aaaaaall the world will want to trade with them? There is a word for that. Megalomania. It was visible all throughout the Leave campaign and this entire trainwreck that is Brexit, and yet, they STILL believe they are the greatest economy on earth, as they demonstrate with this ridiculously arrogant and utterly pathetic offer.
So what’s your solution Rejoin EU? Give companies a oversupply of labour which then keep wages low & conditions poor which then makes people leave the industry within years of getting a licence. Since brexit my pay has gone up and my company is treating me a lot better and conditions have improved. I’m not saying some of the Wages given at the moment is sustainable but the market will soon sort it self out where it needs to be.
@@BarrowLOL They just don't get it mate. The fact that lorry drivers were leaving in droves befor Brexit because of poor wages and working conditions. And that's the problem. Improve working conditions and wages problem solved. What's happening here is what's happening in America. But unfortunately they listen to James who is clueless. Last time I looked America didn't go through Brexit. James need to be taken off AIR for spreading lies he simple can not be impartial to the point ofcom need to get involved.
People pointing to the EU having 400K shortages have overlooked: A) The EU population is 446m, the U.K. 68m, so their population is 6.55 times the U.K. however the EU shortage is only 4 times (400k V 100k) that of the U.K., so U.K. driver shortage is 63.75% higher based on population. This is important, as the higher your population, the more drivers you need to transport goods. B) Crucially, the EU has Freedom of movement, so all these people saying things like ‘well Poland is short 114k’ are forgetting that they have 26 other countries that provide drivers, from a far larger overall pool of Labour. As mentioned by this caller, he works in Poland, but regularly sees drivers from the Czech Republic. So pointing to Europe and saying ‘yes but they also have shortages’ is actually an argument AGAINST Brexit, as, as has become clear, Freedom of movement has allowed them to cope DESPITE having shortages in individual countries. Hence why the U.K., with its Labour pool only from the U.K., can’t cope and is seeing shortages but Europe isn’t. Which is why we have seen constant food shortages in the U.K., but literally none in the EU. Yet people will still deny reality, maths and data…
So much money is spent on improving safety of pedestrians and cyclists and other vulnerable road users and now they want to fill the roads with inexperienced new drivers who can't even reverse? Ridiculous
What a fantastic interview, well said !! Thanks bro for telling the truth on LBC. I was waiting for long to hear someone like you talking about this subject for broader audience.
No shortage in the stores here in the Netherlands whatsoever. Everything is available, no lines for the gas stations, and a splendid Christmas awaits us and all our European friends. Why are the British so against the economic friendship pact that is the EU?
There needs to be better opposition. People would rather die than submit to woke culture. Once theres a left wing article without the SJWs they'd probably get voted in.
BoJos Brexit Hokey Kokey. You get the drivers in, though send the drivers out… in out, out means out, shake your head about. That’s what brexits all about… BoJo “who wants to spend 3 months in the UK and Christmas in a car park away from your family? Lowest wages guaranteed?“ EU drivers 🤔 nah! 😂
You do know EU HGV drivers only made up 3% of drivers in the UK at the highest point even before Brexit became a thing. Everyone who believe it is all do to Brexit is just helping the rich get richer with “how can we make more money for ourselves? I know blame Brexit and we can get some more EU drivers in and we can keep the wages low” and that is why more highly trained HGV drivers are stacking shelves at Tesco’s they get more money then driving a large vehicle on the road with people who get their license from a cereal packet.
@@sarahwilliams755 agree drivers deserve better wages, conditions and facilities… like they offer in Central Europe. And yes EU citizens from the extended eastern block were exploited by UK businesses and were willing to accept the poorer paid jobs to enrich Tory billionaires…. And yes it’s easy to blame people with foreign sounding names. But 3% can mean the difference between remaining on the precipice attempting to save us from those determined to destroy the UK economy and those brexiteers throwing themselves headlong over the white cliffs to prove they’re more sovereign now than they were 15 years ago.
I wonder if boris ever hears the east European perspective, all the ones ive tried to get back say no chance or worse, improve the conditions and management, stop burning drivers out then complaining there dead at 61 (avg age a truck driver dies).
The Brits.... Outraged the Poles take their jobs while in the EU... Then outraged the Poles won't take their jobs when they need them! Systemic educational system failure...
@joe bloggs well, if the wages are low in Eastern eu countries then tbe workers have freedom of movement to work in other eu countries where the pay is higher. If the wages are 20% below UK wages in Eastern Europe then those workers will leave for countries where the pay is higher thereby creating a lack of labour in that country so, by your own logic, that should drive wages up in that country due to increased competition demands. So... By your own reasoning, in terms of wage pressure, leaving the EU was pointless.
@joe bloggs why do you want people to lose their jobs? I understand that you wanted the UK to leave the EU but wishing ill on other people? They may well have larger populations but at least they freedom of movement and the right to live and work in other countries. This will at least give them plenty of options.
You and your mom are slobs who never worked a day in their lives. Brexit= british people who don't work complaining about foreigners that work in the UK and after the foreigners leave, complaining about foreigners not working in the UK. Also.... Pretending or imagining to be working is not the same as actually working. Nobody needs a pretend driver or a pretend PM....well, except for the UK, apparently.
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That driver is smarter and can articulate in a 2nd language better than most in Britain
Self-loather.
@@turbolevo8703 Why is a self loather? He pointed out a home truth.
@@DS-od1kb Turbo's just a salty brexiter, pay him no mind.
We need smart people on the road . Not a cull the sukc.. 10 DOWN the street. ( CASTLE Thatcher) the lady is not for turn..( Big hair and handbag( purse)
She was born a grocers doughter..
Died a Borrnesse M .
She stank up the place when She was alive. And her legasy was .. more stank.
@@robertblokdijk901 I guess English isn't your first language but you're still more articulate than the wall punchers who call into LBC.
Working in hospitality industry in Manchester wasn’t the easiest one. Not because amount of work, more amount of abuse and disrespect of British people one second after they heard foreign accent. Many times I been told to go back to my own country. Because of it I decided to not even apply for settled status after I spent around 6 years in UK. I simply went back home year ago. My previous boss called me 3 times already, asking do I want to come back as they also have staff shortage. Sorry, money isn’t everything. Self respect also matters
Toxic society.
I might do the same
Wishing you all the best for the future.
@@ksd593 All the best for the future in whatever decision you make.
Glad to hear that you have self respect.
You were never asked to come in the first place ,but I want to thank you for your contribution and think you made exactly the right choice .
How dare they not come over and take our jobs!
Outrageous 😂
Haha. This really tickled me!!
They do ... for the season .
If we put more money in rates per hour you can have plenty Drivers
LOL
@@badb0x how much more? 20%? 100%? Remember, this will lead to cost push inflation in almost every none digital sector.
