Boris's Brexit boomerang: Is the UK spiraling into chaos? | To the point

The UK is facing chaos. With supplies of some key goods becoming scarce, the military have been called in. Is Brexit to blame?
Our guests: Vendeline von Bredow (The Economist), Jon Worth (freelance journalist),Simon Young (DW)
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[@beelzebobtheinnocent1659]

The stupidity is strong in this one .I drove my car off a cliff, oh how we enjoyed flying, then the ground ruined everything by hitting us.

[@davidpearn2484]

Very good.

[@TomNook.]

Literally how brexiters think

[@Praylak]

LOL, you got it man.

[@petercooper7927]

Yep, and then blame the ground

[@gl9685]

Was the car made in GREAT Britain ?

[@suadela87]

I’m suspicious of anyone who looks at worsening conditions and says that it’s a sign that things are going to get better. I mean, if my doctor did that, I’d get a different doctor.

[@alex29443]

To be fair, it's pretty great for UK hgv drivers, who have just gone from some of the lowest paid in western europe to one of the highest.

[@sebastianlavallee706]

@@alex29443 But risk paying for it with worsening work conditions if they need to cover for gaps in the workforce (not that I know if that'll happen, but we've seen that before).

[@xlukas93]

@@alex29443 Yes, because ARMY does that now, 😁no surprise they are better paid then romanian drivers. Also, bigger salaries for truck drivers, means higher cost of logistic which reflects in higher cost of fuel essentially and in the end will lead to higher cost of EVERYTHING in the country. Who do you think pays those salaries for truck drivers? Johnson and Farage from their pockets? Its the consumers at the end.

[@alex29443]

@@xlukas93 The salary for HGV driver is now only slightly higher than in Germany, Germany seems to be doing OK. It's more that pay was very low before.

[@1roadrage1]

i wish you the best of luck on your bumble through life.

[@LeonidasArg2021]

Britain: Europeans stop stealing our jobs Europe: Ok then we're out, now do those jobs Britain: No! Those jobs are for wankers I don't want to drive lorries, work in Hotels or clean bathrooms! Europe: lol

[@pocnit]

69 likes, perfect for this comment.

[@maxcapone55]

@@RandomVocab You complain about this but you do realise that the foreign workers only do the jobs for so cheap is because the Brits wont do it for the same pay. That's the issue, Brits have been so used to being in better paid jobs and being (better off) than the foreign workforce. The problem is not immigrants "stealing" jobs, its the Brits pride. Send all your teens to the fields for minimum pay and wabam you have food, but you guys don't think about these things and only look at your own fortune.

[@simonbroberg969]

stuff using those hotels they are owned by foreigners.... I can drive a lorry, but,, but they say I need a piece of paper too do so.. they want to charge me £2000 to get the piece of paper and they don't let me earn that much... So might as well stay on the dole and drink beer instead

[@michealjones9863]

@@simonbroberg969 brexit has happened so eu rules don’t apply. You can make your own standards now,so just saying you can drive a truck will suffice at the moment ! Hang in there kid I’m sure the tories will scrap that 2000 charge soon enough cause it doesn’t look good when the army are needed for day to day logistics

[@simonbroberg969]

@@michealjones9863 I have to say, I'm happy enough just sitting here drinking beers, and rebuilding classic and vintage motorcycles.. again I proved in my website I'm a good mechanic, but they expect us to pay for these bits of paper.. same again with the website, I designed it, backin 1988, but I'd have to pay to go to uni to get the bits of paper to make it into a business... I'm too old for all that .. I don't care about there little bits of paper, I just go and do it anyway... My DLA pays to keep it running.

[@groomboek1978]

"Current chaos is a sign of revival" George Orwell would be proud.

[@g0801215]

We want a high wage economy. Nurses: can we have a pay rise? Boris: no.

[@tonyb9735]

Poor people won't get higher wages. The higher wages Boris wants are for the rich. After all, Tory MPs can barely scrape by on £89,000 a year.

[@cole0889]

Wait till the rubbish starts building up, all the garbage men have jumped ship for the money & causing shortages else where. lol

[@g0801215]

@Ams Wow and inflation at 3%.

[@simonamos5426]

There are other workers out there, not just Nurses.

[@toforgetisagem8145]

@@simonamos5426 we know. And those who earn less than nurses for such high pressure work are too busy queuing at food banks to have time to complain.

[@MsMumei]

It takes years to train doctors and nurses and vets and abbatoir workers - shame we haven't had, like 5 years notice that brexit was going to happen.....

[@wizard7314]

Incredible, isn't it?

[@milkybar06]

Or you go to countries like Australia, NZ as they open up.

[@Flitalidapouet]

@@milkybar06 as they open up? They are Islands prisons atm ...... what the f your talking about? Wanting to go there is like wanting to go to Alcatraz. And all sings point out for big part of those new rules are being permanent. As health minister AND prime minister told in the open, in press conferences many many many times already. I suppose if you live prison's.

[@rochester212]

Train who, mate? The british don't want to work, they think having a job means drinking tea and telling jokes 8 hours a day monday to friday.

[@Flitalidapouet]

@@rochester212 Very interesting. So do you think they became addicted to have cheap labor do the work for them? And are you a brit?

[@Luna.3.3.3]

As a Canadian watching, I'm refreshed to view this conversation that the different opinions were explained and spoken with facts & respect to others. We have that in some similar tv forums in Canada too, (TVO is the best) it's just refreshing to see. You just want the real facts from each side/s - without the mud slinging & vitriol

[@emmanuelmendonca3922]

"We've lost the type of labour that made the UK strong" says one guy. The cheap, underpaid, hard working type that made big profits for the few.

[@stephenlock7236]

Where the real slave labour exist.

[@maketheeugreatagain1326]

And what do you think will happen by cutting off the supply of low-skill/low-wage labour force? In a competitive market what should happen is that companies will have to increase wages and therefore increase prices, leading to a lower demand/output, and some of them will even have to close doors if they don't have a budget large enough to accomodade these changes. In the long run the economy is going to stabilize by moving resources from higher-productivity sources to lower ones. It's not exactly good. Even wages increase overall, the purschasing power will much probably be lower.

[@kensimdall705]

well said .. basically we have ended "slave labour" in the UK. The people bleating are the big fruit and vegetable growers (mostly EU company owned). They cant fulfil their big Supermarket Contracts (food in plastic bags). Let it rot I say , plenty of good organic home grown alternatives in the UK. No shortages there and taste is far better.

[@Alblaka]

@@maketheeugreatagain1326 In more simplified terms: The standard of living of the average citizen will drop, because there's no longer a source of cheap foreign labor to fulfill the modern lifestyle cheaply. To be fair, that is kind of one way to resolve part of that ethical problem, but I prefer the "raise their standard of living to ours" alternative to "lets nuke our own standard of living to match that of economically weaker countries".

[@robertthomson4978]

Exactly - flood the country with cheap labour and then when the tap is turned off moan when your fellow countrymen get decent wages. I wonder why the modern labour party is in such a shambles.

[@tsvetomirkrastev6930]

As a bulgarian, living in Bulgaria, this is the first time I hear of Bulgaria not having enough truck drivers...

[@lukesdewhurst]

Yes but he stated Bulgarian truck drivers have made the remark which would certainly be the first people to notice a shortage as more jobs come up than they can fullfill. Would be interesting to know the time frame it will take from the drivers noticing the shortage to the population noticing.

[@jennifermel687]

Because they are all driving around in Scandinavia 🙄

[@tayetrotman]

Presumably, you haven’t noticed because it isn’t so bad over in Bulgaria, because the lady from The Economist said there are shortages all over Europe, but the most accute ones can be handled.

