Is Brexit causing food and medicine supply problems in the UK? - BBC News

Britain is currently facing a shortage of lorry drivers, resulting in widespread supply chain issues, which have hit a range of sectors including food, drink and medicines.
The BBC's Ros Atkins looks at the HGV worker shortage and whether Brexit is to blame.
As he puts it: "Brexit is not the primary cause of the initial drop in numbers, but Brexit has complicated how the UK handles this shock."
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[@Anotherandoman93]

They're blaming covid? 😂 There's covid all around Europe and no food shortages they're playing you like fools.

[@ape72patch1]

Everyone knows what’s happening… the only fools are people who believe BBC reports.

[@jimpickins7900]

yeah germany, poland and UK are going to have to think of a way to get more people into lorry driving

[@Anotherandoman93]

@@ape72patch1 oh yes, I'm sure you know better than the BBC lol

[@ape72patch1]

@@Anotherandoman93 for sure!

[@alexander92179]

Yes there are. These segments of the BBC are normally pretty well balanced..

[@Onajourney519]

For all the brits who thought ' they're taking our jobs!'

[@ha8236]

Haha just said the same to my partner, those that constantly protest about foreigners taking their job's, should step up now.

[@Furious703]

Uk: they're taking our jobs!! Yes mate, with your single GCSE and 2 teeth, kalid the neuro surgen took your job.

[@Ukfairgrounds]

@@Furious703 uk has the 5th best. Dental care in the World

[@Furious703]

@@Ukfairgrounds ok!!....I'm lost.🤦‍♂️

[@ar2042]

@@Furious703 They have an inferiority complex about their teeth, because of the historic stereotype of English people having horrible teeth and dental hygiene

[@thatonekidonaboat1269]

who would of guessed that stopping a trade agreement would stop... trade

[@aryaaswale7316]

exactly! (insert super surprised Pikachu face)

[@qataribananahamock1495]

"It’s not because of brexit, it’s not because of brexit, this isn’t our fault" 🎵 🎶

[@aryaaswale7316]

@@qataribananahamock1495 wut?

[@manta567]

*would've

[@abbyalphonse499]

@@aryaaswale7316 He's making a reference to Spitting Image

[@johnhopkins6260]

Poland here: everything hunky-dorey... grocery store shelves are full... gas station pumps up and running 100%

[@happydays3678]

Well...aren't you the lucky ones?

[@CosmicValkyrie]

@@happydays3678 They're normal.

[@junkmail6206]

@@happydays3678 it's the same in the rest of Europe, no supplies issues, only the UK has problems.

[@senantiasa]

@@junkmail6206 I'm from Indonesia. Two months ago, we had the highest covid infection & death rate in the world, but to this day we've had no shortages of anything in any sector whatsoever... Our economy is now getting better because covid number is low again and restrictions have been relaxed..

[@junkmail6206]

@@senantiasa My point exactly, thank you Kaluq. Only the UK suffers this plague due to Brexit, no one wants to go there to work anymore, they can find good work with no need for VISA's anywhere in Europe.

[@MrLoobu]

I can drive, but I cant sit in my truck for 10 hours at the border waiting for government to stop being stupid.

[@theirishempire4952]

Is driving a truck for more than 10 hours even legal?

[@hfricke2661]

10 hours - you must be kidding, looks like 10 more month or maybe years until westminster realises that Brexit was shit and uturns

[@AthelstanEngland]

French government...

[@henrydemonfreid1985]

you're saying it is brexit?

[@juerstillburns4388]

There is just one stupid government… that’s UK

[@CatatonicImperfect]

look at all that sovereignty

[@smithgrace4384]

Hello handsome

[@CatatonicImperfect]

@@smithgrace4384 mom! you're embarrassing me.

[@guleiro]

Indeed 🤣🤣🤣... Hope they can eat it 🤣🤣

[@smithgrace4384]

Where else can we chat

[@CatatonicImperfect]

@@smithgrace4384 yay, i found a friend who wants to chat! i don't even care that you're a bot. some of my best friends are computers.

[@Hiznogood]

Swede here, no shortage of food and no problem getting overnight shipping. The problem is the increased container freight costs and a shortage of computer parts due to the backlog in Asia’s chip manufacturing, but those are global problems. I wonder if much of the problem UK has is the wasted time in customs? That must bind up a lot of time for the lorry drivers, especially when you already had to few drivers to begin with. Well that’s the price for leaving the single market I guess?

[@Dimension2364]

Greetings from Germany 😊 it‘s the same situation here: As a consumer i have experienced no shortages what so ever (exept for printers one time) and shipping (also overnight shipping) works fine… that is, unless I want to send something to the UK - or worse: Order something from the UK. 😱 that takes forever! I also think this is because of the paperwork and bureaucracy at the borders 🙊

[@XavierAway]

It’s not the price of leaving the single market and it doesn’t make sense to blame the shortage of drivers on Brexit, it’s all because the working conditions and pay is not good enough for HGV drivers simple as that. The single market has nothing to do with this issue.

[@minb3850]

As I say time and time again. You get what you vote for.

[@alexander92179]

This issue was brewing for a long time

[@jamesan2517]

Perhaps foreign drivers don't mind being shit upon but I totally support the drivers in the UK. They are being shit upon by all main stream companies contracting out.

[@alexander92179]

@@jamesan2517 native HGV drivers have been hammered for nearly two decades as a result of cheap foreign labour driving down wages for the lowest paid.

[@nigelbrown8319]

Bullshit comment

[@alexrose9507]

It's at times like these in democracy, where democracy starts to break down and stops working. Because democracy relies on a large majority vote on whome they chose or what they chose. But the problem with Brexit is that the vote was 52% to 48%, which is not a huge majority. And it's at times like these where democracy is not the most efficent system. So to answer this comment which is ridiculous, almost half the country did not what Brexit meaning half the country did not want this to go forward, meaning half the country should not be getting what "we" voted for.

[@zakmanseur6681]

I can't stop laughing they said we don't need immigrants

[@slavenrasic2173]

If you don't want to reproduce then you need to import people

[@D-A-A-]

I'll just add to the original comment. We don't need illegal immigrants therefore leaving the eu meant the eu didn't make us take them in, them being the illegals. Yet even though we're out of eu our gov still takes immigrants in so your comment is stupid, yoy act like every immigrants that come over here has been shipped back home, clearly don't live in the real world or even work or you'd know there is still plenty of immigrants still in the UK working just this one industry that has took a hit, then had affects on other industries got nothing to do with immigrants

[@edwardvalivonis23]

There is plenty immigrants in politics: Boris, Rishi, Pretty all of them are immigrants

[@alelectric2767]

@@slavenrasic2173 They’re reproducing to many people who don’t want to work. There are what, 55 million people on an island and that’s not enough? Yer kiddin.