British people, remember this: You are also a foreigners in EU, or anywhere outside the UK. Just making this clear.
Oh no according to them, they are "expats", only in little england
"But but...is unfair !!! We british are special, you need us, we don't need you, waaaaaaaa !!!" So far that is the intelectual level of the discussion on the british side so far
They still remember when England was a colony-owning empire. It's less than a 100 years since colonialism is still a matter of cultural identity for the average Brit. Also, the English version of Baby Boomers. Since there are still people alive who still are sons and daughters of the "greatest generation"(winners if WW2) they still feel entitled because they won the war, and should be grateful they still geace their presence...
I dunno, that's my take.
@@janematthews9087 Soviet Union the great creator and leader Vladimir Lenin with his successor Stalin saved Britain and destroyed nazis . If Soviet Union didn't declare war on nazis , Britain would be occupied by nazis. You should put a picture of Vladimir Lenin in your house and thanks him
Happy to be so ....at last someone who understands us ...thank you
Why would an EU lorry driver want to mess about with border controls and customs when they can work, unhindered, in 27 other countries? Lorry drivers are in demand everywhere, not just here.
For money. A survey of EU drivers shows that the main reason for leaving was the scrapping of IR35 tax avoidance rules.
@@forsdykemontague1017 Money cannot buy people's dignity and the way UK treated EU drivers last year was just inhumane! I think You should listen again to what this man had to say! Apart from that there is plenty of money offered in Europe to do the same job under a lot better conditions!
@@yorgosr The hold ups and use of emergency measures at Manston were caused by unanticipated French belligerence, it took a few days to organise emergency measures which the British Army mobilised. There was no intention to treat people inhumanely and it was not just foreign drivers who suffered it was all drivers heading to the continent via France. You can of course criticise the Government for not anticipating the French would try to make life difficult and head off the issues beforehand or even that we didn’t act fast enough but it was new territory and lessons have been learnt (hopefully).
@@forsdykemontague1017 Brexit was not created by the French! What happened last year and is happening at the moment is the result of Brexit. The French or any other country in Europe are not responsible for that. It is always easier to blame the other side but I am afraid things are a lot different than the way you try to present them.
@@yorgosr yeah but the block was caused by the French...10 days before we exited.
Don't worry we got em back for that 😀
And there it is, a man who knows what he is talking about, clearly.
Nice flour du ly
Oui, ça change : on n'a pas l'habitude :-D
Brexit in theory: "Lose all the foreigners and take back control"
Brexit in practice: "Lose all control and take back the foreigners"
Tomas, I like that!! I'll use your phrase in my conversations about brexit. Thanks !!!
Very clever 👍
Totally stealing it. Find me on twitter if you want credits 😊
@Virginie Millet We know. That kind of adds an extra dimension to the joke, doesn't it?
You forgot that Britain didn‘t want foreigners now it seems foreigners don‘t want Britain anymore. At least not the foreigners Britain obviously needs very badly
Why don't our political so called leaders listen to the likes of this guy who understands the consequences of letting an inexperienced driver loose on a 44 ton truck I have held a Class 1 H G V for over 30 years and I achualy agree with his assessment. These are not toys for boys to play with.
I agree with this point . Proper training only and better conditions and salaries
AMEN 🙌🏾 The arrogance of anyone who thinks JUST ANYONE CAN DO IT 👀😳👁️ Like saying a butcher can perform plastic surgery SMDH
I have no experience with any kind of lorry driving and even I can tell it's a ridiculous idea.
Because in their (the most general sense) minds, he is someone of no connections, no status, therefore a person of no consequences. And yes, I have no experience in Transport & not even from Europe but these concepts seems all to be relatively elementary, fairly obvious even for lay person. But it wouldn't matter for a government full of people that have failed upwards.
@@biocapsule7311 Failed upwards 😅😅😅😅🙌🏾 never heard that before BUT PRICELESS
I live in Belgium and I walked by my local town hall yesterday. I saw the EU flag flying next to the Belgian and Flemish flag and it gave me a warm, comfortable feeling. Before I didn't pay much attention to it but now I appreciate it and understand better the fact that I'm a EU-citizen and all the benefits it brings. Thank you Brexit.
Brexit: You’re welcome mate.
(Didn’t vote Brexit, but had to say the above)
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You sound like a brainwashed peasant. It would be funny if it wasn't so tragic. Still, as Nigel Farage said, Belgium isn't really a country is it? So you had nothing to lose but democracy, which terrifies you.
Here is BREXIT:
We are now the world's 5th largest economy - in 2017 we were the world's 6th. We are the world's biggest finance centre. We have the highest economic growth in the G7. We have a permanent seat on the UN. Our NHS, free at point of delivery, was voted best in the world, from the 11 highest-spending health-care systems. We were the first to develop and buy Covid vaccines, and had the fastest roll-out in the west. We have twice the international investment of France and Germany combined. We have signed 69 trade deals, plus an export deal of agricultural products to the USA. We are now part of the world's biggest defence and intel alliance, with our fellow Anglo Saxons, have a fleet of nuclear submarines larger than that of China, and a new class of aircraft carrier, and are leading the Armada of Democracies in the Pacific. We are building nuclear submarines for Australia. We have tripled expenditure on state of art military hardware. Our shipyards are building ships. We are self-sufficient in pharmaceuticals. We have new industries. We are building new housing on brownfield sites, and rewilding green-belt land. We have new micro-nuclear power stations built by Rolls Royce, in service in 2023. We have 8 x the oil reserves of France. We have the two biggest wind-farms in the world, and the world's longest electrical cable, as part of a deal with Norway. Our wages are up 18%, and there are a million new jobs available. People are being offered 4 jobs in a month, where in 2019 they couldn't get an interview. We can control immigration, and instead of being flooded with low-skilled cheap labour and benefits dependents, we are now the world's primary destination for high-skilled workers. We now import more from outside the EU than from within it, and products marked with our flag, proving origin, sell fastest of all here. Best of all, we are free: and when we elect a government, we know that government - which we can fire - is not controlled by a foreign power, and can make our own laws - and if we don't like it, we can get rid of it. We are free - and the sense of releif, knowing that we are not over-ruled by the most ridiculous, low-growth, anti-democratic cabal in the world. is a joy. We are doing very, very well. The efforts of the EU to pretend that we are falling apart, when really, THEY are in crisis, are hilarious - and their attempts to undermine us by acting like a jilted ex, only make their already poor world-wide reputation, worse.
@@goldfish2379 I'm not a peasant or have I been brainwashed ..I believe in my country as I'm sure you do yours 🇬🇧
@@goldfish2379 congratulations! Lovely thoughts to reflect upon as you wait in the queue at the filling station....