[@bobbyuk5866]

@@tayetrotman The highest shortages of HGV drivers in Europe is Poland and Romania. Germany need 65,000 and are only testing 2000 this year. Germany also say they have a labour shortage and need 400,000 workers per year.

[@zoltanercei1094]

@@bobbyuk5866 Ok, look, how EU framework help this. Romania has shortage,yes, but Romanian drivers working in Germany or Spain, actually making deliveries for Romanian transport business. The drivers are registered in EU, so they can go and earn high salaries in Spain or Germany, but still transporting goods for Romania

[@ionageman]

Politicians will never accept responsibility .. “ wasn’t me “

[@tubbalcain]

Ahh, yes.. The Shaggy excuses.. It never gets old.

[@Reymundodonsayo]

politicians are actors the rich are the masters who set policy and give direction to the actors we direct blame to. that's there only purpose they are club members

[@JP-xd6fm]

In this particular case is people to blaim here.

[@malcolmholmes2205]

@Grzesiek T. Enlighten me. I live in Germany.

[@diewilden80er73]

@Grzesiek T. I am not laughing. It's not funny what is happening over there. The British are our neighbours. They are Europeans and our friends. And what on earth happened in Berlin 🤔

[@lingth]

Brexit is like a kid saying, I dun want all other kids to come and share my toys, i want to have my toys for myself, the other kids say: ok fine, but we wont play with you also, lets go play by ourselves. the kid becomes all alone.

[@kensimdall705]

No it isnt. Its saying we would like to elect the people that govern us and have a chance to unelect them every 5 years if they are failing. Its an old concept called democracy !

[@evm6177]

@@kensimdall705 Or atleast, that's what you think it is in that windy screw cork head of yours. 🤷🏻‍♀️ I mean for heavens STOP DELUDING YOURSELF !

[@Hattonbank]

What laws did the EU impose on the U.K. against our will that had a negative effect on U.K. life?

[@drewdeal2824]

Please would the EU remember that 48% of Brits voted to remain in the Union. Some of us were absolutely certain that Boris was a liar and now proven correct. I have lost my EU citizenship too because people told lies to a population that has little interest in politics.

[@mr_babadook_0181]

Sucks to be you

[@kensimdall705]

The EU said they will welcome you with open arms if you wish to relocate. We left and we arent going back so I think you are going to be very unhappy in the UK. 4 Elections with the EU as the main subject and Remain lost them all. . Goodbye and good luck !

[@aad9108]

No thats the hate from the eu against england. Make it difficult so they can say. I told you 😁

[@tomhighsmith]

I wish you the best, I always try to remember that.

[@DeborahWalkerXOXO]

The people gloating about this are also the ones who complain about the lines at immigration when they go on holiday in Europe. They are also the people trying to convince everyone that visiting a caravan site in England is a holiday. Or say that this government is "doing the best" that they can. Some highly pathetic business these brexiteers and brexiters are attempting to paint as a good thing.

[@noddybray]

How many times do you need to say "nimble".. Boris's government is as nimble as a drunken slug.

[@jayanthisrinivasan9055]

Old English poem Jack be nimble, Jack be quick Jack jump over the candlestick. Boris is singeing his balls, and we are happy 😊. Schadenfreude. 😄🤣🙏

[@JHatLpool]

Was the typographic error in 'slug' deliberate ?

[@android12921]

Yes drunk as a skunk, mumbling and stumbling.

[@Kretion666]

nimble

[@matthewmclean9012]

Haha get it because he said the least nimble sounding thing. Ur such a neek

[@andydovey7417]

It's difficult to tell if the UK gov is in denial about the whole thing or is just stupidly incompetent. It's probably both

[@oldvlognewtricks]

Denial is a kind of incompetence

[@syllahk]

How about both?

[@oldvlognewtricks]

@@polarstern8985 Decades of UK politicians blaming everything inconvenient on the EU, to avoid taking any responsibility.

[@domefford864]

Things have never been better for most in the uk, wages are rising, the economy is booming. What’s not to like?

[@domefford864]

@@oldvlognewtricks yep, not anymore, are politicians are now accountable for everything. The point of brexit.

[@tayetrotman]

“Can Boris Johnson and his Tories get a grip on the Brexit mess?” My answer is a resounding NO. They either don’t care too or don’t know how. After all, if it was ever gonna turn out well they wouldn’t have needed to lie to and con 52% of the public into voting for it.

[@rutherhood5961]

I live in the uk and it feels like living in cloud cookoo land I can’t believe how many people actually support boris, he’s a clown and dragging the whole damn country down into the same hole he’s falling into it’s absurd

[@CaptWesStarwind]

I don't think it's ever a good sign when you have to call in the army.

[@welshskies]

From my experience the British Army would tend to agree with you: whether it is stacking waterlogged sandbags in the rain, throwing cows onto a bonfire or collecting corpses in a blizzard.

[@glenngilbert7389]

Desperate times indeed and not designed to inspire confidence in the government

[@markcaldwell778]

@@welshskies As British pig farmer are currently doing. The irony is that it will mean Britain will need to import pork from the EU.

[@soulman.9835]

@@glenngilbert7389 Remember, those for and against Brexit, were sold lies from both sides. When in reality, none of them knew what would happen. Now we are seeing problems arise, none of them saw coming. Maybe it will all work out in the end, but no one has any idea about that either. It's all guesswork. You can't run a country off of guessing.

[@glenngilbert7389]

@@soulman.9835 Sadly the British people are to blame for the crisis - the fact anyone with a sense of reason wasn't able to see the charlatans for what they were is what shocks me. I am a British citizen - thankfully living away from the chaos right now - but the idea that the UK was better off outside Europe without a logical plan about what would happen!! The people of the UK must be particularly gullible

[@peteralbertthomas]

So as a truck driver I am classed as low skilled. That comment has just insult every UK Driver. Yet the stable economy of this country depends on us. Having worked continuously through the pandemic going days without food during this. Parking places for drivers is limited and expensive.

[@guidobit]

Truck drivers are essential! This is the moment to job hop, demand higher salary and a permanent contract with higher salary. The market gives you an once in a lifetime opportunity to demand more respect and reward for your work. 😁👍

[@frankhusel5033]

Well, he didn't say "is low skilled", he obviously meant "is considered to be low skilled." At least, I understood it that way. Isn't this exactly what truck drivers themselves say about the lack of respect they undergo? But let's be honest, It doesn't require a master grade from Oxford.

[@SafetyTips.Learning]

I wouldn't care what one thinks of it as long as it feeds me well. And at this moment, I'll cash in as much as shortages and demands remain

[@lesleysidhoum1779]

In my mind all those who are essential workers and often do the hardest jobs are undervalued and underpaid ! It is time for those people to get a decent pay rise .Maybe those politicians who have caused this chaos would like fund it !

[@kennyj851]

You are definitely not unskilled, how may people could actually do what you do? And your contribution is crucial as well, as we have seen!

[@unicef8843]

Successful people don't become that way overnight. What most people see at a glance-wealth, a great career, purpose-is the result of hard work and hustle over time. I pray that anyone who reads this will be successful in life..

[@halmaivona4261]

I lost about $4,000 to a scammer before I was recommended to Expert Mrs Quinten financial institution and believe me she helped me recover the $4,000 and made an extra of $7,000 in the space of a week and four days.

[@halmaivona4261]

She really made name for herself.

[@emilianohayden3084]

I have never heard or seen any of her clients complain of lost...I think she is just too perfect.

