Written on our local Nextdoor!
Fuel Crisis, Garden waste, Co2 shortage, Shop shelves, DIY materials etc... I thought we were 'Taking back control'?
Three weeks ago, the top subject was garden waste. Someone said the shortage of HGV drivers behind the garden waste collection problem was just the tip of the iceberg and exacerbated by 1.3million EU workers returning home between the referendum and the end of the transition period on Dec 31 2020. Others argued it was nothing to do with all these EU workers leaving?
Now here we are, like a disaster movie, and now we can't get fuel for our cars. First garden waste, then last week's shortage was Co2. Now fuel. What's next?
For the past week my partner and I have been driving around Spain and Portugal. There are no fuel shortages, no queues, and no gaps for any product whatsoever on the supermarket shelves? Spain & Portugal had the pandemic aswell, but they have none of the problems the UK has. Why?
Can I suggest that as well as messaging each other about the latest tanker delivery, we message our local MP to ask him why the reality of this 'new era' is completely the opposite of what was promised? Do not accept the explanation 'it is the pandemic', because Spain and Portugal had the same, but they have none of the shortages the UK has, which proves the pandemic is not the whole truthful explanation. And just blaming 'panic buying' is not true either. BP did actually have to close some stations before the panic buying. This is what started the panic buying. The UK has a real supply chain problem, across the piece, made worse by 1.3 million EU workers going back to the EU. That is what is different in the UK. This was not planned for. Why?
Write to michael.gove.mp@parliament.uk . If promises are not delivered we deserve an honest explanation. Not evasion, fibs and drivel!
Three weeks ago, the top subject was garden waste. Someone said the shortage of HGV drivers behind the garden waste collection problem was just the tip of the iceberg and exacerbated by 1.3million EU workers returning home between the referendum and the end of the transition period on Dec 31 2020. Others argued it was nothing to do with all these EU workers leaving?
Now here we are, like a disaster movie, and now we can't get fuel for our cars. First garden waste, then last week's shortage was Co2. Now fuel. What's next?
For the past week my partner and I have been driving around Spain and Portugal. There are no fuel shortages, no queues, and no gaps for any product whatsoever on the supermarket shelves? Spain & Portugal had the pandemic aswell, but they have none of the problems the UK has. Why?
Can I suggest that as well as messaging each other about the latest tanker delivery, we message our local MP to ask him why the reality of this 'new era' is completely the opposite of what was promised? Do not accept the explanation 'it is the pandemic', because Spain and Portugal had the same, but they have none of the shortages the UK has, which proves the pandemic is not the whole truthful explanation. And just blaming 'panic buying' is not true either. BP did actually have to close some stations before the panic buying. This is what started the panic buying. The UK has a real supply chain problem, across the piece, made worse by 1.3 million EU workers going back to the EU. That is what is different in the UK. This was not planned for. Why?
Write to michael.gove.mp@parliament.uk . If promises are not delivered we deserve an honest explanation. Not evasion, fibs and drivel!
