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Assisted marvellously by a willing media and a gullible public. Shame the government seems to have folded albeit only for 5000 drivers.

Yep tweaking 👍 full on socialism I think we all know historically is doomed to fail. The Scandinavian capitalism with a conscience is probably the only one I can look to as a success but I don’t think necessarily all those living with it would totally agree.

Petrol giant Essar on brink of collapse APPLE.NEWS One of Britain’s biggest oil refineries is teetering on the brink of collapse, piling further... I think it’s about time the post Thatcherism full on free market thing needs a tweak. Yeah I’m conservative in my outlook and believe you should if possible stand on your own two feet etc, but have always been of the opinion that services and industries essential to a nations basic survival should be state owned. Andys analogy regards the sticking plaster being pulled off post brexit I think is not far off the mark.

Like I say bud a period of rationing might be better for the NHS than an overpriced vaccination drive.

Not as many as the press and politicians seem to think. Years and years of cuts have seen to that.

Aberdeenshire to Shrewsbury 🤷‍♂️ too far, and by the sounds of it the panicking masses have listened to the news and emptied the tanks. Not to worry a handful of cheap Eastern European drivers will instantly solve the non crisis, or it will solve itself when the media move onto something else.

Been out today, Diesel and petrol for the mill. Filled up at Buckie no queue no hassle. Absolute media driven shit of the highest order swallowed sadly by way too many.

What you as a ltd company pay is the bare minimum you can get away with why do you think someone whom has made a few quid more than you should pay a higher percentage???. 25% across the board for all and I’ve said this before bud as you know 👍👍fair for all and would encourage hard work, currently I’m in the situation as are a good few I know of knocking work back as I’m sick and tired of working to pay 41% plus NI to wasteful fools and at the same time miss my kids growing up etc etc.

Mark we’ve been here before with you and tax bud 🙄

Why should we and how would taking this sort what ??? That’s the Corbyn/Abbot T shirt on then.

When did I ever suggest that I’m the only one who knows it ??? The ability to know another mans thoughts is impressive 😳. The driver shortage is not exclusive to the UK by any means as I’m sure you are aware. You won’t see this argument or fact on Sky or the BBC unfortunately. Let’s see what next weeks crisis will be 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️ Apparently Mc Donald’s milk shakes are hard to come by too, if that shits your thing.

I don’t see many skinny starving citizens on my travels 🤷‍♂️Bit of rationing might undo the damage caused by an excess of whatever people want and at same time ease burden on the NHS. Latest shit I’ve seen is dire warnings of 10 days to save Xmas ffs. It must be so easy for those writing the headlines to see what rubbish they can spoon feed to the masses.

Pathetic if they fold on this, skilled labour ffs !!! can we not even train up some truck drivers 🤷‍♂️. RHA with a bit of media assistance get access to cheap labour from the EU. No hope unless this country starts to invest in its people for the long haul.

CPC is and always has been utter bollocks. In all fairness most modern tractor units are quite comfortable for a nights kip. The biggest failing is in the standard of facilities available ie truck stops etc.

Must be the Tories

100% Mark Utter utter scaremongering bullshit. Watching some of the interviews this morning was a joke, tv news anchors demanding an instant fix to every problem. Normally it comprises something along the lines of fetch cheap labour in not train our own people.

Where you based if anyone wants to check it out ??

Army has been quietly cut to the bone for years so not sure how they think they have a surplus of HGV drivers. Sturgeon had brought army into to drive ambulances which basically covers up years of mismanagement. Less consumerism, shop local, better public transport ie not a manky bus service ran for huge profits etc the changes required are huge and wont happen until Politicians of all sides start looking long term. To tell truth the country is in a ****************ing mess after all those years in the EU and looking at the current bunch of clowns -both side of the house I fear it will get worse before it gets better.

They have a lot to answer for, I’ll try and find the quote on here regarding talking a recession into place with a few headlines so yeah MSM. I’ve got my HGV1 and have toiled to keep it up to date with The red tape involved ie ongoing training etc etc. Many times over the years I’ve dropped onto agency HGV work if the Diving went quiet during the winter but I don’t do it for back up now because the wages were dragged down to the point it was just not worth it. People can cry and blame brexit or covid blah blah but this has been a long time coming. Zero long term planning or investment in the workforce but rather an obsession with cheap labour from overseas and bullshit media headlines do not help. I’d hazard a guess in regards the sheep queuing for fuel in as much as if they hadn’t seen it on the news today they wouldn’t even notice a Fuel Crisis was upon us, somewhat like covid too seeing as apparently we are still in the grip of a pandemic 🤷‍♂️

Why is there a shortage of lorry drivers? The UK’s fuel crisis explained APPLE.NEWS Why is there a shortage of lorry drivers? There is an estimated shortage of 100,000 heavy goods... Quite a sensible look at things

MSM this morning J 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️as someone else on here said they can literally make something out of nothing. Having it front and centre this morning all over every network and then saying don’t bulk or panic buy the outcome was predictable. Wagon driver shortage has been building for years, sadly in multiple interviews this morning it seemed the only answer the media could come up with was fetch in foreign labour. Short term fixes and cheap labour are not the answer I’d say, train people and look long term. Regards Xmas etc a few less wagonloads of cheap Chinese shit and a few less turkeys on the plates wont harm anyone, consumerism and wanting the next best thing is to blame for a lot of what’s wrong today. You still running that V10 eco wagon 😳

Where you based ?? I’m sure knowing that would help potential buyers, to be honest to get a bit of kit like that cheap nowadays in current climate is unusual to say least. I’ll be up front bud this cloak and dagger stuff is setting off alarm bells with I’d say most lads reading this. Contact Riko and quote serial number or take a pic of the ID plate and post it so lads can do a bit of research themselves.

Where you based ??. Surely you know what you paid for it ?? How long you actually had it ??. My firsts port of call would be to ask Riko quote serial number and see what they say . Pretty sure most people whom purchase and use eqpt within and industry know its inherent value as it gets used and ages etc etc.

👍yeah two controllers etc etc pretty basic but works well enough.

Yeah sort of Andy but it still throws a lot out before it makes it to the outlet. Joe fabbed up a 45degree elbow to take a discharge hose but I think I’ll be chasing him to get a go on his sheet metal roller to further open up the outlet to come out the bottom a bit more rather than the side.