[@emilianohayden3084]

first i doubt it before I gave it a try

[@emilianohayden3084]

She is not like the other brokers that will start telling you stories why their trade didn't go well after collecting your money.

[@lesparton2069]

We will always be spiralling into chaos while Boris and his cabinet are in charge!!!

[@kensimdall705]

Keep that red flag flying !! LOL

[@giani1680]

@@kensimdall705 it has nothing to do with communism, but with tories' incompetente

[@kensimdall705]

@@giani1680 2000 Blair’s Labour Govt. Fuel shortages , NHS in crisis over flu outbreak (people dying in corridors) etc etc .... we were in the EU then as well. Funny that !

[@kensimdall705]

@Rob Chaos in every country al over the world thanks to this Pandemic tbh. Not perfect, but rarely do we have a PM that is. Sadly there is no opposition in the UK at the moment as Labour are a complete joke. Ill let him have the benefit of the doubt for a while. Best of a really bad lot imho.

[@ioannisimansola7115]

Τhere is little doubt . UK did not know why joined EU , nor why they quit it . They suffer from incapable politicians . You are not alone , though

[@HShango]

Yep we do.

[@Jablicek]

If we could throw them into the sea we would, but because they only have empty holes where they shoud have hearts they'd float.

[@LeMerch]

They joined it to remove obstacles to trade and to encourage trade, European integration and enhance its own democracy and keep its stage on the global front. Sadly the vote was mainly by people who hated things that had nothing to do with the EU. Mixed in with Farage and the far right liars and fear mongerers.

[@piccalillipit9211]

Here in Bulgaria, we have not HAD a govt for a year - its not going as badly as the UK though...

[@jmolofsson]

@@debbiehenri345 The French *_president_* successfully hindered the UK from entering during all of the 1960s. Then he died. You maybe better read that history book once again?

[@Comrade_Tokoloshe]

If Johnson thinks the economy is strong he is obviously not going to do anything about fixing it.

[@byterun77]

He doesn't, his economy is very strong and nothing else is important.

[@thecomment9489]

But he is already doing enough like joining AUKUS to counter China's move of blocking the North Sea and by sending UK's own warships to South China Sea. That should put the economy back on track.

[@wishfulguy4819]

Incompetent

[@pasiojala3227]

Shrink the economy enough to have enough workers to run it.

[@manoftruth0935]

What would you expect from the UK’s Joe Biden?

[@simpleconcept3698]

Wait wait wait! Are you telling me that leaving EU in the name of some random meaningless sense of nationalism was a bad idea??

[@kirklarson4536]

Before the vote, I don't believe Johnson expected brexit to pass. He was just trying to stir up a Trump-like base he could mobilize in the next election. A lot of the British didn't expect it to pass either or they would have voted.

[@tayetrotman]

Yh, my parents didn’t vote. I distinctly recall my dad saying “something so ridiculous’ll never happen”

[@kaff0]

Highest referendum turn out in British history! 🤣 You're upset you didn't get your milkshakes this week?🤣👍

[@seefortyoneuk5285]

What a load of bollocks. Highest turnout in 50 years! More than most turnout to join in any countries (not that the question is always asked)... Also, the great things with peoples who didn't vote, is that you can have tell them anything. Maybe some Leavers didn't bother to vote too, because it was so unlikely to work, right?

[@RichMcc]

@@seefortyoneuk5285 your gonna confuse his argument by being logical if your not careful

[@greylatern]

Yes! I heard this a lot shortly after Brexit passed. Not voting means letting those that do, decide for you.

[@wolfheadedconjuror]

If fuel and food shortages are signs of a strong economy than Venezuela has the strongest economy. Best of luck Britain

[@anthonyianello169]

There are no such things. Lack of drivers

[@hazelwray4184]

The US has a stranglehold over Venezuela.

[@lesp315]

If fuel was $0.15 a gallon in your country you would have shortage as well.

[@baronvonlimbourgh1716]

@@anthonyianello169 lack of lots of things and people.

[@Dwg256]

08.10. 2021.

[@rauwuckl23]

Thanks for making a talk show were people actually let each other finish their thoughts without interrupting. Unfortunately such constructive discussions are rare these days.

[@candyman5912]

That's because there aren't any ideological blustering liars on the panel spewing uninformed nonsense.

[@pyroromancer]

have you not seen ab episode of Conflict Zone topkek

[@welshskies]

This is why I get my news from DW and not from the BBC. The BBC seems to have become nothing more that a broadcaster of British Government press releases and reality TV trivia. 😡😡

[@candyman5912]

@Ford Prefect I slightly agree with you on that too. But John Worth did say Brexit has not caused the problem's, which is a different opinion from the others. However if there was someone on the panel saying, "it's all the EU'S fault" "the EU are trying to punish us" "this is nothing to do with Brexit" "it's about sovereignty" etc, I bet the conversation would have soon degenerated into silliness.

[@joshuaj1442]

@Ford Prefect exactly! If anything the show loses something because it doesnt not balance out the topic with views from the other side of the argument

[@shiprahyahisrael6200]

For a minute I thought the covid deaths was the cause of all these shortages.

[@kensimdall705]

No its "Bwexit" .. even the shortages in Australia are because if it !!

[@JeffCaplan313]

Low birth rates Demographics is destiny.

[@PaulSharpe1966]

When I look back at the positivity of the Olympics in 2012 and the xenophobic, banana republic, we have become, I hate it.

[@Dylanesque]

"All part of the plan" That's a terribly concerning thought.

[@grim5931]

At least they are not hungry like mexico paanama costa rica high inflation the basic basket this face there are no jobs if you do not have studies you are dead. die of hunger the best species the united kingdom to germany these heavy a lot of hunger in life Argentina brazil is starving high crimes covi19 it is true in guatemala there are no vaccines not vaccinated lives the economy fell into the deep health health crisis

[@hdj81Vlimited]

build back better, look at it.... WEF maffia from the book from the WEF leader clause swalbe......... You can not build something back BEFORE braking it down first............... thats why this is happening. The small businesses must go, big company taking everything cheap over.

[@gloin10]

Alexander Boris De Pffefel Johnson has no idea what the word 'Plan' means...

[@SiyavoshM]

There was a need to raise the wages of the imported truck drivers and there was no other way to do it except by this Plan. So yes it's all part of the plan.

[@baronvonlimbourgh1716]

@@SiyavoshM or they could have just raised the minimum wage. Could have been done in an afternoon. No need for 5 years of this nonsense.

[@simplexj4298]

I'm not sure about chaos, but I'm pretty sure the worst for post-Brexit UK is yet to come.

[@schultheivonemskirchen325]

@Firm Buttocks wait until the UK is forced to also implement check on incoming goods

[@mg4361]

@Firm Buttocks Have they fallen in the UK recently?

[@oldcremehelian3708]

@@mg4361 Up 1.7% today month on month,

[@andrasbodo]

UK is too small to do it alone...UK was happy when was an Empire owning the World but cannot share space in the European Union ?