Actually everything about Brexit is pretty amusing … if you don’t live in the UK.
And if you live in the UK amusing morphs into infuriating. Unless you’re a Brexit cultist, then infuriating changes into delusional.
Yes, the funny thing is, I don't know of any Brexiteers anymore, they've all gone very quiet.
I don't agree... The aftermath of Brexit is resulting in a blame game that again leads to an unhealthy nationalism.
All we struggle soooooo much.
Yet we continue to buy Toilet Paper ,more than any other product.
The Struggle is Real
@@Rejoin_2023 go on the daily mail, it's like living in dreamland for brexiteers. Must be the 5 stages of grief.
Hate is such a strong feeling. There are millions of Brits who are willing to suffer only not to see Thomas or any other foreigner
I don't even understand the fact that whoever has considered such a solution, who will quit their job and go to the UK for three months.
It's utterly moronic.
Surely they'll all be sat in some secret EU "spare lorry driver" silo those nasty EU representatives hide from us, ready to abandon their families, their job security and their homes to rush over here at a moments notice with a couple of freshly printed twenties wafted under their nose ready to be abused, worked to the bone and then sent packing 3 months later.
@@JohnClark-ew8dh as an ex-inhabitant of BrexitLand and EU citizen, your comment reminds with a heavy heart how I miss, some of English people's witty sarcastic sense of humor. Cheers for that.
@@magdaslowinska5719 you're welcome my friend, and not just in the context of your thanks for my comment 👍
@@magdaslowinska5719 I remain ashamed that so many of my countrymen hold xenophobic attitudes that led to you and others like you being made to leave. We are clearly lesser without you.
The European drivers deserve better than to be put back on a leash to the people that exiled them. I hope they all refuse such a disrespectful offer.
get those idiot HGV assessors using covid to stay away from work , back to work. 250,000 driver shortage in Germany, 2 million in China .....
Too much negativity lol
That's putting it very, very politely!!
However it seems no one wants to be an HGV driver, not just in the UK but globally. Why do you think there is such a push to develop AI driven trucks and agriculture robots?
@@bigbinji6145 and yet the supermarkets are full in Deutschland and there has been no panic buying of petrol. Whinging about covid only highlights how shocking the UK government’s crisis management has been. Seems to me that Britain is getting the Brexit it deserves.
...because there are 5000 certified guys just sitting around, ready to drop everything, when the UK calls.
Yeah, there isn't any arrogance in this plan at all.
Yeah. They will hand in their notice. Find somewhere to live for 3 months. Open a UK bank account. Satisfy a landlord and the bank they are 'bona fide'. Learn all the routes they are expected to drive. Go home after 3 months and everything is sorted. This one hasn't really been thought out well.
David Sanderson you sleep in your cab
@@Anglo_Browza For 3 months - what a great arrangement.
@@Anglo_Browza dear Christ! 😂😂😂😂
You walk among us….. scary!
Pathetic!! There is a shortage of drivers in Scandinavia, Germany and most of Europe. Why would any driver with a steady job go to Britain for three months...???
Exactly. The meir suggestion of short term visas by the UK.government really tells a story of their very internalised view of the world. Clueless.
Top 10 nations for trucker wages:
1. Australia
2. Switzerland
3. Norway
4. Canada
5 United States
6. Denmark
7. German
8. Italy
9. Sweden
10. Netherlands
Those EU nations also have driver shortages...and they pay much better....and they won't kick them out after 3 months.....
Yep, almost no one. They know it. It is just a show. Drivers are in high demand in the EU. Very few will leave a current job for just 3 months there.
But if they bring Indians, Pakistanis, like that, for sure they will come. That's the solution
@@marvinbrando722 I agree
Because it's the greatest Britain on the planet that is making that offer. They should feel privileged and humbled.
Thank you Britain for showing other nations that exiting EU is a bad idea. Most anti-EU people are now silent in almost all other EU countries.
I seriously think that Brexit will be a great way to convince the younger generations of the need for further european integration. Great stuff Brittania, thx for all the laughs
That's total bs
True
@@thedude9014 we are hearing that Poland and the Netherlands are rumbling and may well come out in the future ....let's see shall we
@@markpayne4432 in your dreams
Boris should get out there and drive a truck. He's been a fishmonger, baker, car factory worker and chemist in the last week, he could surely do a bit of HGV driving too?
You forgot, candle stick maker
Well he would probably get paid more now ..than he does being PM 🇬🇧
@@lorrainelane6583 he is struggling, poor lamb. Still, Dad is over 80, and Boris said people don't last long after 80..... perhaps he was just anxious to claim that lovely inheritance.
@@Neil070 well. Usually they don't ..it's Boris for me Everytime ..sorry 💯
Yes, he should. Leadership by example. In fact Nigel should also join in.
Thank you for your insight Tomasz. Hope you have a great Christmas.
He will... he lives in Europe.
Wonderful interview showing how intelligent, hard working and well prepared all those EU workers the UK has so absurdly put in the situation to leave
It's no different than American drivers going to work in Canada or Mexico. This obsession with the EU is nuts.
Yeah. All thoes workers, milions of them, just waste time for that UK. Last 15 years was just waste of time and build some weird county, now out of EU 🤷🤦
@@Tomaskii That UK was weird even long before. Work a lot with an office there. Always big fun to deal with that culture. They don´t care about agreements and are angry if you confront them with their own words. Like Boris...you guys get what you deserve.
There is a shortage of drivers in Poland (but only in public transport where the salaries are low), in Germany (salaries too low) and in the Netherlands (more jobs than unemployed...so foreign East-European drivers do the job). So if you can get better salary in Holland or Germany whu go to the UK where they also drive on the wrong side of the road :)
And different units: imperial (yd., mi., and mph) instead of metric (m, km, and km/h).
If you keep doing U turns you don't have to reverse
😅😅😅😅😅
That was brilliant 😄🤣
😀😀😀😀
Fantastic
I think right now they are stuck in narrow loading bay, having driven forward, instead of reversing.
Brilliant english-speaking.
Easier to understand than any government minister.
That's because he's telling the truth
@@a1990hussain aha, clearly that's the biggest difference !
That's because he wants to be understood. Nothing to hide. No pretending.
Politicians speak waffle. Sounds like English but actually doesn't mean anything
Much better than Gary and Barry 😭
The visa proposal is pretty offensive if you ask me! Work for a few month and kicked out just in time for Xmas. Only a psychopath could come up with such a idea, a certain lady with background in Uganda and India comes to mind, she is such a cold hearted psychopath.
Indeed Hans, it smells like welcome BUT…. Not so.
Probably after long discussion between Pretty Patel and Boris Johnson in a lock room they decided 3 months is enough for these EU truck drivers because they take the jobs meant to British people 😂😂
@wonderdog707 Start as in "start up"? Yeah that sounds a bit stingy to me, they could at least support more than four start up businesses.
