A thank you to Brexiteers.

[Bahnhof Strasse]

If it's a particularly hot day and I need water then I will buy a nice cheap bottle of chilled water from the supermarket.

Would be weird not to really.

Glad we have that sorted.

 

[Ax^]

Excellent read from Private Eye on the truth behind the driver shortages at Tesco. Surprise, surprise, it’s got nothing to do with Brexit.

But of course capital, and it’s increasingly hysterical cheerleaders, must blame it. Otherwise, they’d need to blame themselves…

so nothing to do with brexit, just the party in charge who premoted the idea for decades

well fuck me you enlighted me on why the torys are Bastards

with private eye no less

 

[Ax^]

they say remainers are dreamers


at least we are not watching our plans go to shit and going well if it was not for covid

we could of forced the unemployed to drive trucks and kill livestock

 

[MrSki]

The HGV shortage is nothing to do with Brexit but to sort out the HGV shortage they will reverse the Brexit policies that haven't led to the shortage.

What a load of bollocks.

 

[Supine]

What a load of bollocks.

Brexit in a nut shell

 

[Supine]

And now medicine shortages because some people didn’t like foreigners living here

Driver shortage: Now pharmacies complain medicine deliveries are being delayed

Pharmacies are facing shortages of medicine deliveries due to the shortage of supply chain drivers – as the UK already grapples with widespread fuel disruptions.

www.lbc.co.uk

 

[krtek a houby]

And now medicine shortages because some people didn’t like foreigners living here

Driver shortage: Now pharmacies complain medicine deliveries are being delayed

Pharmacies are facing shortages of medicine deliveries due to the shortage of supply chain drivers – as the UK already grapples with widespread fuel disruptions.

www.lbc.co.uk

What's Brexit got to do with foreigners?

 

[krtek a houby]

The HGV shortage is nothing to do with Brexit but to sort out the HGV shortage they will reverse the Brexit policies that haven't led to the shortage.

What a load of bollocks.

Everything's fine. There are no shortages.

And even if there were actual shortages, well, there's always been shortages.

 

[Badgers]

Boris Johnson asked for ‘emergency’ food deal, says Bolsonaro | Supply chain crisis | The Guardian

amp-theguardian-com.cdn.ampproject.org

The Brazilian president, Jair Bolsonaro, has claimed Boris Johnson asked him for an “emergency” deal to ease shortages of an unspecified food product, amid concerns about further disruption to supermarket supplies.

A lack of drivers and food pickers, as well as carbon dioxide used to stun animals for slaughter and create dry ice to keep food fresh, has led to fears that some goods will be missing from shelves in the run-up to Christmas.

Both cunts and liars but this would not surprise

 

[bimble]

Thinking about this again, where he says the quiet part out loud about a hard brexit being about saving the Tory party.
It feels like finally now they are not getting away with blaming covid or the EU for the whole shitshow.

 

[TopCat]

And now medicine shortages because some people didn’t like foreigners living here

Driver shortage: Now pharmacies complain medicine deliveries are being delayed

Pharmacies are facing shortages of medicine deliveries due to the shortage of supply chain drivers – as the UK already grapples with widespread fuel disruptions.

www.lbc.co.uk

your dickhead is showing love.

 

[Badgers]

I bet those EU drivers are rushing to save the British Christmas as we type.

Meanwhile, here are some EU drivers last Christmas.

 

[TopCat]

I bet those EU drivers are rushing to save the British Christmas as we type.

Meanwhile, here are some EU drivers last Christmas.

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You would not forget that in a hurry. Hundreds all shitting in a bag.

 

[Supine]

your dickhead is showing love.

You ok hun?

 

[Badgers]

You would not forget that in a hurry. Hundreds all shitting in a bag.

Yup

The Leave campaign and our Disgraced Prime Minister de Pfeffel Johnson lied about why we were leaving.

Now their solution is to allow EU workers back to 'save Christmas' but they are not going to come bar a few. This is after 5 years of planning time and info from the affected industries etc.

So what is the solution to the fucked up mess the liars and #ToryScum have caused? Banging on about a fraction of the UK workforce getting a payrise is not something to cheer about (must as it is well deserved) so ideas?

 

[Badgers]

Not sure if true but nothing surprising if so...

 

[Tankus]

So staggered Power cuts are on the cards this winter ?

No gas reserves ,and restricted supply along with big utilities going bust.

 

[Badgers]

So staggered Power cuts are on the cards this winter ?

No gas reserves ,and restricted supply along with big utilities going bust.

#worldbeating

 

[Badgers]

Lorry drivers came and went between the UK and the EU as required.

They were never imported cheap labour.

They were part of a flexible EU workforce.

Thanks to Brexit we've now lost that flexibility.

 

[bimble]

Not sure if true but nothing surprising if so...

It’s unnecessary to make jokes like that about it, the facts are enough. The temporary visas are to run until Xmas eve . These people are expected to come here and work then travel home to their families on Xmas day?

 

[Badgers]

It’s unnecessary to make jokes like that about it, the facts are enough. The temporary visas are to run until Xmas eve . These people are expected to come here and work then travel home to their families on Xmas day?