[@mg4361]

@@oldcremehelian3708 Than it probably weren't those Romanian plumbers raising the real estate prices but rather speculators from Russia and the Gulf 😅

[@WalkOverHotCoal]

The older generation of Brits cast their eyes dreamily back into the past. Vast wealth, everything went the way the British colonizers wanted. Well, you don't argue with the ones with guns, do you? The demise of the British Empire left Britain with not much. Colonies have gone and the colonizers retreated back to the tiny island plus Scotland, and a tiny island called Falkland Island which is a long way from the motherland. Without the colonies, G.B. found comfort in the EU. The EU provides the once powerful G.B. with massive market as well as cheap labour, but not cheaper than what it used to get from the colonies. But the dream of past glories didn't go away, and the desire call the shots lingers on. So used to being the top dog, having to listen to the EU is really hard to swallow. So the Brits wanted to go it alone. What is interesting is that what made the British Empire strong was its ability to organize. But it seems the current generation lack such ability, while still holding the desires to be the top dog. So exit it did, and Boris did get Brexit done. But he and his followers are far from understanding the intricacies of the levels and pulleys in a huge network like the EU where countries worked together to get the results. Out of the EU, without a full comprehension of the complexities, as well as not being able to plan for the "known unknown, and unknown known" as Donald Rumsfeld so convolutedly put it, now Boris and friends are still pretending that everything is OK. But they can't walk away without blaming something, and Covid is the convenient culprit. The UK will have to convince Australia to buy a few dozens more nuclear submarines, and ignore the ones from America. Given Boris's ever so convincing salesmanship, I am sure that he could pull it off. His slogan will be ... "Let's get the submarines done!"

[@mad4cavs]

Older people don't want colonial days we want industrial days pre Maggie Thatcher,to have the pride of making things again,give young people the opportunity to work to earn a decent wage the pandemic has shown us the need to return to manufacturing goods that will mean less ships and that will be better¿for the climate

[@WalkOverHotCoal]

@@mad4cavs I am sure that those colonial days weren't on everybody's mind. Even if it is, it is long past. The world has move on. I do agree with you on the desires to have employments and a decent wage. I believe that the UK is having difficulties in adapting to the reality. My points were that the colonies helped the UK to become rich and powerful, but at the expense of the colonies, and the people in those colonies. Without the colonies, the UK still demand the same authorities like it used to have while within the EU. The major partners of the EU won't have that as you can understand. It is my opinion that the UK can't have the cake and eat it too. It either has to follow the rules within the EU like all the rest of the partners, or to get out. And getting out it did. But Boris and Nigel Farage "got their Brexit done", without planning what happens next. I would like to hear your opinion on Brexit.

[@bobhabib7662]

I wouldn't worry about the UK being able to sell the Aussies subs. Never underestimate Joe Biden's ability to F*&% things up.

[@Hattonbank]

When Britain had the Empire the colonies had to buy everything from the GB that could be made here, so we had a captive market for all those goods As late as the 1849’s the Commonwealth countries were taking well over 40% of our exports but following their independence that has shrunk to 9% because they are free to buy elsewhere, and they do. Many on here seem to think that the commonwealth countries are going to rush back and buy again from GB. I think many here do not understand the resentment that many ex colonies had and still do towards their occupation by this country. We are giving up the EU markets in a vain hope that our old ‘friends’ will come to our aid. They are standing on the sidelines failing to understand our stupidity.

[@WalkOverHotCoal]

@@Hattonbank Interesting comments, thank you for the insights. This is similar to the Soviet Unions in its hay days. Satellite countries provided the raw materials to Russia, and were basically enveloped by Russia in what they could or couldn't do when it comes to trades. Despite not very close to the actions while BREXIT was being thrown around, I watched with much interest how the Brits reacted to such idea. Contrast between the older generations and the younger and more mobile ones is stark. Older generations basically resented having to comply to the EU rules, with the younger generations saw opportunities probably because they didn't know or experience how Brits then could move mountains and commanded absolute respects. Colonists became powerful by sucking the human energy and resources off the colonies. Strength in numbers. BREXIT basically removes Britain from that option available to it. Of course there was the ratbag such as Nigel Farage who knows about beers more than anybody else. He and Boris Johnson followed the ruts made by Trump, being inward looking and right-wing. Apparently they believed that it was the right-wing' turn to govern after what they perceived as oppression from the left leaning mobs. Having got "BREXIT DONE", Boris is scratching his head wondering what to do next because he didn't have a plan. Meanwhile, Nigel Farage is still busy doing his beer tasting, Brexit is now far from his mind. He had done the Brexit. He got what he wanted !

[@jeanettedavies8665]

Ask all those brexiteers to do extra jobs seeing as though they don't want the workers from abroad. End of problem.

[@petercrane2065]

Jeanette, with respect you have no idea what you are talking about, I was a professional driver for almost forty years, in 2010 I got out of the business because of the conditions, the hours, and all of the rules imposed on us by the EU, and disrespect from just about everybody I came into contact with, I was sick of being told lorry drivers were 10 a penny also I was not alone there were 4 others who left Britain from my company as well, for pretty much the same reasons, and all this was long before Brexit, And now it seems good drivers are not 10 a penny after all, If you want to blame anybody I would suggest you look at the fecklesss, money grabbing politicians, who have done nothing, and are doing nothing for the British people, but no matter the great British public will just go out and vote for same useless articles again next time, who was it that said " the definition of insanity was doing the same thing over and over again but expecting a different out come"? Nothing will change unless the people change it!

[@Alblaka]

@@petercrane2065 Could you go into detail about what EU-issued laws that the UK voluntarily complied with (since that's regrettably the clause in all 'EU laws') made things harder for truck drivers? Safety regulations, I guess?

[@petercrane2065]

@@Alblaka I will give you one example, it used to be that a transport company had to have one employee that was a holder of the CPC, usually a transport manager, but that rule was turned into a system of making money by insisting that every driver had to have his or her own CPC which really was only needed for TIR drivers, the bulk of British drivers never left British shores so did not need to have a CPC, But oh boy how much revenue did the government make out of insisting that every driver had to finance his own CPC at extortionate rates which has to be renewed on a regular basis.

[@robertthomson4978]

All teh remoaners take very poorly paid jobs that they like to see Poles etc doing? Selfish people.

[@htmonaro1969]

I'm not sure what you mean by low skill, have you tried driving a tanker full of petrol around the narrow roads in the UK cities and then into a petrol station? I would not be comfortable sharing the road with a truck driver with a few months experience, especially a petrol tanker driver.

[@Dark51267]

Low skill really means short training. The training and skills and qualifications for petrol tankers is higher than HGV but it would still count as low skill or training. The Tories and to be fair labour confuse this a but more by having high skill also meaning high pay.

[@patricialongo5746]

It takes a ton of skill to ignore the climate crisis and think only of your wages.

[@Mussi93]

@@patricialongo5746 Tories are very well versed in ignorance. They practice it so much.

[@ricardosmythe2548]

That's the ignorance of the "educated" becoming a good HGV driver takes as long as it does to train a nurse/teacher. Same goes for a lot of other "low skilled" vocations that the same educated people could never hope to do competently

[@ricardosmythe2548]

@@patricialongo5746 "climate crisis" really? I think the world has bigger fish to fry at the moment

[@peterhaslund]

Predictable stuff, really. UK on a nationalist course charted over the centuries of Common Wealth. Politicians lying through shining teeth. Poor people paying the price

[@din6675]

Poor people voted for this to happen. Yes they were swept up in a populist movement, but it was their democratic vote that made this happen.

[@cmartin_ok]

The problem is made worse as so many more of us are becoming poor under Boris's "leadership"

[@warcry4380]

It wasn't Brexit that caused this, it's immigration being the overburden on the system because with more people means more consumption, we're accepting nearly 500k people into the UK each year EVEN AFTER BREXIT. Combine this with the new Green Energy E10 fuel experiment and this is the reason why the country was fuel starved, Brexit isn't the reason as to why these problems are occuring, it's conservatives capitulating to Labour and Green policies that has caused this.

[@jamesanthony5257]

In the US, we have the same problems, and we are blaming it all on President Biden for not solving these issues in 10 months.