Pretty offensive? This proposal for the drivers from English side is outrageous. They are so delusional thinking that somebody would fall for it.
I am an Englishman in Poland. No shortages here in shops. Poor Britain.
Same here in Sweden,no shortages in shops or petrol stations.
Likewise in Finland. Nothing.
Same here in Romania, No shortages
none here either. Austria. Slovenia, Croatia. Hungary.
Heck, no shortages even in Bosnia! How did Bojo and the Brexshiteers manage this?
Same in Spain Steve, excellent point!
It is lovely to listen direct from HGV driver. With any luck his eloquence and clarity will dispell a few myths about lorry drivers.
Its like when I started to watch a Southern US journalist/commentator. The exposure helped dispell the stereotype in my mind.
Oh trust me. Lot of drivers (not only HGV drivers) are quite intelligent people. They are quite logic in their way of thinking and resolving problems. This type of job require this kind of skills. Some of them are also well educated and/or speak foreign languages.
I hope these European truck drivers, say no to the offer
@Pale Rider Or fuel, or food!
You realised, those drivers are offered quite big bucks to convince them to come to the UK to help out. How can they be cheap labour? Those times have gone!
roads much safer now
@@paulwood6048 that's down to less trucks in general, but dont worry. If the fast track licences in the UK they'll no doubt cut corners and have unsafe drivers on the road soon
@@CyclingInKilkenny most accidents on motorway EU drivers drugs stops dangerous driving but the prostitutes will miss them more than the UK
@@paulwood6048 what are you talking about 😂
I'm in Poland, and like this guy, this is the first I heard about any "shortages" here... Maybe this is a result of people ordering more stuff online during the Pandemic, or maybe it's something else, but there are no empty shelves or queues at petrol pumps here. (Although admittedly, petrol prices have risen sharply in the past year)
I don't think it's the pandemic. They were no gaps on supermarket shelves in 2020. Apart from when people were panic buying stuff like toilet rolls last year. I didn't have a problem buying anything online last year and getting it delivered. I think the overwhelming reason we're seeing shortages is down to European HGV drivers leaving the UK after Brexit.
Heard about it in Ireland a few weeks into the pandemic. DPD and other couriers companies were advertising like crazy as was Tesco and other shops for in-store help and for delivery drivers but the positions were filled. Our only shortages here are in Marks & Spencer because they stock mostly British products and finally they have come out and said they plan to start sourcing Irish products for their Irish stores. A win for the Irish economy. Thanks, Brexit.
I assume soon we will have supply issues on electronics though. We use the type G plug, same as the UK. Puts us in a dodgy spot.
Poland is part of the EU, correct?
Your countrymen went home - that's about it.
There's a "shortage" for cheap drivers.
"Get out... NOW! No, nooo! Wait. Uproot your lives again and come back temporarily. Pleeease?!"
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Capet McVape: indeed. They (gov) are so blurry in their head and so arrogant in their attitude they don’t even see the slap in the face that they are offering. It s bitter and sour at the same time without even trying to sweeten it even a bit. Appalling to the extreme.
Sorry all our dinghies are in use at the moment, hence don’t expect much help to come your way from Europe due to such shortage.
The Sun has given English people the impression that everything is as simple as a short paragraph. And how to be ignorant or arrogant . Murdoch is more responsible than all the clueless souls whom know nothing of how the world works.
The target reading age is that of an 8 year old
all alternative media and conspiracy theories state that Soros is one of the main devil responsible for all the bad, but the true is that this title should be given to Murdoch (Fox news, Sun etc)
A bit of self education wouldn't go astray looking at how easily cajoled the populace was in relation to brexit. I still think it was an anti uk government vote rather than an anti EU vote. The average clown reading the sun, dailymail etc definitely isn't informed on benefits of EU membership. Anyway, feel very sorry for those stuck there. Very incompetent politicians it seems.
I think Boris Johnson and Dominic Cummings should drive the Trucks, and even Keir Starmer should join in (as punishment for not upholding his anti Brexit vote in office).
Borris Johnson seems like a Russian puppet - I mean putting all his anti patriotic doings to one side, do you really know any other British man named Borris? 😀😂
@@disrealnow9664 Karloff, but his real name was Charles Pratt. Whereas Alexander B. DePiffel also calls himself Boris, but is an actual prat
Nah don't, that would be a disaster and imagine the damage that would cause! Just let them all dance with Gove!
A man who knows what he's talking about - outrageous!
Oh the irony...now these Brexitiers want outsiders to drive their lorries
No we don't
@@ciararespect4296 great rebuttal of reality there Ciara
No, Ideally we want some of the 2.5m+ lazy bast@rds to switch their TV off, go out and train (for free) to become lorry drivers. So far no credable government has the guts to force them yet!
@@dotmatrix01 Then you should have started to train them to become lorry drivers a couple of years ago. How did you miss that?
@@dnocturn84 "How did THEY miss that" you mean 😊
If EU drivers have got used to not coming to the UK in recent months then maybe they won't want to come back again.
Especially not just for a couple of months. Lorry drivers are in high demand in EU countries as well. They offer way better opportunities for drivers through freedom of movement and unproblematic working conditions due to the single market and customs union. I can't immagine a scenario where a drive who is looking for a new job would actually consider the UK for a short period of time. Unless they have some kind of connection to the UK, I guess.
No maybe
I've worked for Lancashire textile factories where the loading yard and loading bays where built for 'horses and carts'.
I've seen european drivers with an articulated trailer 'back' into these yards with everyone saying, 'he's never gonna make it'.
But he did, and alot of times it was followed by a handclap, and, 'well done drive!'.
Yea and plenty crashing and cutting people up with their blind sides on kent roads
@@ciararespect4296 So Kent is much better off now?
@@ciararespect4296
I can only speak from 20 years first hand working experience of top class european HGV drivers. What are your credentials? A few shakey anecdotes?
I worked for a while at an Amazon distribution center. Articulated trucks come in and get emptied. Less experienced drivers were always extremely easy to spot. They were the ones taking forever to do what the experienced drivers all got done right away on the first try.
@@thomasjamison2050 Did anyone lend a hand to the less experienced drivers or did you all just tut and ignore them?
The Visa proposal is so ridiculous i can't imagine someone in their right mind proposing it.
It got a headline "Boris saves Xmas" in the Daily Express. That was almost the whole point.
I guess it was Priti Patel shaping it, since The Clown In Charge cannot be bothered with details.
Anyway, why not deport her? If people from Windrush generation can be deported "retroactively", why not her?
They don't care
it's made so they can blame the EU for not saving X-mas
Have any insurers been asked if they'd actually insure a newly qualufied HGV driver who'd passed the new simpler test?