[@slavenrasic2173]

@@alelectric2767 Social benefits

[@markot4627]

I live in Finland and I have not seen empty shelves here. The coronavirus is not to blame, it must be brexit that is causing the shortages of goods in UK.

[@jimpickins7900]

yeah the report map showed finland is fine, european countries with the biggest shrotages is germany 3rd Uk 2nd Poland 1st

[@romanjimenezgil]

The same in Spain

[@donaldmeulemans6458]

@@jimpickins7900 I assure you, there are nowhere any shortages in food etc here in germany.

[@jimpickins7900]

@@donaldmeulemans6458 a good to hear, same in UK, think the news might be trying to get us all panicking

[@ThorDyrden]

@@jimpickins7900 Germany and Poland are short on HGV drivers (counting the open position I guess)... but we definately have no supply-shortage here - except the worldwide shortage in IT- & bike-parts of course. The last empty shelves I saw where beginning of the pandemic where there should have been toilet-paper ;-)

[@ehteshamsajed8244]

Germany third on driver shortage: Ok, I do not see any empty shelves on grocery shop or long queue in front of refuelling pumps. Thank you.

[@bokhans]

Petrol shortage in only two countries, Lebanon and the U.K. Lebanon is in free fall, how about the U.K.?

[@anetapostek9833]

Polish shelves are perfectly fine. Another information manipulation.

[@davidgreen6490]

Not true. Polish are showing supply shortages right now. The reason that this is such a disaster on the continent is that they have not even realised that FOM is the problem yet! The UK has stopped it now and so after these few short term problems we will never see it again at the cost of 40,000 homegrown drivers. By the time the EU finally abandon FOM they could be up to a million drivers! They are already short by 400,000.

[@MaximDL1410]

Facts 👏😎😉

[@milanm403]

@@davidgreen6490 Little eng. moron. Where did you get that information? DM? The Sun? Pathetic little idiots. There is still more to come.

[@davidgreen6490]

@@milanm403 Are you a racist?

[@Mr11ESSE111]

In Kenya shelves are full too

[@hannofranz7973]

If It was down to Covid, the EU ( and basically the whole world ) would have the same problems with shortages. That's not the case. It's a very British problem.

[@hannofranz7973]

@Dr fraudxchio And the magical variant bus I see your irony. Great comment.

[@ezrazonable4992]

Then it's a combination of brexit and corona.

[@alexander92179]

Um yes it is down to covid too at least. Not just in the EU, but in the USA, they have had to hire drivers from South Africa to deal with their shortages, so they do indeed exist elsewhere..

[@buk3695]

@@alexander92179 most transport companies have offices in Eastern europe and operations across west , including uk. most of polands 120k deficit are actually needed in uk , not in poland. welcome to reality. :D

[@alexander92179]

@@buk3695 because our shortages of HGV drivers have been growing for a while long before Brexit. What I stated about the US and other countries is a fact. Imagine them having to employ drivers from South Africa..

[@froggydoggy8758]

Don’t worry guys. Boris assured everyone that everything will be fine.

[@alexander92179]

And global government assures us all that we will own nothing and be happy..

[@FinancialHealth-ku1ry]

And you Brits voted for his Government.

[@alexander92179]

@@FinancialHealth-ku1ry Cause the alternative was even worse. Our political system basically forces us to choose the best of a bad bunch..

[@froggydoggy8758]

@@FinancialHealth-ku1ry I imagine those who voted Boris in didn’t realise he was a proven lier. The media backed the Tories as Corbyn wanted to help the poor and big business couldn’t stand it.

[@froggydoggy8758]

@@alexander92179 Obviously it wasn’t

[@amcmc4641]

Here in Spain shelves are perfectly fine and also our petrol stations. No problem :))

[@conchclub7097]

How about Gibraltar are there shelves okay :)

[@guntherjosef5359]

In germany too

[@kevinperera1320]

@@conchclub7097 only shortages on british shops like morrisons ,spanish brand shops have no problems in Gibraltar

[@conchclub7097]

@@kevinperera1320 awesome love Gibraltar

[@creatineenjoyer7345]

In Austria everything is full

[@TheJustLotta]

Apparently, the shortage of drivers affects Poland most. However, I have moved back here last year (after 10 years in the UK) and never experienced an empty shelf in a larger supermarket, corner/convenience shop or even farmers maret!

[@Marcusjnmc]

they're not the most affected, they have the biggest shortage of HGV drivers, it's the difference between problem and impact, Poland is obviously far better insulated against a local shortage of licensed lorry drivers

[@sko1beer]

after watching boris lie to the public on the national news 2 nights ago its now beyond scary he came out with some bullcrap that the driver shortage is international and that even mainland china is short on drivers why is no one calling him out thats a complement lie

[@Marcusjnmc]

@@sko1beer it's true, less people want to be long distance lorry drivers right now & far fewer people have been tested to become them in addition to that, it's a natural and extremely obvious outcome of the pandemic , and as such it would be more surprising if it Was a localized occurance the UK may be the place most impacted by that though, made worse by existing shortfalls/over reliance on outsourcing/increased isolation/less redundancy, & even though it's true it's still an excuse , the issues here are bigger* and it's the governments responsibility to address those issues, not make excuses *possible exception of the US , they're having similar issues across a lot of sectors involving less pleasant jobs right now & ik driver shortages created issues for them earlier, I don't know what the current situation is there though, haven't bothered to check

[@poorboybmx2511]

I used to drive HGV, the arse fell out of driving in the mid nineties, all the companies started using contractors like Wincanton who cut costs mainly by reducing drivers wages, that coupled with the crap conditions, no where to park, no where to shower etc. Absolute rubbish job, hats off to all who drive these days.

[@Muppet.master]

I had an amaco 202 with skyway mags in chrome and red with beartrap pedles ... just sayin !!!!! 🃏

[@manuelromeroarcos8160]

Smooooooookeeeeeeeeeee British ja ja ja ja ja ja ja ja ja ja

[@PhilipMatthewsPAEACP]

Its like they are employing people to use them as slaves! But thats just silly, if they could afford to pay decent wages they would! hang on, someone told me that Amazon could afford to give their employee's a 120k bonus for a 6 month period. But that must not be true as that would just be evil they must be paying slave wages and working them like dogs because they would not make any money and that would put them all out of work! There is truth in this statement somewhere! Anyone not brainwashed to the point of not seeing it! If you can see they are using us as slaves click on like! kzbin.info/www/bejne/r6PYeYSHit1sptk

[@sebastianguerre6868]

I was the driver for an agency 20 + years ago. Very low wages treated very badly never know when you're going to be home. And then comes out the old cliche 'British people don't want to do this kind of work'. The market rate for an HGV driver is the rate at which people will apply for the jobs. If you look at the sex industry, people will do anything if the money's right.