[@cookiecola5852]

Conservative a great at campaigning and blaming but as in America they do have a track record of economic crisis

[@bobbyuk5866]

Another pro EU load of bollocks. They talk about labour shortages and HGV shortages and gas prices. Wholesale gas prices in Europe have risen 250% this year, in Spain domestic energy bills have risen 40%, Poland and Romania have the largest shortages of HGV drivers in Europe (not the EU), Germany need 65,000 drivers and have said they need 400,000 workers every year. We're not rejoining, but we will almost certainly join the cptpp, the fastest growing area in the world.

[@jaikee9477]

British exceptionalism: Supermarket shelves exceptionally empty.

[@JW-YT]

There are no isues in Scotland, anywhere. A few shortages in England, the problem has only been an issue because people were panic buying. If they never done that there would be no issue. Last year people were panic buying toilet paper for some reason.

[@Chnmmr]

really it's English exceptionalism.

[@filipkonopacki1547]

@@JW-YT You sound like you were living in an alternative-timeline Britain. The empty supermarket shelves are very real in the South, East of England and the Midlands, you can go and see for yourself. Some shortages are cleverly disguised by spreading the available products thinly across the shelves, others a tad more visible. For those with keen eyes, the choice of products is visibly reduced, but no supermarket wants to look like they are having problems because this would drive the customers away. Panic buying of consumer goods happened last year but not in 2021, not yet at least. It’s kind of difficult to panic-buy a turkey now, right? Lorry driver shortage will inevitably make the situation worse later this year so we’ll see what happens before Christmas. Panic buying of petrol is a thing but it also has its limits. You can store lots of toilet rolls in your loft but it’s far more difficult to keep spare fuel, especially petrol. How much would you risk keeping in your garage (if you even have one), not to mention your home? Besides, the demand for petrol actually dropped as more people started car-sharing or refraining from using their cars altogether. The petrol station tailbacks were CAUSED by genuine petrol shortages and only exacerbated by people’s constant urge to top up.

[@JW-YT]

@@filipkonopacki1547 I don't live in an alternative-timeline Britain, I live in Scotland, we have had zero issues. As for shortage of drivers. Poland is also short a few tens of thousands more than us. Is this also down to Brexit or just the fact most of europe is short qualified drivers? As for storing petrol. Its not a risk. I have 4 20L Jerry cans used to store chainsaw fuel. 2 of them are empty right enough. But once filled I add fuel stabiliser and they happily last a year or more. Most fuel cans, even the plastic ones are air tight, they need to be to be sold in the first place, so its not a problem.

[@Tyreeco3125]

We all need each other simple as that

[@Defang24]

"I once asked Rupert Murdoch why he was so opposed to the European Union. 'That’s easy,' he replied. 'When I go into Downing Street they do what I say; when I go to Brussels they take no notice." - Anthony Hilton

[@qjtvaddict]

He can’t brainwash a country in the EU

[@chestypants78]

This needs to be the top comment on every Brexit video. Murdoch also influences the USA through Fox (news) entertainment.

[@bonosbones]

.... and accept my gifts!!!

[@MusicLover-uy7pc]

@@qjtvaddict but that is what has happened. Brexit: A decision to commit collectural suicide made by brainwashed people leaded by populists.

[@bobhabib7662]

@@chestypants78 Fox has far less influence that anything the MSM puts out.

[@gardenjoy5223]

In short the program says: "Yes. Problems will occur at least for a generation. This next Winter and 2022 will be very hard."

[@Kyleas12345]

Seriously, it's not that bad here. Don't let the media convince you other wise

[@johno3400]

Brexit Britain funniest show on TV right now just keeps getting better we in Ireland love it

[@nandomustermann8979]

Happens when you think, youre stronger than ireland... Ireland = EU 👍🏻😉 Youre right, this show is very funny! Clowns over clowns.🙆‍♂️😂 Greetings from Germany and stay healthy!

[@johnkilcullen1051]

Well maybe there is a bit of shadenfreude but I have many Briitsh friends and want them to prosper.

[@Quinicus]

@@johnkilcullen1051 let's hope the Welsh and Scotts are permitted re-entry. As for the other one, the more isolated and irrelevant, the better

[@anthonyianello169]

That’s coz you’re envious

[@anthonyianello169]

River dancing and eating potatoes 🥔

[@aylbdrmadison1051]

As an American, it's really refreshing to watch how often people in Europe of opposing political ideals will even nod their heads in agreement with each other as a recognition of real problems and real solutions.

[@CBfrmcardiff]

As an American, you may not be aware that the programme features 3 people who all agree about everything. At least, they agree on the subject under discussion - Brexit. It's not even the case that they disagree ideologically - which of them is not a supporter of economic and social liberalism? Where is the socialist, or the reactionary ? - it's all Tweedledee and Tweedledum. Only the presenter provides any pushback, and that's just her doing her job. By the way, life here in the UK is *nothing* like life in WW2. This is not the first petrol crisis. Food is available everywhere. If Brexit contributes to 'labour shortages', then by extension it also contributes to wage rises. The difference is - in the long term, in economics, there are no shortages, but wage rises are forever.

[@goldenpony822]

@@CBfrmcardiff havent you seen in the past 50 years most wages sinking related to cost of living?

[@goldenpony822]

@@iLovettGolf hm interesting but economically questionable

[@jsa2001]

There is no shortage of labour we have hundreds of dingy people arriving everyday getting free handouts living in 5 star hotels. Put them to work to earn their keep or send then back to the EU.

[@CBfrmcardiff]

@@goldenpony822 What has happened to wages over the previous 50 years? That's a very interesting question. Certainly, the 50 years before that were marked by the undeniable really significant rise in real wages, especially for those at the bottom of society. Measuring the direction of real wages since 1970 is more difficult... a lot must depend on how we measure the changes in price of goods and services. Most likely, the wage of a lorry driver today (for example) can buy more televisions than his wage in 1971. I'd bet it can buy more lamb chops and pints of milk, as well. But on the other hand it can definitely buy fewer houses! One factor suppressing wages over the last 50 years may have been the entry of women into the workforce. "The Economist" (a paper which reacts with horror to the idea that immigration reduces wages) once suggested this. If so, that's a one-off effect - all women now work, so normal service should resume. Over the last 25 years, we've seen strong rises in the minimum wage in the UK. The trouble is, the jobs that pay just a little more than minimum wage aren't all going up so fast - my perception is that ever more people are being paid minimum wage.

[@HerpishDerp]

How can Brexit be to blame when the entire EU is also suffering with gas shortages, they have been begging Russia to not take advantage of the situation.

[@jome8059]

Lol but still. there was not a single moment we ran out of gas

[@HerpishDerp]

@@jome8059 I know, why anyone believes the media nowdays is beyond me. This world would be a beautiful place without the media and government.

[@RLWGWriters]

Sorry guys, I don't recognize your view of the UK. I've visited four supermarkets in Essex and find no empty shelves. There is a shortage of drivers all over the EU. The only problems I can see are thieving French fishermen and the attempted annexation of Northern Ireland. I voted to stay but, in the light of subsequent reactions from the EU I would now vote for Brexit. Your committee isn't very representative; where is the UK government representative?

[@android12921]

The closest things Boris is being to nimble are: mumble and stumble.

[@emdiar6588]

He certainly avoids being humble, as he bumbles and the country crumbles.

[@yalnevatekofreedom5096]

No thats sttttttttsttttaaarrrmmma

[@auntylinda7640]

We did not vote him in!