Even if they will insure it isnt going to be cheap compared to a driver with experience. I'd wager haulage companies will use this as an excuse to pay any new drivers a pittance.
Obviously the government solution to that is to not require insurance for HGV drivers anymore and just let the other cars on the road carry the risks. They can always just get out of the way, right?
@@jounik he didn't mantion anything about No insurance.
Is about the price of the insurance.
CSCS cost 30 to 50 pounds
HGV is around 3000 plus if is new driver the insurance is very high .
Yet both classes do ruphly the same wages, CSCS site workers have less headache
@@badb0x he's being sarcastic, it's difficult to tell on the internet 😉
@@andybeans5790 many people are sarcastic for the same topic do .
The fact that most insurers want drivers to have a set amount of experience as well as the licence is one of the reasons why this mess has been created. Its encouraged companies to hire people with experience from abroad rather than new key qualified drivers. A newly qualified driver is only going to gain experience in a job role. People don't use lorries to do their weekly shop or the school run
Think one of the more overlooked points Tomasz makes during this is that while Poland and the rest of the EU are also short of drivers, they can just ask each other for support (basically). So even if the EU is (across the continent) short of 400k drivers, it isn't being felt because everyone is sharing. The UK is short of those 100k drivers and it has to find them all within it's own borders... and this isn't like a dictatorship where 100k people is mobilized for a vanity project, this is 100k people needed to make the country function to the levels it used to.
Also yes, the visas is a joke, in part there are too few of them, but more importantly, the gig is just unattractive while there is a booting out of the country after just a few months (or weeks in reality), as if the problems just vanish after Christmas.
My son went for a bin man job didn't get it because he needs HGV certificate . Sooner have Foreign driver's than help the unemployed get qualified to empty bins
@@annbeth6730 Well he can still get his license. They made it easier now. It's the conservatives fault for not helping UK workers to get their HGV licenses and recognising that a massive shortage is coming.
But the point you are missing is if you pay decent salaries these driver the the problems will be short lived . But only because we are rid of the EU shackles
@@annbeth6730 Tell the lazy sod to get his license then keep complaining about foreigners
@@Jack-cs5pm it was made easier by the conservatives because the EU are taking us what to do
I paid just under 4K to drive HGV Class 1 ADR which is the qualification you need to not only drive fuel oils to the forecourts of petrol stations in an articulated Lorry but actually collect & safely deliver the fuel into the tanks under the Forecourt, I took me 2 attempts to get as far as Class 2, (18 Tonnes ) I then failed my Class 1 for a "slight speed oversight "and then lost the money I paid for the ADR as it was over 12 months before I tried to take it again, I see myself as an sensible considerate / experienced driver, Full car licence from 17 years, full motorcycle from my 20's I regularly tow trailers! it's no joke with these big 18 or 44 tonne trucks, let alone ADR for fuels, it's long lonely hours, it's incredibly early starts 4 AM or a sleeper "A cab with a bed" it's no hotel! There is no quick fix, and this guy Tom he's spot on why come to the UK only to asked to leave after 3 moths as the problem does not go away after 3 months! short term solutions to long term problems doesn't work. I would not even contemplate driving an HGV again on the sole thing of pulling up to a drop and seeing a car or several cars parked in the bay ear marked (deliveries only ) and then having to find somewhere else to park normally straddling the pavement the tail lift is now lowered is not level to the ground and the entire thing just becomes so stressful! it's unimaginable unless you have been in the shoes of a HGV driver, if your a HGV on the anywhere in the world " I solute you" as we all should!
Never interrupt your enemy when they are making a mistake 🙌🏾🤚🏾🚫💯 If one bad Christmas wakes up the masses ...to my mind it is not too high a price. Let them weave the rope that will finally hang them RIP
I love that saying. First time I've heard it. Thank you.
@@kevh6948 it's from Napoleon himself:)
Oh christ yeah. A bad Christmas could possibly spark a Marxist revolution here. Anything else, nah.
@@shadowfax7396 Silly, they're already doing Marxist moves that creates a 2-tier society. And you won't notice because you're in one of two camps at any given time, and too occupied with shouting down the other side.
Best and most realistic report and segment in all media about the situation, thank you ✌🌷🌷🌷🌷
I wonder if these people fighting at a petrol station to get a gasoline voted for Brexit. If that's the case, Karma does exist.
I'm the only one of a four man crew who voted remain and they've all told me they've panic bought fuel this week. They also think there's a conspiracy to drive down british wages by asking foreign drivers in to bail us out. They'll never take responsibility for their actions I'm afraid.
Of course they did !
These r the same people that voted us out without actually sitting down and thinking about their decision. Same idiots with the Toilet Rolls, Anti Vac, & Fuel
The fact that we are asking retired drivers to get back to work is just an embarrassment. But that's brexit Britain!
HGV drivers is a global issue, there's loads of countries affected including Germany, France, Poland, US, Mexico and even Canada
You lot are soo radicalised, it's unreal
@@simonrodgers2375 now that is the username of a bot if ever I saw!
@@jackcarey9923 yup, look at his comment history 😂
@@fogellmclovin6278 I'm just here to tell you braindamaged idiots the truth, nothing else.
@@simonrodgers2375 so is it a commission based model? Like how many _real_ people like your comment?
i live in Poland, there are no shortages here.
I am not from Poland but I am leaving quite close. I am not aware of any shortages there or EU. Poland gave working VISA for 1milion peole from Ukraine and they have people from Belorussia as well. They are able to fullfile all vacancies and this is of course smart way how to aproach this kind of crisis.
I'm enjoying Brexit. But then again I'm not living in the UK.
Im living in the uk and loving brexit. The greatest thing to happen here for a long time. This has nothing to do with brexit. The world stopped for a year last year.
@@happyapple4269 aye keep thinking that 😂 you're gonna have a great Christmas, this will probably open your eyes to the mess the UK is in from Brexit. If this was the pandemic, why has no EU country I've been in within the last year (7) been affected?
@d s: same here 🤣🤣🤣
@@happyapple4269 How is it going with fuel in Ireland nowadays?
@@robya.2223
I think more are seeing the effects of brexit than not.
I certainly didn't predict this level of disruption.
Brits voted for xenophobia. Now someone has to explaine to them, why the tragets of their xenophobia refuse to work for them anymore?
As a Brit that voted to remain, I completely agree with you. It’s embarrassing.
To be fair, a ton of people that voted for brexit have been lied to and manipulated to do so. Many of them are already publically regretting their decisions.
As an outsider watching, although I have never been a big fan of our Merkel, watching Bozo Boris and all of his blatant mistakes in handling covid/nhs issues, Brexit hype and all his lies and manipulations I don't feel as bad anymore. Have to credit the still United but cracking Kingdom for that.