This Disgraced Government is a joke. A cruel, selfish and greedy joke sadly.

 

[AmateurAgitator]

And now medicine shortages because some people didn’t like foreigners living here

Driver shortage: Now pharmacies complain medicine deliveries are being delayed

Pharmacies are facing shortages of medicine deliveries due to the shortage of supply chain drivers – as the UK already grapples with widespread fuel disruptions.

www.lbc.co.uk

Personally, if I don't have my supply of Haloperidol (an anti-psychotic) then I get very ill indeed and am no good to myself or anyone else. I'm also dependent on other medications, and stoma supplies. There will be many others out there in the same boat. This is very disturbing.

 

[bimble]

It’s a bit mind blowing that they really are making these temporary visas so they end on Xmas eve.
What the fuck do they imagine that these 10,000 people will do to get home, having rushed back here and ‘saved Christmas’ for us, to avoid overstaying their visas and turning pumpkinlike into illegal immigrants. Bunch of idiots.

 

[krtek a houby]

Those brave few who choose to drive lorries for global Britain know the risks they are taking. They do it for a greater good.

 

[bimble]

Those brave few who choose to drive lorries for global Britain know the risks they are taking. They do it for a greater good.

There should at least be a statue of a noble Bulgarian truck driver to commemorate their sacrifices in our hour of need. Least we could do.

 

[Pickman's model]

There should at least be a statue of a noble Bulgarian truck driver to commemorate their sacrifices in our hour of need. Least we could do.

A statue of the unknown truck driver is being unveiled next week at the scratchwood services, now London gateway services

 

[Badgers]

A statue of the unknown truck driver is being unveiled next week at the scratchwood services, now London gateway services

The Brexit gammons will pull it down

 

[Smokeandsteam]

Lorry drivers came and went between the UK and the EU as required.

They were never imported cheap labour.

They were part of a flexible EU workforce.

Thanks to Brexit we've now lost that flexibility.

The argument that there was an army of EU HGV drivers bringing the ungrateful Brits fuel and food does seem to be a popular one in some quarters. But it’s been massively overblown (I’ll leave others to ponder on whose been doing the overblowing and why).

The reasons for labour shortages are retirement/leaving the industry, testing requirements/safety rules promoting retirements or people leaving the industry and the postponement of testing bringing new drivers into the sector due to covid. According to the article I posted above those factors combined have created a net loss of around 78,000 jobs. Did brexit had an effect? Yes, 12,700 jobs once filled now aren’t. So it’s added to the problem rather than caused it

As for the terms and conditions of EU drivers I’d be interested to see any research or data that shows a level playing field in T&C’s. What is beyond doubt however is that the massive outsourcing and diminution of pay and conditions across the sector over the past decade or longer lies at the heart of the entire matter and is directly causing the crisis.

But I guess the wider point is this: Sooner or later you have to choose who you blame for society’s problems - the boss class, or the working class whose vote you didn’t like.

 

[Badgers]

The argument that there was an army of EU HGV drivers bringing the ungrateful Brits fuel and food does seem to be a popular one in some quarters. But it’s been massively overblown (I’ll leave others to ponder on whose been doing the overblowing and why).

The reasons for labour shortages are retirement/leaving the industry, testing requirements/safety rules promoting retirements or people leaving the industry and the postponement of testing bringing new drivers into the sector due to covid. According to the article I posted above those factors combined have created a net loss of around 78,000 jobs. Did brexit had an effect? Yes, 12,700 jobs ince dipped now aren’t.

As for the terms and conditions of EU drivers I’d be interested to see any research or data that shows a level playing field in T&C’s. What is beyond doubt however is that the massive outsourcing and diminution of pay and conditions across the sector over the past decade or longer lies at the heart of the entire matter and is directly causing the crisis.

But I guess the wider point is this: Sooner or later you have to choose who you blame for society’s problems - the boss class, or the working class whose vote you didn’t like.

I blame the #ToryScum for initiating and fulfilling this farce whilst getting rich on the side.

Is that clear?

 

[Ax^]

The argument that there was an army of EU HGV drivers bringing the ungrateful Brits fuel and food does seem to be a popular one in some quarters. But it’s been massively overblown (I’ll leave others to ponder on whose been doing the overblowing and why).

The reasons for labour shortages are retirement/leaving the industry, testing requirements/safety rules promoting retirements or people leaving the industry and the postponement of testing bringing new drivers into the sector due to covid. According to the article I posted above those factors combined have created a net loss of around 78,000 jobs. Did brexit had an effect? Yes, 12,700 jobs once filled now aren’t. So it’s added to the problem rather than caused it

As for the terms and conditions of EU drivers I’d be interested to see any research or data that shows a level playing field in T&C’s. What is beyond doubt however is that the massive outsourcing and diminution of pay and conditions across the sector over the past decade or longer lies at the heart of the entire matter and is directly causing the crisis.

But I guess the wider point is this: Sooner or later you have to choose who you blame for society’s problems - the boss class, or the working class whose vote you didn’t like.

can we just blame the fucking Torys