[@igninis]

BoJo the mumbling stumbling clown, just his clown shoes are not visible :D

[@snsbntsns4763]

😂😂😂

[@gastonperdigon3600]

They can talk and say whatever they want BUT the reality is: it's a huge messsssss !!!!!!!

[@pranayamdev411]

They should call big brother USA to help them

[@philh9863]

We love it.... we still vote for them....

[@Chloe-ge7vv]

It's weird to me how the British media are focusing a lot on Christmas, when there could be a lot of hardship for the UK for a long period of time, not just ONE day.

[@Jooeffoh]

That whole Christmas week represents having a good time and 'we're doing well' kind of attitude, when people spend and consume so much. So I guess not being able to do that is kind of a wake up call as to how bad things really are getting and will continue to be.

[@cmmgray]

Wait to see what becomes of the eu, southern countries will suffer first

[@Chloe-ge7vv]

@@cmmgray IDK, so far, yall are the only one suffering 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@ftdecastrolondon]

I am in London. I don't see any hardship.

[@bonosbones]

By putting a carrot in front of the donkey you keep him moving!

[@mandyinseattle]

The Brexit vote was the UK being manipulated by Russia, imo.

[@mancunianway4441]

Brexit was based on immigration let's have it right, what was the slogan again, something on the lines of let's take back our shores and our borders.

[@dulio12385]

So essentially the UK is realizing that life's inconvenient when you don't have slave labor to do the menial work.

[@PistonAvatarGuy]

It seems like much of the world is struggling to avoid considering this reality.

[@taranullius9221]

Yep. Plus, they've lost the benefit of exploiting skilled workers that other countries have had to subsidise through their schooling then university/tertiary/vocational training only for them to piss off to the UK for better wages. Now that cost is on the UK.

[@edwigcarol4888]

@@taranullius9221 the case for german nurses, isn't it ? I made the acquaintance of one young nurse, specialized in Preterm Neonates, training Englisch with others in Frankfurt... She succeeded with her interview.. was happy. Better wages in the Uk!

[@devonseamoor]

To me, one of the damaging developments in Britain, is the neglect of manufacturing skills and the training of it.

[@winstonsmith2079]

From here in very isolated New Zealand,we are just aghast you would have a trading block of 750 million on your doorstep and you would disqualify yourself from being in a free trade block with them, based on the votes of racists, 'little Englanders" and the low functioning.

[@JAW-i5z]

You can call it "idiocracy", for short.

[@fitzstv8506]

Well said Winston, you can always depend on a Kiwi for rational common sense, greetings to New Zealand from good friends in the EU.

[@neckozeusa]

Why is the UK expecting any better trade treatment with the EU than any other non-EU country? Wouldn't it be inequality toward other countries?

[@cketts8128]

Our media in the U.K. kept saying over and over about one chain of fuel stations not having drivers, which then sent everyone into panic buying which then meant we had not fuel! It was media driven. I have been able to fill up several times with absolutely no problem for a couple of weeks now. There is plenty of food too….of course anyone inside the EU would claim this is all about Brexit and Brexit is just a small part of it….remember Covid?! Also remember the U.K. being able to quickly organise vaccines way ahead of the EU?! Be balanced people!!

[@smtuscany]

Britain: "We don't want Europeans to come here and steal our jobs!" Europe: "OK, we won't come there and mind our own business from now on. Best of luck to you to find the right people to cover them." Britain: "Wait a second..."

[@TheVoiceOfReason93]

Never before has the expression "Hoist by your own petard" been so appropriate.

[@martinkuca7420]

@@TheVoiceOfReason93 More like "Hoist by your own retard( BoJo)".

[@TheVoiceOfReason93]

@@martinkuca7420 Ha! Fitting!

[@mr_babadook_0181]

@Grzesiek T. bro you said like 10 Timez

[@mr_babadook_0181]

@Grzesiek T. Just saying save you'r Time

[@SickPrid3]

"Crashing economy is a sign of flourishing market" - Boris "ThE EcOnOmiST" Johnson

[@realCharAznable]

And yet the public absolutely loves him. I swear Tory enthusiasts have full blown Stockholm's syndrome at this point.

[@bullrider9617]

How is it crashing economy ?? There is shortage pf drivera means there are so many jobs available!! Isnt that a great thing ? Workers can always be hired from overseas whenever needed !!

[@domefford864]

We have the strongest economy in Europe. A record amount of job vacancies and wages rising at record levels

[@domefford864]

@James Cooper really? Are you a member of momentum? How many spliffs do you smoke a day?

[@Stefan_Dahn]

@@domefford864 🤣🤣🤣🤣🍿🍿🍿

[@RD-wg2nt]

There’s ultimately a cost associated with decisions based on xenophobia / racism. The EU is worlds biggest free trading bloc, and the UK in its delusions of grandeur has decided to cut ties with it. Utter madness.

[@cheeseburger12]

You sound like the people in the US that have no problem with illegal immigration from Mexico but we'll do everything they can to keep people fleeing from the press of Cuban government out of the country. Anyone that cries about racism is unworthy of bring taken seriously.

[@RD-wg2nt]

@Leroy Jenkins Alpha All those reasons have been debunked haven’t they?

[@RD-wg2nt]

@Leroy Jenkins Alpha What laws did you have a problem with then?

[@googleuser4467]

Jon worth journalism and reporting was a breath of fresh air. Please make him a regular analyst on your show.

[@bjrnhjortshjandersen1286]

Wealthy people do live in a different world.....so the very British upper levels of society really may not know how Britain did function.

[@myleshagar9722]

It is the same in every Anglo country. They do not even know how to buy and boil an egg.

[@grim5931]

At least they are not hungry like mexico paanama costa rica high inflation the basic basket this face there are no jobs if you do not have studies you are dead. die of hunger the best species the united kingdom to germany these heavy a lot of hunger in life Argentina brazil is starving high crimes covi19 it is true in guatemala there are no vaccines not vaccinated lives the economy fell into the deep health health crisis

[@antred11]

@@grim5931 That gibberish is basically unreadable.

[@openlifestyle4198]

@@grim5931 H. H. H. H h h h. H he hh. H h hhhh hh h hh hh h.

[@openlifestyle4198]

@@myleshagar9722 b. B. H. H h

[@TheEvertw]

"To train HGV drivers takes months." Correction: to train *an* HGV driver takes months. To train 100,000 of them is going to take decades.

[@davidlynch9049]

@@Gary-bz1rf This is nonsense. With a 3 month temporary visa, you are not attracting any drivers who have fled back to the EU. And the government has announced that they have only attracted just over 20 drivers. 🙄 And, yes, it will take years to train up new drivers. The idea that the government is desperate enough to send letters to people who either haven't driven a lorry in years, or have never driven one (hello, you Germans), shows their incompetence and poor planning.

[@scottmcmahon86]

@@Gary-bz1rf Really? So, where are they...? Are they just making like The Eternals from the Marvel films and waiting for the really BIG bad situation to come...?

[@tomasoionnaigh4855]

I KNOW AS I AM A TRUCK DRIVER

[@kensimdall705]

Not really ... you wouldnt train them one at a time would you ?

[@ricktownhill494]

Took me 5 days, thanks.

[@fabiesque]

It's true about the shelves!!! At Tesco and Sainsbury's.....I was shocked!

[@HermanWillems]

As a mainlander! Glad there is enough popcorn in my supermarket brought by great east european member friends to our supermarkets! Damn im enjoying this popcorn alot with all the UK drama. One thing is sure, the UK doesn't get bored!!!!

[@garrywillits8025]

The tories said at their conference that they wanted to be high wage - high skills economy. Meanwhile Tesla, Intel and ARM have decided not to consider the UK for new manufacturing locations because of brexit and are moving to EU instead. Oops.