James how are you permitted to talk about BREXIT yet the BBC et al do not?
That's an easy one. It's 100% because the BBC are terrified of this government. They're scared that they'll cut funding and/or turn not buying a TV license when you should have one into a civil rather than a criminal offense. When was the last time you saw anyone employed by the BBC criticising this government or Brexit?
The bbc were never neutral, except for nature programs
Thanks Cameron, May, Mogg, Farage and most importantly Johnson and their backers. Great stuff 👏👍.
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may was the only one trying to save us from this mess, and got attack from every sided
Mogg has got after his »
Brexit baby «
an Irish passport this hypocrite
Another example of the Tories being out of touch with the real world!!
Tories don't give a fk and Labour are degenerates
You have to ask the question if Doris and his government were serious in this proposal of 5,000 visas for HGV drivers .
If you take a close look and analyse it it's a joke of a proposal which will do absolutely nothing in solving the matter .
But then reality sinks in when you consider we have a Tory government so useless so clueless it's staggering .
If BoJo will somehow fill those 5000 visas then it will be celebrated as a 100% success rate.
I think they prefer having people talk about how the problem is that the government has not issued enough visas. If they issue 25 000 and then not enough drivers show up, it sinks in for everyone how bad the situation really is. This way they can still try and distract people and some people might think there is hope.
You guys are so stuffed🤣🤣🤣🤣
And unbelievably arrogant!! First chuck out foreign drivers, then begrugingly allow them to enter the country again, but only for 3 months mind... anyone with any dignity would tell them to go forth and multiply!! What unbelievable arrogance!!!
solving what matter ?? I was in a supermarket last night and the shelves were still 50% full --meaning all that veg and fruit was going to waste. the British waste 60% of the food they buy anyway --so no big deal
The irony is that people blame the media for this mess and not the government.
The media are the Government.
There has been a lorry driver shortage since 2004 and all over Europe. Which government do you want to blame?
@@sensibledriver933 And yet is has never translated into shortages. Nor is it translating into shortages within the EU.
Chris the real irony is that it's the citizens that elect the wankers to office
and the citizens that swallow the media lies whole with no critical thinking involved.
Maybe the one that pushed hard for brexit to happen in the middle of a global pandemic when they were given the option to delay for a year. having been told that it would cause serious supply chain difficulties and worsen the drivers shortage. yet not only didn’t do anything to mitigate the issue, but actually changed the way lorry drivers are taxed at the same time to make the situation even worse? I mean, just a thought. Maybe they could be blamed a little bit?
After 5+ years in UK, I’ve left it and cannot be happier. Economy is booming in Lithunia, salaries increasing, no way people will choose UK instead of EU.
The one element I do not hear discussed by this government, or others is the HGV drivers predicament of not having safe and secure parking facilities with clean toilets, showers and access to fresh water?
There is a lorry park near me but I regularly see lorries parked overnight in layby's just down the road.
Yes there is near Daventry on the A5. All the HGV drivers can use that one.
@@sensibledriver933 is this lorry park not used due to the cost having to be paid by the driver and not the company I wonder?
Whatever the reason, only 2 replies. Kinda shows that’s an issue doesn’t it?!
@@rockerjim8045 300,000 HGV drivers on our roads and 2 replies about lorry parks kinda shows this is an issue.
I live in London, so assume any lorry parks near here would be closer to the M25, if the driver has not hit their limit that is…
@@actuallypaulstanley Or is it the company pays the driver to use them and they pocket the money instead? How can you get a clear idea of the problem from only 1 lorry driver?
I think most people living on mainland Europe find the whole situation pretty amusing.
I know, I do.
It would be hilarious to me, if I didn't have a heart and also firends in the UK. To me the sheer incompetence of this government is like so absurd it becomes funny... But knowing how this affects real people also makes it depressing
I'm from Holland. And yes we think it's fantastic
@@joelwells .The biggest problem with this referendum is that a lot of people didn't vote. including many young people. thus the anti-Europe guests have won.
@@joelwells .Okay. Do you now give the E.U. to blame for the consequences of Brexit? That is literally the world upside down.
Let Boris get Kermit and Friends to drive the Trucks
The only thing those Muppets know how to drive is the nation down in the eyes of the international community...
@@kishendooken1856 they probably know how to drive a shopping trolley which is not needed anymore if the shelves are empty 🤷🏼♂️
He was very convincing driving that bus so he must know how to drive a 40 ton lorry
or Jacob’s “Happy fish”.
Who do you think he’s employing in his cabinet, these days 😉
This is embarrassingly heart breaking.
Well, this situation is caused by what UK nationals voted. Now they must turn to their leaders and make them accountable for their promises during the brexit campaign.
UK was sitting on its hands for more than 4 years since they voted to leave. Now, when reality hits, of course the fault must be anything else than Brexit. Thousands of British HGV drivers could have been trained since the vote in 2016, but they never got around to that because in UK, they did not want to pay drivers a proper salary. Well, what about now?
Stupidity has a price and that price UK is paying now and will be paying for a very long time. This is merely the beginning.
Partly true. There were shortages of drivers before Brexit. But clearly it made the problem worse.
@@TheChiefEng that's what the government want , only problem was covid stopped us training. Best all the hauliers get their businesses in order .
Ooops accountability is not in Tory’s vocabulary
Treating E.U drivers: Go away, come back & then go away again.
so true :)
I'm an EU citizen who works here. We were all given 2 years to complete a simple online application for permanent status. Did these drivers not go through this easy quick process?? The Gov made it so easy as they were afraid of losing a substantial tax base. So why in sweet heaven's name is the Visa system blamed?!!?
@@mattwilliams1205 I am sure many of them did complete the online form. It did not prevent them from leaving for a better job in a bigger market, closer to home and without the xenophobia and, most importantly, loss of cabotage opportunities.
@@davidreid5599 "bigger market" is meaningless. The workers care about how much they are earning per hour, not "how big the market" is.
Do you suppose they are going to go and work in Bulgaria and Romania, for a lower wage in a "bigger market"
@@mattwilliams1205 The British Government treated Europeans like garbage. What goes around, comes around, straight in your face.
Sounds like the UK did the EU a favour by leaving.
All the foreign drivers that worked in the UK are now working in the EU.
The only solution in my opinion is to extend the visa program, align it with the option of permanent residency and increase the wages from significant tax subsidies that would need to be created to compensate for the wage increase. This may attract some drivers from Ukraine and other countries outside of the EU. Otherwise, forget about any progress. Oh, I would love to see the faces of those xenophobic Tory backbenchers and Brexit fanatics during this Xmas and in the following months. This is clearly beginning of the new low.