[@PhilipMatthewsPAEACP]

@@sebastianguerre6868 what?

[@theyatter]

Doesn't really matter whether it's Covid or Brexit-related given that the UK gov hasn't got a clue how to deal with either

[@tobybaker5187]

Nail on head

[@bryanmoyna9715]

Best response.

[@solomonokoli212]

This gov hasn't got a clue on how to deal with anything, really.

[@les2169]

As an immigrant from Eastern Europe to this this country, I am very confused. First people voted against foreign accents and foreign faces spoiling their beautiful town centres and they want to do the same mistake and let more people in ? For the sake of these poor people who would ever consider coming to this country I must say is a very bad idea . England is not ready for any immigration, the country is intolerant and frankly bigoted. People who come here to work hard in any sector will be vilified again , abused and treated like job thieves . Without a proper effort from the government to introduce programs to improve education on benefits of immigration and on diversity, this is going to be a disaster for these poor people who come here. But even with the efforts this will take probably a generation . The problem has to be solved internally in England . Scotland potentially as the nationalism is much less prominent there but England and especially northern England has to train nurses , drivers, cleaners and waiters and cannot expose new immigrants to the same old abuse .

[@billylardner]

The brexit vote wasn’t about foreign people for many voters. The EU is undemocratic and costs the UK money. It restricts trade and introduces regulation the UK government has no say over. These are valid reasons to leave and they are why I supported the brexit campaign. Have you not found the UK tolerant and accepting? I’m sorry if you’ve ever been disrespected because of where you are from or what your accent is like. That’s not fair and I’d expect most Brits would agree.

[@les2169]

@@billylardner This is typical denial . Brexit was only about immigration and foreigners . It is absolutely fine btw as it is a democratic choice . But since it was in uncomfortable truth for some , it was painful to watch like people did not want to admit it and were trying to navigate through it with nonsense about taking control back and EU pushing laws on uk etc. - I have never heard anyone able to give any examples of what they mean actually . I have seen the survey result somewhere that showed that if the question was asked directly about immigration , 80% of people would vote against it . So let’s be adults and let’s just admit it . I agree that for small minority ( like yourself ) mostly better educated people from bigger cities it was not about immigration but it does not change anything . Now The same way like everyone was in denial about the Brexit root cause , now no one wants to admit that labour shortages are caused by Brexit . But uk should resist the temptation and just stick with isolating itself as people are not ready for it. It is a bit strange to me as millions of British people live in Europe but somehow don’t like people coming to their country - but it is what it is and should be accepted

[@billylardner]

@@les2169 It wasn't only about immigration. I know many people who supported Brexit for other reasons, although I can't deny that lots had a bigoted "keep them out" attitude. When I label the EU as undemocratic, this is referring to the presidents that are unelected by EU citizens. As for regulation introduced, one example is the controversial article 13 (which the UK now has chosen not to implement). Looking at stats from "British social attitudes", "73% of those who are worried about immigration voted Leave, compared with 36% of those who did not identify this as a concern". Although it was the reason for how many voted the way they did, it wasn't the reason for a significant minority. We're not all xenophobic. As for the HGV driver shortage, I think Brexit made a bad situation worse. With long hours, low pay, and a pandemic, a significant amount of drivers wanted to go home and be with their families. I'll admit that additional border checks and difficulty recruiting from European countries hasn't helped at all, which is a consequence of Brexit. I'm hoping the government can do something to fix this. I doubt this is a long term issue.

[@gazpf]

@@billylardner Ah man, you really have got your head buried in the sand, it was completely about racism, the whole vote was. There is no other sane reason to leave the biggest trading block in the world that is our immediate neighbours. Many of the biggest EU laws were brought about by the UK with us being the country with the most reps in there and having most influence, many of the trading laws now stopping us from trading there were actually brought in as our ideas and are now doing the exact job they were intended to do. We had a brilliant deal with being in the EEC as the 7th member i think, speaking off which where is the 350 million Boris promised us back every week if we left? It is costing our country so much money now that we have left and we had excellent value for what we where putting in to it. Why did you vote to leave then if it wasn't to get the eastern europeans out or to stop the refugees coming in? Was it for the food shortages, the medical supply shortages, to finish many industries off such as fishing, farming, or one of many others, was it to get the financial sector to move to the netherlands and germany, to lose your right to roam for as long as you wanted, to not to be allowed to work or live in europe freely, to have the uk govt drop the EC safety mark on goods and not be allowed to sell them in the UK from next year and vice versa on products made here as they will no longer carry the EC, to lose billions and billions every year in grants for community projects that will now just be forgotten about, there are so many things that leaving the EU has and is currently doing and will continue to do so for many years to come the are going to completely destroy the UK, and its all the doing of the leave voters. I am actually leaving, i've bought land and a house in the philippines and when i leave i will never return. Also i had 2 businesses which had to finish overnight when Brexit was implemented as i worked in EU but lived in the UK, both of them are over now and the 2 people that worked for me on 1 of them are both now on Universal credit as i am until i leave for The Philippines, a country that welcomes foreigners to live, they are so happy that you cjopose there country to live in and you only have to get a visa once every 3 years, leave for 24 hours go back and get another 3 year visa. It was a racist vote was Brexit and no other reason at all, as i have yet to see one as i am yet too see one benefit from leaving the EU only bad things and there are 100s of them.

[@slavenrasic2173]

I somehow doubt you are an Eastern European immigrant hahahahaha

[@fischka100]

You voted for this, people!!! Happy Brexit !!

[@AnonYmous17]

best comment here. :D

[@jamesr2888]

Ya, keep drinking the Kool-Aid.

[@AnonYmous17]

@@kevinb8558 masters of disaster 😂

[@Jennifer-1724]

Basically the same thing happening here in USA ironically 🤔

[@tobybaker5187]

@@kevinb8558 Another in denial. You've been mugged off mate. Face it.

[@zahla1447]

If only Brexiteers were warned about supply chain disruptions, if only…

[@alexander92179]

Which for the most part at least isn't caused by Brexit.

[@zahla1447]

@@alexander92179 whilst there are other factors Brexit is a factor as well. If you’re in denial that’s your problem we are worse off in many ways and Brexit is definitely a cause with COVID also accelerating it.