[@rufanuf1]

Yes of course no point in expecting to get a slice of the protection racket business from outside of it. Once the UK gets a decent leader they will ensure that these companies cannot sell into UK from inside Europe too.

[@shelleyphilcox4743]

@Garry Willits How is the construction of the Tesla battery facility going now? Very well as I understand it. Shame theres been a big holdup on granting the necessary permissions to get started on production though. No doubt it will find it's way through the bureaucracy soon.

[@sunnohh]

@@rufanuf1 roflcopter

[@rufanuf1]

@@sunnohh Agreed

[@laurencefox5884]

@@shelleyphilcox4743 It will...and it won't be in the UK :)

[@shaheen7995]

It's getting even messier than Boris's hair.

[@MichaelBillerbeck]

😂

[@mapletibits6372]

touche!

[@AngelsOfAresED]

Well, Boris's hair is by design. These disasters are the opposite. They're winging it..

[@crystaleyes4288]

🤣

[@bimmerfan2126]

at least we got rid of Trump after 4 years, UK bought the clown show for decades

[@SentimentalSleeper]

Over reacting. I'm British, no shortage of food. No shortage of fuel.

[@Asham00777]

I was going to be immigrant doctor in uk 2 years back.but due to covid regulation of uk,Even if i was vaccinated, i couldn’t enter the Uk. Now although it is now opening i have to go through all sorts of regulations and waiting for nearly 2 months for visa.Also spending like crazy for a temporary staying in Uk for my Last registration exam. It is frustrating.

[@george4vIogging]

Elect a clown and get a Circus !

[@madyella-Ge]

🤣🤣🤣

[@pestleandmortarr]

yep, the best sum up of it

[@cindz4618]

The worst thing is that in fact Boris Johnson was not elected by the population, he was chosen by his party to replace Teresa May. The same thing however with a harder Brexit line. As an ex British citizen who has now changed nationality as I live in Europe and was not allowed to vote in the Brexit referendum, this infuriates and saddens me. The stupidity and lack of foresight of Brexiteers...

[@george4vIogging]

@@cindz4618 He was elected in the 2019 Election.

[@bumblingborisbuffoon6259]

I hear Bojo the clown hangs out in Piccadilly!

[@icommentalots]

UK: having a normal day in 2016 Brexiteers: *this is unacceptable*

[@cris-vv1pn]

And it's going to get worse

[@bongeyedbill9355]

It will get worse if you tits don't stop causing trouble and making brexit as hard as possible. Believe in democracy. Get behind your country and make Britain great again.

[@cris-vv1pn]

@@bongeyedbill9355 it's call freedom of speech Britx was doomed to fail from the start all the expert's were saying it they were right

[@CitroTeam]

@@bongeyedbill9355 Make the UK big again? Only within the EU. That's how they became great. But it seems they forgot to reread the story before voting in the referendum. They were blinded by greed and racist sentiment.

[@antifa8907]

@@bongeyedbill9355 yes lets go fill our car tank with Nigel Farage sovereignty

[@RyanA94]

this video isn't telling the whole truth, i'm from the UK and i haven't seen any empty shelfs?? life hasn't changed at all... and the petrol station situation is because of the media telling people we have a fuel shortage when actually we didn't so people went out and bought like crazy lol...........

[@tubetiz]

As a man living in UK, can say nothing is spiraling in chaos. Been working all the time since the covid started, finally got a payrise.🤔

[@staciamj1]

"Get out of our country". "Just kidding , come back".

[@alawton4427]

😂😂😂

[@domefford864]

We have the most diverse population in Europe, we don’t kick anyone out. We will have a points based migration system that’s fair to all nationalities. We also have the highest number of Europeans living in the uk compared to any Eu country.

[@lakelife8757]

I live in SE London and the 3 closest gas stations to my house had no fuel to sell this morning! So it is not fixed.

[@mirianakovachevic748]

It happened in Yugoslavia before it collapsed.

[@jjefferyworboys8138]

My local garage has plenty, so its very localised.

[@JHatLpool]

@@jjefferyworboys8138 Do you live in Northern Ireland, Jeff ?

[@JesseTorres305]

It's possible that the government wants this mess, to avoid other EU Exits

[@mercoid]

Sort of a.., “See what happens?” Maybe.

[@jackf1841]

I just hope we on the continent will have enough popcorn for the holiday season at the end of december! 🤗🥳🍿

[@DrumToTheBassWoop]

The DW has become the new BBC for me, the irony. I'm watching a foreign news outlet for my local news.

[@MakeSomeNoiseAgencyPlaylists]

We are still all Europeans, my dear English neighbor. Greetings from Germany🤍

[@Graphicxtras1]

Best news channel around, have always enjoyed DW. Sadly, can't bear watching BBC news now

[@Eyyoh755]

You're welcome!

[@Steeler-wg5zo]

@@nickbrown6457 utter BS!

[@generalkhalid1192]

@@nickbrown6457 the irony of calling a german channel anti-white 🤣

[@alanritchie8890]

Leaving the EU in order to protect a few tax avoiding billionaires from the impending EU disclosure legislation makes for great reality TV! People are obviously enjoying the drama of revisiting our glorious past.

[@smith5796]

This is the real reason for Brexit.

[@mbpeg7]

Alan you hit the nail right on ----- Britain is as corrupt as the most corrupt African state ----- and they want to stay that way.

[@nemanjacvjetkovic5583]

@@smith5796 nah other EU leaders are also avoiding taxes soo....its probably not for that

[@Aguijon1982]

Some in Britain always wanted to be unique. Well, now they can be unique by paying more expensive petrol.

[@JustinLetandre]

Im candian, and i know brexit was the best move for that country.

[@sarahz1957]

I voted remain in EU it was the sensible thing to do.

[@mapletibits6372]

Brexit was the thing that started everything down the spiral for me...and then Trump, and then now...

[@Cleopatra1233]

@@mapletibits6372 Brexit caused all this mess. Johnson is looking at the other way and distracting people clowning them away.

[@lesp315]

@@mapletibits6372 Trump is gone you should do great now.

[@Graphicxtras1]

Likewise !!

[@bongeyedbill9355]

You have to ask ones self. What is sensible to one person may not seem sensible to another. That's democracy for ya. Now Stop moaning , stop talking Britain down and get behind brexit future. They won, now get amongst it and let's all make Britain great again!!!!

[@Jack2200]

It's funny that Polish drivers driving a 50 tonne truck through the narrow British roads are considered "low-skill" workers, but the ability of posting debits and credits on a laptop while putting polish on your nails is a high-skilled labor.

[@cy-one]

"Skill" in this sense just means education level. Is it a weird word to use in that circumstance? Sure. Is it the term that has been used for ages in that circumstance? Also sure. Don't get someone else's panties in a twist over the usage of a word.

[@pinknotthebarbie]

As a uk resident it feels like it, but every year the tories remain in power I feel more hopeless 😔 not just for me but for families and low income and the vulnerable made to feel like scroungers

[@kieransavage3835]

Jobs are getting scarcer.A big change in society should be anticipated,money is fiction.

[@shortbuslife3440]

Only in London is there a problem, not the rest of the country there is plenty of fuel and panic buying was the biggest problem caused by the news papers. Also most truck drivers can't drive fuel tankers as it requires an ADR licence!

[@claudermiller]

The mere fact that your military is delivering petrol shows things are out of control. That's not a normal situation.

[@thePronto]

If petrol is in short supply, then the lorry drivers who are trying to make deliveries cannot. Magically add 100,000 lorry drivers and you change a downward spiral into a vicious cycle.