I truly hope the EU embargoes the UK. The arrogance and superiority the Brits have... Just f off be on your own and never deal with the eu. As for the eu... Embargo the UK, make a hard border on the Irish island, offer Scotland eu membership with a super hard border with the UK. And let them be superior and arogant.
Go and fill up your tank mate.
@@tobygriggs5633 I don t panic buy mate. I put 30 and that s enough...
@@asbeuro : NO hard border within Ireland please…
Could have something similar as Australia have with their skilled visa's for jobs they are short in which last for 4 years, you just need a job lined up with a company that will sponsor you and to pass usual checks. Instead our incompetent goverment think up a pathetic 3 month visa for only 5000 drivers when were 100k short.
Junior 44 ton lorry drivers - I guess they will have green stickers - Would you let your offspring drive your car just after passing his test? - my dad did and I nearly wiped out 4 of us within a few hours.
Why do new drivers attract high insurance premiums? Might it have something to do with experience?
Yet another daft "solution" from the muppets
The two interviews that Grant Shapps and Andrew Bridgen gave the other day they both quoted Poland had a shortage of 120000 drivers. They did not say they were HGV drivers, just drivers. Are they being economical with the truth?
I know there is a shortage of taxi drivers, but 🤫 I am making triple what I used make, and I have the freedom to decline jobs I think it's not worthy 😂😂😂. Also I know there is a shortage of builders and more job that Europeans used to do it.
They are. I mean, if you have 20 grand and I have no money to buy food, we’re still short if we want to buy a yacht. But your situation is oh so much better in general.
They are lying
Sheesh,this interview is so engaging and interesting, I want more of Mr Orynski.
A man who speaks fluently and calm with absolute legitimacy gets me craving for more.
Can we just take a moment to acknowledge James' obscenely large blue mug
I want one as well 😃
So how exactly are people on very short-term visas supposed to find a place to live, etc? I can think of a hundred instant such problems to raise, but I don't think the people advocating for such short-term visa dependency are particularly bothered about how the - ugh - lower orders have to live.
Place to live? They’ll be kipping in their trucks whilst working 7 days a week. Unless mistress Patel grabs them for a stay in one of her camps.
I can imagine the visas taking weeks to be issued as well.
@@stevenredpath9332 you need a bank account, papers, proof of address, national insurance number, loads of things that requires you to have an address.
If you change your European driving license to an UK one you will need an address where your licence will be sent to.
They still need a place to keep their belongings and rest.
I live in Germany and visited the Netherlands last weekend and I didn’t see any shortages the supermarket shelves are full and the gas stations have petrol 🤷🏼♀️
I think all this slagging Britain ..one word jealousy 🇬🇧
@@lorrainelane6583 🤣😂🤣😂 yes we are all very jealous 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@Negla84 you really are 🇬🇧💯
Do they sell gas, or are they petrol stations?
@@lorrainelane6583 This is funny! We already have worker shortages now, there are more job offers than umemployed. Why would we be happy to close our borders for foreign workers? We are not crazy! Although we also have a very few right wing NEXIT idiots.
This is when the main muppet is at the wheel...
Who want to put Muppets behind the wheel of around 50ft long, 44tn heavy of death, averaging 55mph up the motorway while you pass with the kids in the car, not having the experience to deal with the total Muppet that just cut you up and then them at 100 miles an hour.
@@keldsleepnot7961 It's an allegory. Main puppet = BoJo
Still waiting for those poor unfortunate long term unemployed Brits so desperate to finally get a job now the evil foreigners are gone... Seriously, how many have gone off the dole since Brexit?
James - that coffee mug is outrageous 😂
Shortage of coffee mugs at the shops so resort to plastic jugs instead 😄
That's what u would use to feed a horse,
@@gerrywhelan5761 🤣🤣🤣
It's a toilet brush holder. I don't think he knows.
It's a shortage of drivers in U.E.,but they can fill it with drivers from countries like mine.(almost 25%of the drivers in U.E.are romanians)
Thanks a lot for your hard work, i really love Romania💙 Ciao, from your friend/brother Italy🇮🇹💙🇷🇴
So if an Italian wants to be a trucker he has to work for a Bulgarian wage.
@@tombartram7384 italians want to be chefs or restaurant owners or artists and fashion setters. Better at it:)
@@andreeas.2362 and thats why you have widespread unemployment
What’s the issue? We’ll just get a legion of patriotic 70, 75, and 80 year olds back behind the wheel, 10 hours a day, driving tankers full of petrol across the country. Problem solved.
Completely laughable that any self respecting and qualified HGV driver from Europe who has returned to their country of origin following Brexit / Covid, would return on the promise of a short term Visa to ensure that the 52% of the population who didn't want them here in the first place, don't go short of turkey over Christmas. You really couldn't make it up.
A working visa valid only until Christmas ? The main problem with that is it is treating people as if they were desperate to work, which is not the case since there is work in Europe.
Yes, but Britain is always acting like that, remember how they kept saying they have all the cards, and they can negotiate so much better once they are out of the EU and how aaaaaall the world will want to trade with them? There is a word for that. Megalomania. It was visible all throughout the Leave campaign and this entire trainwreck that is Brexit, and yet, they STILL believe they are the greatest economy on earth, as they demonstrate with this ridiculously arrogant and utterly pathetic offer.
Why would they want to come work and save a country that has recently banished them all?
If offered enough money a few will, how haulage companies stuck on a fixed price contract could manage to offer enough money is another question.
simple solution...anyone who voted for Brexit doesn't get to fill their car up
So what’s your solution Rejoin EU? Give companies a oversupply of labour which then keep wages low & conditions poor which then makes people leave the industry within years of getting a licence. Since brexit my pay has gone up and my company is treating me a lot better and conditions have improved. I’m not saying some of the Wages given at the moment is sustainable but the market will soon sort it self out where it needs to be.
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Man you are Dumbo how big are your ears
@@BarrowLOL They just don't get it mate. The fact that lorry drivers were leaving in droves befor Brexit because of poor wages and working conditions. And that's the problem. Improve working conditions and wages problem solved. What's happening here is what's happening in America. But unfortunately they listen to James who is clueless. Last time I looked America didn't go through Brexit. James need to be taken off AIR for spreading lies he simple can not be impartial to the point ofcom need to get involved.
OMG are you 5 🇬🇧
they lost it at "temporary"
People pointing to the EU having 400K shortages have overlooked:
A) The EU population is 446m, the U.K. 68m, so their population is 6.55 times the U.K. however the EU shortage is only 4 times (400k V 100k) that of the U.K., so U.K. driver shortage is 63.75% higher based on population. This is important, as the higher your population, the more drivers you need to transport goods.
B) Crucially, the EU has Freedom of movement, so all these people saying things like ‘well Poland is short 114k’ are forgetting that they have 26 other countries that provide drivers, from a far larger overall pool of Labour. As mentioned by this caller, he works in Poland, but regularly sees drivers from the Czech Republic.