[@alexander92179]

@@zahla1447 we aren't worse off. Teething problems are temporary and the problems are only exacerbated cause of constant panic buying.

[@billylardner]

This is down to a pandemic. This is not down to brexit. It is not just the UK with a shortage of drivers. Perhaps brexit exemplified the issue but it did not cause it.

[@jowhatever]

@@alexander92179 you're right. Nothing whatsoever to do with being hostile to foreign nationals in a world dependant on migrant workers. Besides, the unicorns will sort the mess out your mess, do don't you worry your little head!

[@Bolsonaro_em_Haia]

The BBC tries real hard to protect the perception of Brexit as a worthwhile endeavour. It is really a shame.

[@davidrichardson5482]

Not really, it's been quite biased against it. The reality is drivers are working on the continent whilst claiming UK furlough, and now returning to work in the UK.

[@Bolsonaro_em_Haia]

@@davidrichardson5482 That is simply not what facts indicate.

[@davidrichardson5482]

@@Bolsonaro_em_Haia I run the logistics department for the East Midlands for a very large UK supermarket, dealing with 17 haulier companies and personally invoice and deal with each of our roughly 400 drivers daily. What is your counter experience?

[@Bolsonaro_em_Haia]

@@davidrichardson5482 I have watched the Brexit rethoric and its respect for reality, such as it is.

[@davidrichardson5482]

@@Bolsonaro_em_Haia so no evidence or experience then, just hearsay from biased word of mouth.

[@alexrose9507]

Like Donald Tusk said "I've been wondering what the special place in hell looks like for those who promoted brexit without even a sketch of a plan how to carry it safely."

[@How.Dare.You.]

Amen

[@kevwalker5714]

Probably looks better than the shitholes of east europe

[@samfox9008]

Go Brexit! Well done everyone clap clap

[@stephenjon3502]

@@Happy-wb8gi The majority on benefits are those born and bred here, not those from foreign shores as some bullcrap rags would have you believe.

[@mightymqb4800]

@@stephenjon3502 you people are still caught up in benefits nonsense lol

[@stephenjon3502]

@@mightymqb4800 What's " You people " ?

[@stephenjon3502]

@@mightymqb4800 My point being that the vast majority of immigrants that come to the UK come here to work and pay taxes. Unlike my neighbours. Drink, smoke, claim, repeat.

[@mightymqb4800]

@@stephenjon3502 you people commenting, benefits fraud isn't even a drop in the ocean in comparison to corporate tax avoidance, but its mighty useful at breeding hate between the poor, divide and conquer.

[@patrikricci8423]

Never knew that one of the symptoms of coronavirus was lack of labour due to the exit from EU’s free market...must have really mutated to be affecting geopolitics

[@smithgrace4384]

Hello handsome

[@public.public]

You sound confused.

[@the4thindustralrevolutioni159]

Many EU members are also experiencing driver shortages, numbskull.

[@patrikricci8423]

@@the4thindustralrevolutioni159 none of them have shortages of food supplies nor collection of agriculture...and keep that childish vocab to yourself

[@the4thindustralrevolutioni159]

@@patrikricci8423 You tit! Reuters has reported shortages in France, Italy and Poland just in the last month.

[@jetaddicted]

Funny because there are no empty shelves here, on the continent. Yet we do have covid as well. Sorry guys, but that’s Brexit for you.

[@MaximDL1410]

Facts 😉👏😎🙌

[@masteryoda7207]

Almost half of us didn't want this, it was a stupid idea.

[@francescomagnosi3299]

@@masteryoda7207 I'm sorry for you man.

[@sheikhahmed9402]

Ha ha ha We want Brexit, we want migrants to leave, It’s a very British problem

[@tobybaker5187]

So true

[@harrywilliams316]

cause we're knobs

[@lourencofernandes9774]

And we want to keep our British Currency

[@technolocoder2492]

Napoleon's continental plan: failed WW2 German blockade: failed UK: Fine I'll do it myself.

[@technolocoder2492]

@Leroy Jenkins Alpha Germany tried to isolate/starve Britain during WW2 , but it ended with most of its monthly objective not being reached.

[@technolocoder2492]

@Leroy Jenkins Alpha yeah I know, that's why I said most of its monthly objectives are not reached.

[@technolocoder2492]

@Leroy Jenkins Alpha idk, it's just clarification to me, there's nothing to gain at an attempt to outwit somebody. There's nothing even to argue, you and I and everyone knows that Germany is defeated.

[@snufkinmatt162]

This report forgot to mention that Brexit has made the job of HGV driving that more unattractive, being stuck waiting hours or even days to get through customs.

[@apemoon1731]

HGV driving has become unattractive because cheap Eastern European Labour has lowered both pay and conditions.

[@apemoon1731]

@def creator in your narrow mind, maybe.

[@cashkitty3472]

@def creator same is happening on the US most be brexit lol 🤣🤣🤣

[@tomdoyle6030]

I would find a wage increase from £11 to £30 an hour very attractive tbh a big part the issue is drivers that were working 50 or 60 hours a weeks to make a decent wage are finding themselves only really needing to work 20

[@tomdoyle6030]

@MyAqaa yup and it's not just the tests also those that need licenc3s renewed as it has to be signed off in office that was closed throughout the pandemic and now closed for building works

[@ydnallah1541]

The haulage industry is broken, drivers are treated like bits of old machinery, not human beings.

[@TheWebstaff]

All industry is broken, workers are treated like bits of old machinery, not human beings. Ftfy.

[@queenbabylonia4594]

Many years ago lorry drivers were regarded as the ‘knights of the road’ , they would help anyone if they could and they were as knowledgeable as cabbies on roads etc. They would always let you out of turnings, and give you space, drivers were hired by individual companies. Things are drastically different now, and drivers are treated as though they are a lower labour force.

[@gratian2577]

It’s all logistics and warehouses the same . Every department .

[@matt_gates2889]

Yep if every truck driver went on strike everyone would suffer no deliveries no food. Where would the food come from then

[@polonista2965]

Iam on holiday in Poland and i cant see empty shelves and no fuel around country 😂😂😂Good luck brexiters. Time to buy bicycle and plant potatoes 😂😂😂😂

[@jonnilongmire]

That's because you don't have a twisted media like UK, no shortage last month or the month before? Why now?....don't forget your jumper Winters coming !!

[@Whoami691]

I work in retail. I haven't seen empty shelves since the start of the pandemic. But keep believing what they tell you, be a good boy and gobble up all the shlt the shove down your throat...

