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Post by Scot Dutchy » Mon Sep 27, 2021 11:29 am

Nobody will go there and who blames them?

EU lorry drivers will not help Britain ease its fuel crisis, union says
Official from Dutch-based FNV criticises visa plan as ‘dead end’ due to poor working conditions

HGV drivers from the European Union will not come to the UK on short-term contracts to ease the fuel crisis under government proposals announced at the weekend due to poor working conditions in the industry, a union official in Europe has warned.

“The EU workers we speak to will not go to the UK for a short-term visa to help the UK out of the shit they created themselves,” said Edwin Atema, the head of research and enforcement at the Netherlands-based FNV union, which represents drivers across the bloc.

“In the short term, I think that will be a dead end,” he told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme. “I think some kind of Marshall plan would be needed to drag the whole industry back to the surface.”

Among a number of emergency solutions being considered to ease the supply chain crisis, most notably seen in long queues for petrol, ministers have said they will allow up to 5,000 EU HGV drivers to work in the UK up to Christmas.
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Post by Brian Peacock » Mon Sep 27, 2021 1:45 pm

Nigel Farage has been awfully quiet about the Tories wanting to give fast-tracked work visas to foreigner lorry drivers.
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Post by Scot Dutchy » Mon Sep 27, 2021 2:59 pm

Brian Peacock wrote:
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Nigel Farage has been awfully quiet about the Tories wanting to give fast-tracked work visas to foreigner lorry drivers.
Has he not. Does he still live in the UK?
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Post by Brian Peacock » Mon Sep 27, 2021 5:49 pm

He's the chief presenter on Murdoch's UK version of FOX NEWS: UKGB NEWS.
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Post by Scot Dutchy » Mon Sep 27, 2021 5:50 pm

Brian Peacock wrote:
Mon Sep 27, 2021 5:49 pm
He's the chief presenter on Murdoch's UK version of FOX NEWS: UKGB NEWS.
The cunt really has nine lives.
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Scot Dutchy wrote:
Mon Sep 27, 2021 5:50 pm
Brian Peacock wrote:
Mon Sep 27, 2021 5:49 pm
He's the chief presenter on Murdoch's UK version of FOX NEWS: UKGB NEWS.
The cunt really has nine lives.
Nobody survives a plane crash like that without supernatural assistance. Try surviving a motorbike accident at far lower speeds without breaking every bone in your body and turning your innards into pulp. Let alone walking away from the wreckage. Devil must be looking after him?
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Post by Scot Dutchy » Mon Sep 27, 2021 9:53 pm

Satan is his guardian.
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‘Getting into Europe is a relief every time’: an HGV driver reflects on UK crisis
Christopher Johns talks about what conditions are like for drivers in the UK and whether any solutions might be forthcoming

Christopher Johns, 37, from Burwash, Sussex, has been an HGV driver for more than 10 years, and drives long distance in UK and Europe. Here he speaks about what conditions are like for HGV drivers in the UK, and why he feels there may be no quick solution to the current truck driver crisis.

“I’m always staggered by how much truck drivers have been taken for granted in the UK. We work so hard for very little money. Our wages have desperately needed improving for such a long time. A friend’s starting salary at Lidl is the same as that of many trucker friends. I could earn more if I did temp work, like many others do, but I have a wife and three kids, I need job security. I only earn enough now because I do a lot of overseas work, where you get bigger expenses allowances.

“The difference between how truck drivers are treated in the UK and the rest of Europe is huge. We aren’t catered for in the UK. There are inadequate or no facilities at all across parts of the UK, particularly in the south, to handle a driver’s needs.

“We can spend a week or two or longer away from home. This means we are forced to sleep in tiny lay-bys or industrial estate roads, with no access to basic amenities. The larger services on the big motorways are still not equipped with enough parking for large-scale vehicles, and they charge trucks around £30 a night for the privilege. The rest of Europe doesn’t charge for parking. France, for instance, supports HGV drivers with the Routier chain of partnership restaurants and bars – they provide showers, free parking. Getting into Europe is a relief every time.
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Post by Scot Dutchy » Mon Sep 27, 2021 10:36 pm

The UK is really fucked.
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Re: The state of the UK

Post by Scot Dutchy » Mon Sep 27, 2021 10:40 pm

Petrol station chaos worsened by motorists filling up with wrong fuel
More than five times as many people as usual in the UK put diesel in their petrol engine or vice versa


The chaos on Great Britain’s petrol station forecourts has been worsened by hundreds of panicking motorists filling their tanks with the wrong kind of fuel, breakdown services have reported.

With queues snaking hundreds of metres from some filling stations – and tension building between motorists in places, more than five times as many people as usual in the UK have mistakenly put diesel in their petrol engine or vice versa.

Misfuelling can cause significant damage to cars, and motorists are advised to not switch on the ignition at all once they realise their mistake – meaning such breakdowns potentially block the already crowded forecourts. Hapless drivers also need to have their tanks fully drained while the contaminated fuel has to be jettisoned.

The AA said it had attended 250 such incidents over the weekend compared with an average of 20-25 on an average day. The breakdown company has a fleet of specialist “fuel assist” vans to deal with this type of incident. Should the driver not immediately notice their mistake, large amounts of smoke can come from the exhaust, and the engine is apt to misfire and cut out. Using petrol in a diesel car is the more serious mistake in terms of possible damage.
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The AA president, Edmund King, said: “Drivers also need to be careful because this weekend we have seen a dramatic rise in misfuelling compared to last weekend. This in turn unnecessarily reduces the fuel available as the whole tank has to be drained before refilling with the correct fuel.”

He called on drivers to avoid filling stations until necessary: “For the vast majority of drivers there is no need to rush to the pumps, and we urge people to only fill up when essential. There is no need to top up ‘just in case’.”

King said he believed the current forecourt queues would disappear in the coming days: “Millions of drivers changed their refuelling habits this weekend but once a tank is full it can’t be topped up. This short-term increase in demand should slow and allow forecourts time to restock.”
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Re: The state of the UK

Post by Brian Peacock » Tue Sep 28, 2021 12:41 am

It's bog roll all over again.
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Post by rainbow » Tue Sep 28, 2021 7:35 am

Scot Dutchy wrote:
Mon Sep 27, 2021 10:40 pm
Petrol station chaos worsened by motorists filling up with wrong fuel
More than five times as many people as usual in the UK put diesel in their petrol engine or vice versa
We in Africa have people that fill your tank for you.
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Post by Brian Peacock » Tue Sep 28, 2021 7:55 am

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Re: The state of the UK

Post by Scot Dutchy » Tue Sep 28, 2021 10:57 am

In Mexico they give a complete car wash when filling your car. I hate the sight. You pay the head boy/girl and hope he/she will divide it.
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