So pointing to Europe and saying ‘yes but they also have shortages’ is actually an argument AGAINST Brexit, as, as has become clear, Freedom of movement has allowed them to cope DESPITE having shortages in individual countries.
Hence why the U.K., with its Labour pool only from the U.K., can’t cope and is seeing shortages but Europe isn’t.
Which is why we have seen constant food shortages in the U.K., but literally none in the EU.
Yet people will still deny reality, maths and data…
Yep, that's the power of the brexit dogma - like a new religion.
@Razor Mouth absolutely - forgot that as well
They are welcome to their freedom of movement. We voted it out.
@Razor Mouth lol. That's another JOB term. Any firm can offer any worker in the world a job if they can get a visa. That's the way it works.
@Razor Mouth yes,should be 2 years.
So much money is spent on improving safety of pedestrians and cyclists and other vulnerable road users and now they want to fill the roads with inexperienced new drivers who can't even reverse? Ridiculous
I guess the EU now have the last laugh, when it comes to this Brexit debacle!!!
What a fantastic interview, well said !! Thanks bro for telling the truth on LBC. I was waiting for long to hear someone like you talking about this subject for broader audience.
No shortage in the stores here in the Netherlands whatsoever. Everything is available, no lines for the gas stations, and a splendid Christmas awaits us and all our European friends. Why are the British so against the economic friendship pact that is the EU?
Don't accept the visa offer. Let the Brexiteers walk for the next few months.
America had only 4 years to deal with a mistake like trump, unfortunately Britain has to live with the genius of Boris Johnson, for a long long time.
There needs to be better opposition.
People would rather die than submit to woke culture. Once theres a left wing article without the SJWs they'd probably get voted in.
Lets empty out the Insane asylums and let them drive trucks to save a few pounds!
I was thinking about all of the lads and lasses coming over to seek a better life.
There must be a few HGV drivers amongst them.
You forget the ridiculous number of work permits needed to drive goods around
They already emptied the asylums, but we are the insane ones for voting them into parliament.
😂
You already have them running the country into the ground in this useless government.
What cannot be cured must be endured.
hear that eloquent lorry driver, essential workers truly deserve more!
BoJos Brexit Hokey Kokey. You get the drivers in, though send the drivers out… in out, out means out, shake your head about. That’s what brexits all about… BoJo “who wants to spend 3 months in the UK and Christmas in a car park away from your family? Lowest wages guaranteed?“ EU drivers 🤔 nah! 😂
You do know EU HGV drivers only made up 3% of drivers in the UK at the highest point even before Brexit became a thing. Everyone who believe it is all do to Brexit is just helping the rich get richer with “how can we make more money for ourselves? I know blame Brexit and we can get some more EU drivers in and we can keep the wages low” and that is why more highly trained HGV drivers are stacking shelves at Tesco’s they get more money then driving a large vehicle on the road with people who get their license from a cereal packet.
@@sarahwilliams755 agree drivers deserve better wages, conditions and facilities… like they offer in Central Europe. And yes EU citizens from the extended eastern block were exploited by UK businesses and were willing to accept the poorer paid jobs to enrich Tory billionaires…. And yes it’s easy to blame people with foreign sounding names. But 3% can mean the difference between remaining on the precipice attempting to save us from those determined to destroy the UK economy and those brexiteers throwing themselves headlong over the white cliffs to prove they’re more sovereign now than they were 15 years ago.
@@sarahwilliams755 change your medication
I wonder if boris ever hears the east European perspective, all the ones ive tried to get back say no chance or worse, improve the conditions and management, stop burning drivers out then complaining there dead at 61 (avg age a truck driver dies).
Why have you been trying to get them back?
The intellegence of our politicians is extraoedinary.
They did not vote themsleves in.
The Brits.... Outraged the Poles take their jobs while in the EU... Then outraged the Poles won't take their jobs when they need them! Systemic educational system failure...
I will laugh my head off if every rabid Brexiteer has a cheese sandwich for Christmas dinner.
Please simplify: sandwich.
@joe bloggs what does "20‰ wages in Eastern Europe" actually mean?
@joe bloggs well, if the wages are low in Eastern eu countries then tbe workers have freedom of movement to work in other eu countries where the pay is higher. If the wages are 20% below UK wages in Eastern Europe then those workers will leave for countries where the pay is higher thereby creating a lack of labour in that country so, by your own logic, that should drive wages up in that country due to increased competition demands.
So... By your own reasoning, in terms of wage pressure, leaving the EU was pointless.
@joe bloggs why do you want people to lose their jobs? I understand that you wanted the UK to leave the EU but wishing ill on other people?
They may well have larger populations but at least they freedom of movement and the right to live and work in other countries. This will at least give them plenty of options.
No shortages in France and shelves fully stocked
It will only take 2 or 3 nasty lorry accidents with inexperienced hgv drivers to make dumbing down hgv training politically radioactive.
hopefully without human casualties.
Yes, hopefully it won't cost anyone a life!
@@fly89 what part of nasty lorry accident didn’t you understand
Am I right in thinking that to drive a 40ft with hazardous chemicals requires much more training and experience
Maybe the EU will offer British HGV drivers one year visas to go and work there!
That's up to individual countries to do.
@@xgentis Exactly. The EU doesn't force countries to accept workers from outside the EU. Not that Brexiteers would ever tell you that!
Why ? We got enough drivers plus 20k extra after you kicked them from UK
@@Hangman1 I didn't kick them out of the UK.
Nobody in their right mind would go to work in Chavland.
If that is so why were so many over here?
@@sensibledriver933 over where?
@@MrsBucket81 The UK.
Can we all just appreciate the fact James Obrien drinks tea out of a beer stein 2:39
How do you know that's tea? 😁 Cool mug for sure!
My Mom's nearly 60 and she's entertaining the idea of being a lorry driver purely for whimsy.
A foreign one?
@@zeeone4492 Foreign depends on what country you're in
@ as they seem to be trying to woo foreign drivers maybe she has to change her Nationality
You and your mom are slobs who never worked a day in their lives.
Brexit= british people who don't work complaining about foreigners that work in the UK and after the foreigners leave, complaining about foreigners not working in the UK.
Also.... Pretending or imagining to be working is not the same as actually working. Nobody needs a pretend driver or a pretend PM....well, except for the UK, apparently.
She'll be fine, they've changed the driver test so you don't have to do reverse manoeuvres now!
Keep up with the great work Britain and don't forget to stay calm and relax
if demand is so high one must ask why wages are so low?
UK was thinking that they are still Empire ? haha nice one
Why to help someone who doesn't want you to come over anyway
Exactly