[@billylardner]

@@Whoami691 Yep, same here, working in Waitrose. We have had less ambient stock than usual and in peak hours a shelf might go empty until the next day or two (whenever we get our next delivery in) but it’s nowhere near as bad as some make it out to be. Maybe it’s worse in specific regions of the UK?

[@prcxiale1124]

@@billylardner well yeah, in sheffield, im not seeing anything, full shelves, maybe the happy north is finally stomping on the crooked teeth faced south, how about that govey

[@azzazz4549]

I already have a bicycle and plant potatoes😞

[@bluebutterfly4594]

So we blaming covid when covid infections have gone down but we managed relatively well when covid was at its peak . And we are supposed to blame covid not brexit. While brexit has made logistics more complicated. Brexit is not still not the reason for our problems 🙄 Sure I can see a lot of people accepting that explanation.

[@tomenglish8330]

An interesting Brexit defence. Interestingly, the EU is also suffering from Covid and many countries (Germany, France, etc.) rely on foreign truck drivers. However, we don't hear anything from these countries about empty supermarket shelves or food having to be destroyed because no one can transport it. This begs the question: Why is that the case here? What is so different? And why do officials say that this problem will continue for at least 1-2 years?

[@naillijseer]

No problems in Europe. It's Brexit.

[@davidrichardson5482]

The reality is that drivers are working on the continent whilst claiming UK furlough and are now returning here to continue work now furlough is ending. Facts help.

[@cplcabs]

Well, there is shortages in the EU, there are also shortages coming worldwide

[@diewilden80er73]

@@cplcabs So tell me pls, where do we have shortages in the EU? I haven't heard of it.

[@cplcabs]

@@diewilden80er73 France, Germany, Italy etc. Just because you haven't heard of it doesn't mean it is not happening. Remember EU MSM likes to show the EU as being fantastic and nothing goes wrong despite the fact that a lot is going wrong in the EU.

[@DMGG22]

And taxes are still going up for us... What was the point of Brexit at all? There's not a single good thing that's come from it

[@reahthorolund8373]

Well having the most authoritarian and retarded response to covid of any European country, enacted by a pseudo-conservative government that doesn't want to actually sort out anything kinda had something to do with it.

[@aliceschmidt-may3905]

Here is a positive outcome, because you asked for it: We do not get presents from my mother-in-law any longer. She lives in the UK, we live in the EU. The customs keeps our presents now :)

[@aryaaswale7316]

look at all that sweet sweet sovereignty will ya? and at all the cards we can play now!

[@reahthorolund8373]

@@aryaaswale7316 What's your point?

[@aryaaswale7316]

@@reahthorolund8373 sarcasm. The conservatives wanted to restore British sovereignty by doing this

[@ivan-Croatian]

When everybody already knows that this UK crisis is caused by Brexit and xenophobia, while one of the biggest news media is wondering "is it the Brexit to blame???" 🤣🤣🤣

[@Keyboardje]

But it's a little step in the right direction. Until now the word "Brexit" was taboo on BBC! Now at least they are saying it and questioning it.

[@harenterberge2632]

BBC stands for Boris Brexit channel

[@dhfconst]

Poland may need drivers, but does it have shortages? ...

[@albertkowalski5629]

Nope. You can buy everything here but prices are higher than before Covid.

[@j.j.1064]

"What has BREXIT ever done for us?" Provide a crash course in slimming?

[@barboralitvanova5111]

😂😂😂

[@britishmgtow7251]

Brexit is a price worth paying

[@simonpeggboard4004]

Ha theres a lot who need it! But on a serious note, no actual food shortages anywhere in UK as far as I've been informed.

[@simonpeggboard4004]

@@britishmgtow7251 Exactly, I'd pay it 1000 times over!

[@britishmgtow7251]

@@simonpeggboard4004 I've seen no shortages I have seen pay rises, increased job opportunities, a booming housing market and high streets emerging with confidence. The remoaners are anti democratic, anti British cowards who would rather see the British people suffer and live in fear than pour doubt on their cult of the EU.

[@Roboticme]

Poland full shelfs, Germany full shelfs, Britain empty why?

[@benjamin2149]

Because of Brexit! But the right wing could of course never admit that. And the discussion about it distracts the people from other stuff like 7,5bn a year extra costs for red tape, or 100m a month for not checking borders, or 1,3 trillion of assets already moved to the EU or car plants relocating if you do not bribe them with 50k per worker. etc etc. The list is long.

[@kevt3318]

They're not.. haven't seen any in the UK Businesses want their cheap labour back. Keep in mind though, even if there was a shortage of food in the U.k, the food variety/brands and choices in the UK are astronomical compared to Poland. So, if we lost 30% of our choices, we'd still have more than Poland. And Poland's population is 20 million less than the U.K.

[@hfricke2661]

because the evel EU has developed a "shelve at night clearing force", that jumps each midnight into GBs shops - not with out remoners help, is to be mentioned - and emptys few shelves here and there, cause as we all now, we in EU are short for collaps, so shelves clearing /piracy is our only way to surwive until we can die in peace after widnessing the glory of Brexit.... and than my alarmclock made noise and another wednsday workday started

[@kevt3318]

@@hfricke2661 You sound as intelligent as your spelling looks.lol

[@rare6499]

The EU economy is facing substantial material shortages across the board. Why?

[@vultan2000]

Saying it’s not all about Brexit. The bottom line is we could have coped better with the other factors without the unnecessary complications from border issues caused by Brexit.

[@alexander92179]

We don't have border checks, so that's irrelevant.

[@Khannea]

When we see all this we here in europe are rolling of our couches in riot, we are laughing SO HARD.

[@milanm403]

To be honest i am happy when i hear news like this from little england.

[@bazza945]

You will miss the annual multi-billions subscription fee from the UK government. Yes, Brexit is a debacle because of stubbornness on both sides. Politicians never solve problems, they only cause them.

[@harenterberge2632]

@@bazza945 The UK wanted out of the EU but still enjoy all the benefits, like wanting out of a marriage but still free access to the house and sleeping over at will. You can call it stubborn of the EU not to agree with that, you can also call it being reasonable.

[@kevwalker5714]

Im glad you are there and not here.

[@goodhuman8879]

Boris Johnson would say " people can get all from Amazon".

[@byrnemeister2008]

Yep, this is giving big companies a big advantage over the small guys and will continue to drive consolidation in retail and other industries.

