The Brexit Thread

[buka001]

Lol what did you expect? Actions don't have consequences?

Huh?

Pingdemic affected people over a short duration of 10 days.

Since we are now 2 months past that, what consequences are there?

Or are you saying the actions of Brexit, had these consequences, such as employee shortages, CO2 shortages, gas shortages, food shortages, material and equipment shortages, then yes I agree.

People called it Project Fear. Kinda became reality.

 

[Cray]

https://www.theguardian.com/busines...tm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&CMP=GTUK_email

UK petrol stations warn over fuel shortages due to lack of HGV drivers
BP is forced to shut some stations and Esso says deliveries to some Tesco forecourts are affected

 

[wingnut771]

When is Elon Musk releasing his driverless truck?

 

[buka001]

https://www.theguardian.com/busines...tm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&CMP=GTUK_email

Meanwhile, the EU are facing a drastic shortage of popcorn.

 

[The Voice]

Meanwhile, the EU are facing a drastic shortage of popcorn.

Guess they're going to have to pay a bit more than minimum wage to get local drivers now.

 

[cr@zydude]

Apparently a picture is worth a thousand words... Here's two

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Natural gas prices are just about the same in continental Europe.

 

[Dave]

Guess they're going to have to pay a bit more than minimum wage to get local drivers now.

£35k to £45k pa is minimum wage?

 

[C4Cat]

Natural gas prices are just about the same in continental Europe.

That's true, but electricity prices in the UK are the highest in Europe

 

[zalaur]

£35k to £45k pa is minimum wage?

if thats minimum wage I'm way under paid.

 

[Cray]

£35k to £45k pa is minimum wage?

From what I can see, minimum wage on the UK is about £18k PA.

 

[Dave]

if thats minimum wage I'm way under paid.

You drive a petrol tanker in the UK?

 

[zalaur]

You drive a petrol tanker in the UK?

nope, my statement was made to illustrate that minmum wage is well below what they offering. if that was for driving a truck I woulkd change jobs

 

[Dave]

From what I can see, minimum wage on the UK is about £18k PA.

It was a rhetorical question, Cray

NMW is £8.91 per hour, or on a 48 hour week (which seems to be what truckers work as 4 x 12 hour shifts a week) around £22k pa.

 

[cr@zydude]

That's true, but electricity prices in the UK are the highest in Europe

That is also true.

I just wanted to point out that the UK's natural gas price (NBP) is basically the same as what is being paid in the EU, as measured at the Dutch TTF or German Gaspool, with most of the rest of the EU around the same level too.

 

[The Voice]

£35k to £45k pa is minimum wage?

It's tongue in cheek.

 

[The Voice]

This definitely isn't helping the situation:

Insulate Britain blocks Port of Dover after injunction against M25 protests

Protesters from Insulate Britain were pictured near the docks this morning.

metro.co.uk

 

[Dave]

This definitely isn't helping the situation:

Insulate Britain blocks Port of Dover after injunction against M25 protests

Protesters from Insulate Britain were pictured near the docks this morning.

metro.co.uk

The new Policing Bill needs to be passed into law asap.

 

[The Voice]

Foreign workers to be let into UK to help solve petrol crisis

Temporary visas could be offered to European truck drivers.

metro.co.uk

Interesting to see that the HGV driver shortage isn't just in Britain, but also in Poland and Germany.

 

[Dave]

Foreign workers to be let into UK to help solve petrol crisis

Temporary visas could be offered to European truck drivers.

metro.co.uk

Interesting to see that the HGV driver shortage isn't just in Britain, but also in Poland and Germany.

There is a dual problem, in the UK it’s Brexit and the failure to get new drivers into the system due to Covid, Poland and Germany will likely have the same Covid issue causing some shortages, but theirs is nowhere near the scale it is in the UK.

 

[The Voice]

There is a dual problem, in the UK it’s Brexit and the failure to get new drivers into the system due to Covid, Poland and Germany will likely have the same Covid issue causing some shortages, but theirs is nowhere near the scale it is in the UK.

I always figured that the Polish problem with labour shortages was due to them all being here...