BP prepares to ration fuel deliveries as some petrol stations close over supply problems

[toast]

On 10/1/2021 at 8:30 PM, The Silver Shroud said:

Thousands of Germans who live in the UK have been written to by the government asking them to drive lorries in an attempt to ease the UK fuel crisis, even though the majority have never been at the wheel of an HGV.

They were included in a 1m-letter mass mailing that also tried to recruit ambulance drivers to get behind the wheel of lorries.

The recruitment drive is aimed at easing the UK’s supply chain shortages and a lack of petrol at forecourts.

Germans with no HGV experience asked to drive lorries amid UK fuel crisis | Supply chain crisis | The Guardian

 

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One 41-year-old German man, who, along with his wife, received a copy of the letter at their London home on Friday morning, told the Independent: “We were quite surprised. I’m sure pay and conditions for HGV drivers have improved, but ultimately I have decided to carry on in my role at an investment bank.

[Silver]

Have a listen to this- Johnson is now claiming the problems brought on by Brexit "are part of the plan!" How does the shambolic chancer hope to get away with it?

Edited October 4, 2021 by The Silver Shroud

[Silver]

I'm British myself, but I can't help being amused by the self-delusion of our MPs.

They debate for days about exactly how many EU nationals they will allow to enter the UK, and for how long (boot them out on Xmas Eve was a popular idea), then they put the offer out and are surprised hardly anyone responds.

The same with the years of debate over Brexit- shall we have this?, shall we have that?, without bothering to ask the EU for their views. Eventually, the UK says: we have finally decided we want this!-  and then are shocked when the EU says "Non!"

The idiot Frost is now saying he will trigger Article 16  and promises "robust" action if he doesn't get what he wants- what a plonker! He has forgotten the NIP was his idea, for which he got a peerage. Now 9 months later he is claiming the EU forced it on him. By "robust" action he probably means the economic destruction of the UK-I bet the EU are quaking in their boots.

Fuel crisis: Emergency visa scheme attracts just 27 tanker drivers from EU, report says | The Independent

[Essan]

I am not at all surprised at the incompetence of our MPs.  I met the people who elect them as the best, most suitable, respectable and responsible people from their communities to represent them in Parliament  

[itsnotoutthere]

https://www.euronews.com/next/2021/10/04/firms-in-denmark-admit-product-supply-problems

[Silver]

As always, the bumbling Clown spouts some mindless slogan:

He wants the UK to be a "Higher wage, higher productivity" economy.

How does paying a lorry driver more make them more productive, BoJo? Are they supposed to become more motivated and drive twice as fast?

He is not quite that stupid. He is just trying to dress up the economic problems he has created as "benefits".  Once inflation takes hold, even his most ardent supporters will see through him.

[Essan]

3 minutes ago, itsnotoutthere said:

https://www.euronews.com/next/2021/10/04/firms-in-denmark-admit-product-supply-problems

 To be fair, running short of Ik*a products is like complaining a seagull hasn't shat on your head for ages     
 

[itsnotoutthere]

19 minutes ago, Essan said:

 To be fair, running short of Ik*a products is like complaining a seagull hasn't shat on your head for ages     
 

To be fair, the point is not about the product but about the distribution, and all Indicators point to it being a world wide problem. 

[Essan]

Just now, itsnotoutthere said:

To be fair, the point is not about the product but about the distribution, and all Indicators point to it being a world wide problem. 

I know (and agree)

But, as I sell antiques  I couldn't resist the schadenfreude.  Unlike my arch enemy, I have no supply issues    

[Eldorado]

Undocumented migrants with HGV licences are sent official letters encouraging them to work

Undocumented people who hold HGV licences have been sent official letters encouraging them to help stem the fuel shortage - despite the fact that they have no right to work.

Migrants who have overstayed their visas have been told their “valuable skills and experience have never been more needed than they are now” and asked to “consider returning” to work in the HGV sector.

The letters, sent by the Department for Transport (DfT), were part of the same mass mailout that also asked ambulance drivers and paramedics to become HGV drivers.

It comes after The Independent revealed that thousands of Germans residing in the UK had also received the letter, even if they had never driven an HGV vehicle before.

MSN

[L.A.T.1961]

LONDON, Oct 5 (Reuters) - Gasoline and diesel shortages have eased in London and southeast England and the situation in the rest of Britain has improved further, according to an industry group representing independent fuel vendors.

The Petrol Retailers Association said 15% of forecourts in and around the capital were dry, down from 22% on Sunday, but 21% still had only one grade of fuel.

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/fuel-shortages-ease-off-london-uk-retailers-2021-10-05/

 

Despite no time for any effect from foreign drivers, or help from the military, things seem to be returning to normal.

So a supposedly, here for the duration, brexit problem is quickly reversing. 

How can that be? answers on a postcard to your friendly remainer. 

 

[Silver]

6 minutes ago, L.A.T.1961 said:

LONDON, Oct 5 (Reuters) - Gasoline and diesel shortages have eased in London and southeast England and the situation in the rest of Britain has improved further, according to an industry group representing independent fuel vendors.

The Petrol Retailers Association said 15% of forecourts in and around the capital were dry, down from 22% on Sunday, but 21% still had only one grade of fuel.

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/fuel-shortages-ease-off-london-uk-retailers-2021-10-05/

 

Despite no time for any effect from foreign drivers, or help from the military, things seem to be returning to normal.

So a supposedly, here for the duration, brexit problem is quickly reversing. 

How can that be? answers on a postcard to your friendly remainer. 

 

You're crazy.

Don't you keep up with the news and current affairs? Have a read of what industry leaders and politicians are saying about Johnson's conference speech, which I have just posted.