[@manuelromeroarcos8160]

@@byrnemeister2008 smooooooookeeeeeeeeeee British ja ja ja ja ja ja ja ja ja ja ja ja ja ja ja ja ja ja ja ja ja ja ja ja

[@ANGALROB]

I guess they using there own private company no one else can use

[@PhilipMatthewsPAEACP]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/r6PYeYSHit1sptk

[@Rashed1255]

@@manuelromeroarcos8160 since when did google translate get integrated into YouTubby?

[@deannilvalli6579]

How odd- no shortages of any goods in Poland or Germany. No shops without full shelves....

[@pete_lind]

When there are other ways to transport goods in Europe , one is water ways , a barge can have as much goods on it than 60 HGVs , it uses only 25 % of the fuel than the HGVs would and you need max 10 people to run one barge , 60 HGVs need at least 60 drivers . Poland and Ukraine has a €13 billion project to connect Gdansk to Kherson , Baltic sea to Black sea .

[@moodini99]

Same in this country. Shelves are full

[@davidrichardson5482]

Probably because Germany isn't paying drivers furlough whilst they work in Poland as the UK is doing.

[@cplcabs]

I don’t know where the empty shelves are in the U.K.. I know that there are a shortages of drivers in the EU as well. There will be shortages world wide in the coming months, it has nothing to do with Brexit

[@pete_lind]

@@cplcabs First shops use tricks to hide the shortages , by removing shelves , then you just pack the shelves full of what ever goods you happen to get . KFC has no problem to get chicken in mainland Europe , UK produces more chicken than it consumes and still Nando and KFC had to drop menu items off , when UK cant even deliver good inside the country . The HGV driver shortage in main land Europe does not affect deliveries to shops or other businesses .. Also explanation " I don't need to care if my house is on fire , when also house next to mine is on fire " is a bit stupid , its better to do nothing at that point , right ?

[@TheJosep70]

I'm from shithole Spain and I don't see any shortages here. But hey, Britania still rules the waves, right?

[@Alaschafad]

So many people here are confused why the shortage in poland doesn't affect polish supply chain so much. The sole number of HGV driver vacancies is a bit misleading. A lot of polish drivers/logistics companies service international routes and other EU countries. The growing demand abroad increases the number of vacancies in Poland, but the shortage is distributed across the EU. This is supported by the fact that the number of drivers in Poland is constantly rising. In opposition to the UK where the actual number of drivers decreased. It is the new demand that is outgrowing the current supply, while established supply chains stay intact.

[@alamedadanceparty]

Way to go, guys. You asked for Brexit, now deal with the consequences. I live in the UK and I didn't want this. It was so obvious these (and many other problems) would result.

[@anubisanubis9450]

Yes :( me too.

[@davidgreen6490]

Yes it was obvious that ending FOM would expose just how damaging it was to our economy and thank god we stopped it why our transport problem was only 40,000 drivers! The EU still has not stopped it yet and they have a shortage of 400,000 already! Poland 124,000, Germany 60,000, France 45,000, Italy 15,000, Spain 15,000 etc. By the time they realise FOM is the problem and end it the EU shortfall could be as much as a million drivers!

[@davidgreen6490]

@Jayne Errrr dearest, please turn on the news, CO2 shortages in Germany and empty shelves in Poland, Germany and Belgium reported now. It seems to be fact when it happens in UK but "just numbers" when it happens in Europe. Your desperation to find anything to attack the UK with has unbalanced you people.

[@davidgreen6490]

@Zefram Cochrane But that is just not true! CO2 shortages in Germany. Empty shelves reported in poland, Germany and Belgium now. You are going to be in shock on the continent very soon.

[@mychemical_sunshine5879]

I didnt want this ☹ I'm only a teenager i cant vote. I knew it was a bad idea.

[@nicolek4076]

There is a shortage of HGV drivers across the EU, too. There are no empty shelves there, though. The only country in this group that has empty shelves is also the only one that left the EU, CU, SM. It is sophistry of the prime order to suggest that voters supported brexit to "reset the conditions for labour in this country". That suggests that the majority considered their choice carefully and in economic terms. I'm not convinced that is the case.

[@rare6499]

There may not be empty food shelves in the EU but their entire economy is facing material shortages to one degree or another.

[@callsigndd9ls897]

​@@rare6499 However, this is due to the fact that many countries in Asia exported fewer chips and electronic components because there were also strict Covid Lockdowns there, in which less was produced there. When the global economy suddenly picked up again, there were of course delivery bottlenecks as a result. However, this affects all industrialized countries and not just Germany.

[@rare6499]

@@callsigndd9ls897 that’s my point. It’s a global problem. Brexit is but one small component, it’s not the main driver.

[@callsigndd9ls897]

@@rare6499 World trade will normalize automatically, but the UK driver shortage will not. If there is a shortage of 40,000 drivers from the EU, it will not be possible to remedy this on your own within a few months. Brexiteers believe that you just have to call and offer 1 to 2 pounds more per hour and then 100,000 drivers are stand on the mat the next day. Where should they come from, there are no 100,000 ex-drivers and young people need 1 year to become drivers, and whether 100,000 young people want to become truck drivers at all is also the question.

[@rare6499]

@@callsigndd9ls897 the idea that world trade will ‘automatically’ normalise is nonsensical. There are huge obstacles that need to be overcome. If this is a solely Brexit driven predicament why are Poland are Germany so heavily impacted by a driver shortage? And why do the IRU predict a gap of 185,000 drivers by 2027 in Germany alone?

[@carlosenriquez2092]

Of course it is. You opted to walk away from the largest trading block on the planet despite being one of the big three power players. Anybody who says otherwise is just STUPID.

[@aaronps4595]

UK was 50,000 workers down with HGV drivers 6 years ago, way before Brexit. The three main reasons why they left was wages, bad and rude bosses and the health and safety of the workers is worrying! 🤔

[@ideadlift20kg83]

"Covid is a major factor" strange that only Britain has shortages lmao.

[@chudchadanstud]

It's not just Britain. It's Europe, Australia and US.

[@lvpt84]

@@chudchadanstud Been to Portugal and no shortages at all in any supermarket. Life as normal although badly hit by covid (like the UK).

[@chudchadanstud]

@Razor Mouth Nice Anecdote. My local Waitrose is full too. Now what. Are we in some sort of stalemate?

[@chudchadanstud]

@@lvpt84 The EU has equipment and power shortages. DW News reported on it today

[@lvpt84]

@@chudchadanstud full of the same products? I do my weekly shopping and seen products missing on a regular basis. Something that never used to happen before July 2021. Now there's always something missing, either olive oil, tomatoes, very small options for toilet paper etc.. You can argue "can't you choose something else?" Yes, I can, but pre July 2021 all products were always available (except beginning of lockdown in 2020).

