Die Thread ... just Die
Time to get some of these workshy soap-dodgers off benefits and back to work.
Pay jumps and job vacancies top 1 million in post-pandemic boom
Pay jumps and job vacancies top 1 million in post-pandemic boom | Evening Standard
Pounds and ounces return in victory for metric martyrs
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/scales-of-justice-tilt-towards-the-metric-martyr-638vfn655
I hear there is a shortage of lorry drivers in the UK, but it has nothing to do with Brexit, Ha! Ha! It seems the government is still in denial over the colossal mistake of leaving the EU.
Nothing to do with Brexit and yet:
Some 14,000 EU HGV drivers left employment in the UK in the 12 months to June 2020, and only 600 have returned in the past year, according to analysis of Office for National Statistics labour force data commissioned by Logistics UK.
Kieran Smith, chief executive at specialist HGV driver recruitment firm Driver Require, also strongly disagreed that Brexit could be dismissed as a factor in the current driver shortage.
He told i: “[Brexit] is part of it by definition.”
Mr Smith said the shortage is “partially due to EU nationals leaving” the country, adding that a European exodus accounts for approximately one sixth of the lost workforce.
He said the main effect of Brexit on the industry has been the impact to the flexible nature of the sector, as the UK heavily relies on EU nationals to plug the gaps when demand increases in busy periods, such as the summer and winter months.
“At least 50 per cent of the flexibility is born by European nationals, enabling the increase and decrease of drivers as the industry demands,” Mr Smith said.
HGV driver shortage: Haulage chief hits out at Grant Shapps''' '''illogical''' claim Brexit not to blame for crisis
The denial:
Silly sausage...Transport secretary Grant Shapps has denied that Brexit is part of the problem behind the shortage of lorry drivers – arguing that Britain’s divorce from the EU had presented solutions to the crisis.
Brexit ‘part of the solution’ to lorry driver shortage, claims minister | The Independent
Of course it's because of Brexit and that is why the current solution is:
Lorry driver shortage: Temporary visa scheme to run until Christmas Eve
A temporary visa scheme to make it easier for foreign lorry drivers to work in the UK is set to run for three months, ending on Christmas eve.
It is understood about 5,000 visas may be issued, with more details about the scheme set to be announced on Sunday. A shortage of drivers has disrupted fuel deliveries, with some petrol stations closing, and queues forming. The government has said there is no fuel shortage at refineries, and urged people not to panic buy.
The president of the AA said panic-buying rather than supply chain issues was driving the shortage of fuel at some petrol stations.Edmund King added that the problem should pass in a matter of days if drivers only fill up when they need it, adding "there is plenty of fuel at source".MPs and police forces have called on drivers to be "sensible", to consider filling up another time, and to avoid stockpiling fuel in jerry cans.
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https://www.bbc.com/news/business-58687026
The average age of a hgv driver is 55.
55% have retired this past year.
Nowt to do with Brexit
The average age of a hgv driver is 55.
Half have retired this past year.
Nowt to do with Brexit
A big wheel I know in the International Pie and Bucket Conglomerate says many of them just drop their load in Pattaya and never return.
Awaiting confirmation of a queue of Eddie Stobarts abandoned around backflaps of SiambburyOne of em married a lonterm penfriend called Lulu.
Yet others were lured by rancid dancing Irish colleens with acces to full length EU salami or even a Welshman with a specialty sausage leek n ganja in a Can123.
Jack Jones Van being out of action a Mr Santa Claws is being approached to see if hss reindeer can help, but new EU regs will require a transgender multcultural health and saftey certifed groom a Lion an Ass and 2 donkeys must procede any such "SLEDGING".
Lions led by donkeys up yer chimmney default settings.
So, there's less shite people don't need in the first place on the shelves, IKEA particle board rubbish, plastic this and that, essential exotic foodstuffs people can't possibly live without...oh ya.....blah blah. I think its hilarious, aren't we buying too much rubbish we only end up throwing out every year, including food?
^ Yeah, let them eat cake....
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