The problems are just starting.

[L.A.T.1961]

3 minutes ago, The Silver Shroud said:

You're crazy.

Don't you keep up with the news and current affairs? Have a read of what industry leaders and politicians are saying about Johnson's conference speech, which I have just posted.

The problems are just starting.

So you disagree that fuel supply issues across the UK are easing. 

Who is out of the news loop? 

[Silver]

21 minutes ago, L.A.T.1961 said:

So you disagree that fuel supply issues across the UK are easing. 

Who is out of the news loop? 

Fair point.

I was under the impression that you were suggesting that the problems brought by Brexit were easing. 

I agree that panic buying fuel is easing. But the problems brought by the energy crisis and the labour shortages are just beginning. 

[L.A.T.1961]

Just now, The Silver Shroud said:

Fair point.

I was under the impression that you were suggesting that the problems brought by Brexit were easing. 

I agree that panic buying fuel is easing. But the problems brought by the energy crisis and the labour shortages are just beginning. 

As they are across Europe. 

 

German factory orders register sharp decline in August.

“Today’s disappointment has also an upside: it brings some relief to German manufacturers who are increasingly suffering from high backlogs,” Carsten Brzeski, a Frankfurt-based economist at ING, said in a research note. ( a pity some UK experts can't spin news like this )

“Judging from still richly filled order books and low inventories, the future for industrial production should be extremely bright,” he added, “if it wasn’t for the ongoing supply chain frictions.”

https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/german-factory-orders-register-sharp-decline-august-80431551

[itsnotoutthere]

Petrol crisis :-

 

 

[L.A.T.1961]

19 hours ago, itsnotoutthere said:

Petrol crisis :-

 

 

Good timing, I need some petrol for my lawn mower.  

Grass stops for no man's fuel supply problem, or indeed woman's.  

[itsnotoutthere]

https://odysee.com/@RottenPolitics:a/union-contributes-to-hgv:4

[Wepwawet]

2 hours ago, itsnotoutthere said:

https://odysee.com/@RottenPolitics:a/union-contributes-to-hgv:4

This is something that is known, but no action is taken. It should be made a crimminal offence to engage in any activity that aims to damage the infrastructure of this country in unusual times. Union officials preventing the DVLA working properly should be charged, and any workers refusing to go back to work should be replaced on a permanent basis by those who do wish to work. This affair also brings into focus the large gap between the state and all it's tentacles and employees, the unions, the media, and us living in the real world.

[Eldorado]

Pump prices for petrol and diesel are near a record high

A litre of petrol sold at UK forecourts has reached its highest level since September 2012, at 140.22p on average, according to RAC data.

Drivers are paying on average 22% more to fill up their petrol tanks than this time last year, the RAC said.

Diesel prices are also surging and are now just 4p off their April 2012 highs.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-58932610

[Silver]

On 10/12/2021 at 3:04 PM, Wepwawet said:

This is something that is known, but no action is taken. It should be made a crimminal offence to engage in any activity that aims to damage the infrastructure of this country in unusual times. Union officials preventing the DVLA working properly should be charged, and any workers refusing to go back to work should be replaced on a permanent basis by those who do wish to work. This affair also brings into focus the large gap between the state and all it's tentacles and employees, the unions, the media, and us living in the real world.

in unusual times. What do you define as unusual times?

[Silver]

On 10/2/2021 at 5:16 PM, L.A.T.1961 said:

If I lived in Europe I would be using the problems in UK supply chain as a heads up. 

The UK started it's recovery from covid early as the vaccination program started several months earlier than Europe. 

The predicted and now real economic rebound has created many bottlenecks that are causing the present UK problems.

I expect Europe will see similar problems but with the original several month delay built in. 

This could bring timing of various supply issues on top of Christmas and the end of the year. 

Coupled with increased energy demands from cold weather and general weather transport problems reducing supply capacity it could create a perfect storm. 

And unlike the UK where the problems have been drip fed into the system over time European problems are more likely to happen all at once. As demand increases further in the last few weeks before Christmas.

I will call this my European, cliff edge, prediction.   

It is free but virtual donations are welcome.  

 

[Eldorado]

Drivers continue to be hit by rising fuel prices weeks after record highs set in April 2012 were broken.

The average cost of petrol and diesel has increased by around 32p per litre in the past 12 months.

This has made it approximately £18 more expensive to fill a typical 55-litre family car.

RAC fuel spokesman Simon Williams said: “Drivers are desperately in need of some respite at the pumps, but it’s hard to see when that’s going to come and it could well turn into an excruciatingly expensive winter for drivers.

MSN Money

[Eldorado]

The average UK petrol price has surpassed 148p for the first time, new figures have revealed.

According to the AA, petrol has jumped to 148.02p per litre on Sunday - rising above the previous record high of 147.72p on 21 November last year.

Pump costs for diesel have piled yet more misery on motorists and businesses owners as they increase to a new record high of 151.57p per litre.

"The cost of living crisis has been ratcheted up yet another notch, tightening the vice on family spending when it faces other pressures from impending domestic energy cost and tax increases," says Luke Bosdet, the AA's fuel price spokesman.

MSN

[Autochthon1990]

Just a reminder, the guy who was in charge here in the States when /we/ had to do that got made fun of for the last fifty years and generally treated like crap for quite some time over that. 

Which is sad, because Carter had little to no influence over Iran being ****s and he's actually a decent fellow who build's houses for the homeless at age 90. 

The point is, Bojo ****ed things up with Brexit, ****ed you over with the consequences of Brexit, and isn't /nearly/ likeable and compassionate to get the sort of goodwill Carter has, so he might be ****ed.