[@rogerbabin8175]

It's almost like the world undervalues critical services and overvalues luxurious ones. We live in a world where 22 people have more wealth than 60% (or 4.5 billion) people on the planet right now. Fixing this issue by lowering the wealth gap wouldn't be hard. You could still having people earning ONLY 10,000 x more money per hour than a truck driver if you wanted and yet the quality of life for that 60% of the globe would be unbelievably great.

[@tiff1277]

What a lovely world it would b if adults could just share like we teach children

[@chudchadanstud]

Lol it's always been like this. Today's rich people are rather poor. Trillionaires used to exist in every century.

[@wilfredsterling2124]

Bad taste makes more millionaires /billionaires than good taste does. The rich will eat the world alive. what do these people care. What does our government care. They are the rich, and their bad taste is in the brex it recipe, in pfeffell(or whatever the fuck his name is) oven ready deals.

[@AmazinglyAwkward]

👏👏

[@paulnicholson1906]

@Roger Brown I remember when silver went from $40 to 6. Not as sound as you might imagine.

[@davemcbeardface8976]

I’m not too sure that Brexit didn’t cause this crisis, I mean last year we did lock the E.U drivers in massive parks who then relied upon the good will of locals & charities to donate food and supplies to them

[@djfearross4144]

Just another day in France.

[@davidgreen6490]

Brxit has nothing to do with it. There is a shortage in the EU of 400,000 drivers. Did Brexit cause that to?

[@davemcbeardface8976]

@@davidgreen6490 the difference between a shortage (E.U) and a crisis (Britain) is Brexit. This is proven by N.I who are not suffering any shortages of fuel or food stuffs while still being part of the U.K.

[@davidgreen6490]

@@davemcbeardface8976 No, the difference is ending FOM regardless of Brexit. The practice of open borders without economic alignment is the most destructive policy the Europeans have ever come up with. When the EU finally wakes up to this and ends FOM they could have a driver shortage of over a million! They will see supply shortages the likes you have never seen!

[@davemcbeardface8976]

@@davidgreen6490OK, this is where I stop. I cannot debate with somebody that denies well established, provable repeatable facts.

[@davidioanhedges]

The pay was rubbish, the work hard ... the foreign workers who would put up with this have left, the UK workers have gone to better jobs ... The EU has a lack of drivers, but no shortages ... Brexit is not just a factor. but the only factor ...

[@bt9124]

Brexit has exposed the moral sham it was. We need to pay natives more. It's a lonely crap job. Who'd want it? Why can't we use trains more? UK roads are all oversubscribed every frigging day of the week. .

[@alexander92179]

There are shortages in France, Germany and Poland, and beyond..

[@patrickmelling8404]

Not to anything like the same extent. The Conservatives are lying through their teeth. They didn't plan, or train people up, they are covering up their incompetence. And business knows this

[@patrickmelling8404]

There are no empty shelves in those countries, big difference. Brexit is that difference

[@simonpeggboard4004]

Where a house and cost of living is up to a third of our costs its like they were working for triple wages then taking that money out of the country. Of no benefit what so ever in the long run. If the EU has a shortage of drivers, where are they?? Maybe its because Covid is the reason. And you are also wrong about shortages in th EU they have them too.

[@Sano566]

I used to remember the time when the BBC was a respected news source. Not a UK propaganda and misinformation channel.

[@jakemroz9869]

Have you tried millionaire funded unbiased, non-reactionary sources like the Daily Express?

[@mrchoon2010]

The only thing that changed is a loss of respect

Your memory is fucked then.

[@liubaayna9559]

Was it ever?

[@jamestaylor2376]

Always one deluded right winger that thinks the bbc arent right wing .bet you are constantly in an echo chamber on social media

[@gonner221]

Of note, on the 50k UK drivers who are leaving the profession. Did anyone else notice that they did not provide the average number of UK drivers that leave the profession normally? Here in the us, Trucking has a very high turnover

[@jfrancobelge]

In the EU we also have to deal with the consequences of COVID and, yes, there is a drivers' shortage. But our supermarket shelves are still full with everything we need (even Scotch whisky😊), and no refueling issue for our cars. So.... ?!

[@bazaarclick]

It's also causing problems for farmers and agriculture in general.

[@Kat-mu8wq]

Its fine. Us farmers are gonna have well stocked freezers.. I dunno about the milk but plenty meat

[@miloslavsasek5534]

British jobs for British workers! Enjoy the benefits of Brexit 🦄

[@Sgt-Wolf]

Why did you use a unicorn emoji, what has mythical animals got to do with anything?

[@miloslavsasek5534]

@@Sgt-Wolf sorry but very likely don't have the mental capacity to explain that to you, but please try James O'Brien, Facts Not Fiction, Britannia waves the rules... to get some ideas

[@mariasansone5192]

British Jobs for British workers. But where are the workers?

[@lorrianekelly9477]

I live in Norway and can tell you in the very remote rurual area I live in there are no shortages

[@grzegorzgaska7197]

Happy brexit. You can have your Jobs back. I only feel sorry for 48% of those who voted to stay.

[@charlesvanderhoog7056]

The BBC has done a good job at defending the utter incompetence and hypocrisy of the Tories in this video, i.e. saying what the board of BBC ordered you to say: "nothing serious is the matter, in Europe they have the same problems (a lie), blame it on business owners (BoJo's orders: "Fuck business!"), Brexit will handle it as we are now doing our own policies, all will be well by Christmas."

[@jorgepeterbarton]

Unbiased isnt unbiased if they report lies and thruth like equal 'perspectives'- thats the BBC in a nutshell: report all equally, on a level, even if its clearly delusion---which is a bias, if its not inherently equal levels of empiricism.

[@viper_fan]

If you live in england, I have the perfect Christmas meal for you: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toast_sandwich

[@falconeshield]

Like how WW1 was over by Christmas!

[@davidrichardson5482]

Fact is the UK is paying drivers furlough whilst they work on the continent. Facts will help you be less ignorant.

[@viper_fan]

@@davidrichardson5482 there is no "United" kingdom.

[@zeffy._440]

Answer: Yes all of us who studied economics (I myself study macro and microeconomics and finance) warned this would happen. We don't even have vials for blood tests try to organise a blood test and you'll get the response of them not having enough and even here in London a large amount of shelves are empty.

[@EricBlair-jg2ux]

This is systematically being done with the aid of the engineered plandemic. All you need to do is read the World Economic Forum & Rockefeller Foundation white papers to see how they planned this.

[@rare6499]

So how do you account for the shortages in the EU?

