Off Topic The Politics Thread

[bobmid]

The petrol stuff, agreed. The overall HGV issues and the gas prices and retailer stuff were both predictable and had in fact been predicted, but apparently there was no thinking done in Whitehall before the **** hit the fan.

An uncle of my wife is in the haulage business in scotland. Sits on a board of haulage and transport. They warned of a driver shortage years and years ago.

 

[Star of David Bardsley]

Losing 20,000 European lorry drivers probably hasn’t helped.

 

[Stroller]

Losing 20,000 European lorry drivers probably hasn’t helped.

Now, now. None of this has anything to do with Brexit whatsoever.

 

[Star of David Bardsley]

Now, now. None of this has anything to do with Brexit whatsoever.

Fortunately I didn’t mention Brexit.

 

[Staines R's]

Losing 20,000 European lorry drivers probably hasn’t helped.

Now, now. None of this has anything to do with Brexit whatsoever.

Paying drivers **** wages for years probably hasn’t helped either….but hey ho.

 

[Star of David Bardsley]

Paying drivers **** wages for years probably hasn’t helped either….but hey ho.

Now they can name their price and all is right in the world.

 

[Staines R's]

Now they can name their price and all is right in the world.

It’s a start to stop the exploitation anyway

 

[BobbyD]

This is capitalism folks. If we want the drivers to be paid a fair wage, the demand for drivers need to go up ala what we are seeing now. If it means i need to eat leaves as no meat is being delivered or start buying locally at a higher price than that has to happen.

You can't have food aplenty and good wages because thats not how capitalism works unfortunately.

 

[BobbyD]

on the other hand, for all the climate activists out there, at least you can have your unlimited fuel from electricity (until the plants turn off). no petrol station panic for you guys

 

[Stroller]

We've flown fruit-pickers in from as far afield as Barbados, Nepal, Kenya and Philippines. Anything to keep the Europeans out.

Global Britain.

 

[bobmid]

Did one muppet really mention another muppet in his talk to UN on climate change?

 

[Stroller]

Did one muppet really mention another muppet in his talk to UN on climate change?

Yeah, Johnson quoted Kermit and then told the assembled leaders that they needed to grow up.

 

[bobmid]

Can see crime rates rising soon as those forced into poverty wont give a ****. Levelling up.

 

[bobmid]

Yeah, Johnson quoted Kermit and then told the assembled leaders that they needed to grow up.

****ing embarrasmemt to this country is Johnson.

 

[bobmid]

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[Goldhawk-Road]

There are cars using up petrol by driving round and round to garage petrol pump queues even though there's no shortage of petrol. Muttonheads

 

[Goldhawk-Road]

Now they can name their price and all is right in the world.

**** me, you're a Tory in disguise, Watford

 

[Goldhawk-Road]

Can see crime rates rising soon as those forced into poverty wont give a ****. Levelling up.

Fear not, Kier Starmer is sending out his 12000 word essay to every voter so they have something to put on their fire at night

 

[Star of David Bardsley]

**** me, you're a Tory in disguise, Watford

I’m all for avoiding exploitation of workers, though I’m not sure drivers were/are being particularly exploited. This was all avoidable but for the government’s chosen ideology.

 

[Stroller]

Fear not, Kier Starmer is sending out his 12000 word essay to every voter so they have something to put on their fire at night

You prefer 3-word slogans, I imagine.