Fuel shortages increasingly mar Britain, to the point that the military have been called in

**Tooting Carmen** · 10-01-2021, 11:50 PM

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-58766648

**Graham** · 10-05-2021, 07:13 AM

Looking forward to seeing people fight over turkeys, stretching them apart in the aisles.

Clowns.

**Finnish Swede** · 10-05-2021, 08:25 AM

COVID is hardly behind as Brexit will show the first marks?

**Tooting Carmen** · 10-05-2021, 11:17 AM

Originally Posted by Finnish Swede

COVID is hardly behind as Brexit will show the first marks?

Yes, it is principally due to a shortage of lorry drivers, caused by a mixture of post-Brexit immigration rules and an ageing workforce.

**Graham** · 10-05-2021, 11:59 AM

Most of it is bad Governance.

The cost of being a fully trained HGV driver does not entice the generation of people trying to save for a deposit on a mortgage. The infrastructure is basic for a foreign driver and tax changes have made the UK less appealing in a competitive field.

The problem is not actually Brexit, it's the current government implementing Brexit.