[@linsayspence7070]

There is nothing normal about the UK , and there hasn't been for a long time .

[@RichMcc]

@@linsayspence7070 absolutly

[@adkc19]

don't believe all the hype, even if it suits your agenda

[@sarahann530]

@@thePronto Why is petrol in short supply in the UK?

[@julienrocher1]

If I was an EU truck driver, I would resist any work that meant sitting in long queues with horrible conditions at Dover/ Calais or any other crossing. Secondly driving a HGV requires significant skills. So they are definitely not unskilled.

[@COPKALA]

Usually skilled is synonym of higher education (Lawyer/Engineer/Scientist/Medical Doctor)...

[@davidrichardson5482]

They get paid more than solicitors.

[@kinngrimm]

@@COPKALA and yet in comparison we all would survive without lawyers longer than without truck drivers

[@CaptWesStarwind]

@@kinngrimm well said, sir. Well said.

[@PurityVendetta]

The horrible conditions are here in the UK. Europe bothered to invest in services for truck drivers and, when I lived in Germany I noticed that their rail freight system was pretty much integrated with road haulage. I wouldn't say driving a truck took a huge skill set but it's definitely a tedious and thankless job. The situation in the UK is in many ways due to it's isolationist policies stretching way back and an delusional sense of exceptionalism. Things in gruel Britannia will only get worse now. And, remember, the people who fed you the lies, put the UK into this state hold all british workers in utter contempt. Don't believe me, read their pamphlet 'Britannia unchained'.

[@oexw4884]

Love seeing cause and effect on a large scale hahaha

[@ThatsMe1010]

Most care assistants in care homes are on the minimum wage. It's criminal what they are paid and there are much more severe shortages of staff since Brexit, and yet no wage rises for them

[@julianlee4768]

When u vote for a spin master to lead your country, everything gets spin!

[@Oyzatt]

🤣🤣🤣😹

[@hamzai204]

Gets ‘spun’. :)

[@BreadWinner330]

Funny coz "Spinner" means "nutter" in German

[@truthbeckons6053]

Everything is getting blamed on Brexit while overlooking the impact Covid has had on the whole world.

[@catherinemontgomery7130]

@@BreadWinner330 excellent translation and in this case completely true

[@ArtU4All]

Dang!!! NOW Brits are learning who the ESSENTIAL workers are. All the politicians are still in their chairs, but not the common-man’s food and fuel in their baskets and tanks.

[@juliefoster4648]

Gov wouldn’t pay the wages to our drivers but as they could get cheap labour they didn’t give a fig. Gov lazy greedy and corrupt may be a reason the county is so bad. They have built 4 new prison five more to go with Crematoriums! 🇬🇧

[@Ben-yp9nh]

Everyone is society has a role to play, stop with the essential worker bs.

[@antifazisbonifaz6964]

@@Ben-yp9nh Yes, but there is essential roles and not so essential ones You know? Perhaps politicians like Boris Johnson are totally disposable and unessential people. At least is what i think

[@katherinew2189]

Many of us are essential workers ourselves and worked happily alongside people from the rest of Europe and voted to Remain in the EU accordingly. In the U.K. it currently feels as though we’re being held hostage by the anti EU mob and their leaders.

[@christinequinn5355]

@@antifazisbonifaz6964 I agree. Politicians may at some point in history have had extensive knowledge of such things as economics, infrastructure, ethics, responsibility to the citizenry, true representative democracy, diplomacy and a slew of other " essential skills". However, for many decades our "professional politicians" have no such skills or knowledge. In fact, the have become the most annoying, destructive, non productive, unskilled charlatans in the country. They have also become the most easily replaceable "workers" in our society.

[@alexbepswa2012]

Yes definitely… Chaos is exactly what it is. Plus, in a typical British fashion people are working very hard to protect their precious entitlement to confuse ignorance for patriotism. &-then-some…

[@nancydrew1882]

Couldn’t they have seen this coming?!

[@jon780249]

Spiralling into chaos? It already is in chaos.

[@csking6377]

Not yet. There is worse to come.

[@indogoUI]

When you have a clown at the wheel it's always going to end up being a joke

[@Conservator.]

When you vote for a clown, expect a circus.

[@maximusasauluk7359]

The UK is the US of Europe, change my mind. Even their prime minister acts and LOOKS like Trump lmaoo

[@patrickmccutcheon9361]

@@maximusasauluk7359 Trump once called him ‘Britain Trump’.

[@maximusasauluk7359]

@no step on snek! Russia is the dump of Europe, UK is not as bad.

[@warcry4380]

LOL MUH DRUMPF, MUH BREGGSIT Nevermind E10 fuel experiments and nevermind 500k people joining the tiny island per year for the past 40 years.

[@stevenhaas9622]

Anyone who thinks it only take a few months to train a lorry driver doesn't;t have the first clue what they are talking. It may only take a few months to get someone through the licensing process but that in no way makes for a safe "trained" driver.

[@SuperDanielHUN]

The UK is like that ex that sends you pictures of her new meth-head boyfriend, desperately wanting acknowledgement that she chose the better option.

[@michaels7258]

Brexit turned out to be a bad idea? Who could have possibly foreseen that?!

[@MakeSomeNoiseAgencyPlaylists]

right wing people are funny......always wrong decisions.....😂

[@bongeyedbill9355]

@@MakeSomeNoiseAgencyPlaylists yea and the left always make the right decisions 😄😅😂 What a tool! !!!

[@johnrobertmartyn5040]

I do.

[@abmong]

This is Madness? THIS IS BRITAIN!!! Brexiter kicks himself into a hole… 🇬🇧

[@Oyzatt]

Sometimes the best intentions doesn't lead us where we want to go

[@bobrobertson9547]

Ask yourself how it happened though? No sensible EU debate. The media pedalling leave constantly. Farage et al embarrassing themselves in the EU parliament and exploiting democracy; a right they now don’t want you and me to have.

[@abmong]

@@bobrobertson9547 delusional superiority complex is how it happened.

[@thePronto]

"Welcome to the house of fun"

[@BeautifulEarthJa]

@Harry Haller lol. Rules like treating workers right ok.

[@IntyMichael]

UK: finally we can do trade agreements with whoever we want...like Canada. EU: but we had that already!

[@kensimdall705]

That took the EU just 8 Years to negotiate !! :)

[@IntyMichael]

@@kensimdall705 and it works

[@kensimdall705]

@@IntyMichael really ?? Im not sure the Canadians agree. The UK has signed more trade deals in the last 18 months than the EU in 10 years. Fastest growing economy in the G7 (3% higher growth than the EU) and lowest unemployment figures in 58 years !! All good in the UK.

[@hunsey]

if we have a high wage, high tech workforce, who will flip the burgers and sweep the streets

[@elviearasol5198]

hahaha that's what you get through your anti immigration policy, UK

[@maxharbig1167]

Plan and Johnson in the same sentence is an oxymoron.

[@rwksasc]

Boris: don’t ask me to plan. I don’t even comb my hair.

[@gauloiseguy]

Well, he probably has plans. They just don't include the electorate.

[@bumblingborisbuffoon6259]

He planned a holiday straight after his tiresome speech at the Tory party conference.

[@MargotDobbie]

I live in the UK and its going great for me....

[@obiwanskywalker2000]

Nah!!! I live here and I go to the supermarkets and no shortages... some say there are some empty shelves, but I haven't seen any. There was a petrol shortage for 2 weeks which was an inconvenience for me but that was panic buying. Sliding into chaos... BS reporting.