[@stephenconway2468]

@@rare6499 There are shortages in labour across Europe. Brexit makes it much worse for 3 key reasons. The first is the inability to use those willing to work here. Secondly, the dramatic increase in red tape and trucks stuck parked up. EU drivers don't even want to deliver here as they are unsure that they will get return cargo. The EU has shortages, but it is better able to handle the problems. It has mobility of workers. It is better able to "load balance" as a result. Paperwork is not the problem we have. Booking return trips/cargo is easy. Saying that Germany has a shortage does not mean that they are suffering as bad as the UK. They aren't. The difference is Brexit. Notice that we are not going enforce import rules to reduce the problems of Brexit.

[@EricBlair-jg2ux]

@Lies Tricks Yes they love to engineer a 'plausible deniability' clause into their operations, however you'd have to be the most gullible fool, or just not educated on these powerful groups and their sordid history, to think it's really 'plausible' deniability.

[@rare6499]

@@stephenconway2468 this is clearly incorrect as up to 70% of German factories are currently experiencing some magnitude of shortage either in material, man power or otherwise. Those statistics come from a recent article in the FT (‘Supply chain squeeze: first cars, now chairs and cupboards’). I don’t disagree that the additional burden from Brexit has exasperated problems when it comes to additional paperwork and so on. That’s not the point I’m making - the point I’m making is the EU is also facing a huge array of problems (if the EU is better positioned to tackle shortages why does Poland and Germany have tens of thousands of shortages in HGV drivers? Surely you should have fixed this by now in regards to movement of people? Yet the German government has already suggested this will get WORSE not better). Brexit is not the sole driver of these problems, it’s but one aspect of many which are global.

[@hewi1352]

I don´t feel sorry for the Brites. They chose to stand alone. Now they can feel what that means.

[@gazpf]

OI!!!! i voted to remain, my wife is Czech too, but anyway i am just about to move to The Philippines to get as far away as i can from the UK, plague island, racist island, backward looking island, UK is finished and it done it to itself with a bloody racist vote, it managed to shoot itself in both feet while chopping it's nose off to spite its face.

[@scrappedlives]

No shortages or empty shelves in the Netherlands. No empty shelves in other European countries. So, it is Brexit! Empty shelves in the UK started on January first. Not in march last year when covid19 already existed! You are completely delusional.

[@BOABModels]

I was in Crete in August (didn't see Raab) and all the shops were fully stocked. Consider how far it is from mainland Europe - much further than the UK. Of course this is caused by Brexit.

[@cplcabs]

Where are the shelves empty in the U.K.? There is a shortage of drivers through out Europe.

[@stevendailly88]

@@cplcabs @deluded

[@cplcabs]

@@stevendailly88 yes you are

[@cplcabs]

@Zefram Cochrane Really? Lets see the proof of that. Lets see the proof that there are no problems in Europe. Nandos are having some problem with getting chicken, but its funny how KFC are not and yet KFC are a higher consumer of chicken. Could it be due to Nandos mismanagement?

[@cplcabs]

@Zefram Cochrane wow, its funny how whenever proof is asked from you pro EU loons you can never provide it. I am not surprised you cannot provide any proof, its normal for you to gob off about things you know nothing of.

[@AlfonsoSalgueiroLora]

Why not looking at EU countries where we also have the Covid pandemic to deal with and guess what? we have no supply shortage issues so Brexit IS the primary cause. Over this Summer I have been in four different EU countries and none had supply issues. I was also in Northern Ireland and there, supply shortages were not too bad but Tesco and Sainsburys were considerably under-stocked compared to some European supermarkets such as Eurospar and Lidl

[@masnwrdl0511]

I live here and I haven't seen any empty shelves. 90% of it is made up

[@AlfonsoSalgueiroLora]

@@masnwrdl0511 I know people who live there and they don’t make it up. I don’t think the BBC, would make this up either being under the watch of a conservative government

[@manufc-bd2fb]

bbc saying more shortage in germany and poland, so is bbc making it up just for them countries and not uk then?

[@AlfonsoSalgueiroLora]

@@manufc-bd2fb bbc saying the shortages in Germany and Poland are of lorry drivers not supplies. No EU country is experiencing any supplies shortages in supermarkets because if Germany and Poland mightbbe short of lorry drivers, there are over 20 other member states that fill the gap. The rail and sea transport networks also complement road transport so it is easier I guess to compensate when trading within a bigger economic block.

[@stevenp6761]

@@masnwrdl0511 rubbish, we wanted to eat out in our local pub.we tried three times, the first two attempts: note on the door, sorry, kitchen is closed due to supply issues. Stop lying you brexit idiot.

[@SpadaFer]

Europeans must be waching these whit popcorn and pizza while they laugh the shit out them self's 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣😂😂❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@kevwalker5714]

More like munching on their raw potatoes. EU just a Bunch of potato farmers mate.

[@maryhunter6389]

I have not heard anything about empty shelves in supermarkets across Europe. That is why I think Brexit plays a bigger role than they admit in this segment.

[@jamesprice6605]

guess hgv drivers will actually have to be paid a decent wage now, if supermarkets and suppliers actually want to optimise their earnings....... oh the horror! XD

[@datingwithdarren5063]

How can supermarkets optimise their earnings if the cost is going on driver pay raises.

[@anggasurbakti8269]

I assure you that people will start complaining when prices are going up. Your answer that the pay for hgv drivers will not suffice for them as they will start blaming these drivers. This will start a blaming circle which will make government make various laws but eventually hgv drivers will get paid less again. Happens in my country. People preach about decent wage all the time until it hit them to pay more.

[@davidrichardson5482]

From someone who employs drivers you are clueless

[@davidrichardson5482]

Take it from someone in the business, the European drivers are working on the continent whilst being paid UK furlough, this will all end when furlough does and they return for the higher UK wages.

[@jamesdjukic]

Profits will be reduced, simple, yet completely against the established neo liberal order. Hopefully this will end greed

[@Jen-Yueh_Hu]

People who voted for Brexit wanted more jobs for UK citizens. So go get your HGV licenses if you want the jobs so badly.

[@pandasrules7536]

We voted to end EU Freedom of Movement. That's it.

[@silveriver9]

So true. Brexiteers slowly waking up from their delusions of grandeur.

[@mr-kl7or]

Half of the people i know who want to do it Cant I’m even get appointments for the 3 theory tests ..or there months apart

[@olmostgudinaf8100]

@@pandasrules7536 You did it, congratulations.. Now go and fill the vacancies. You have plenty of choices: HGV driving, farm work, meat processing, hotel rooms cleaning...

[@kevt3318]

Record number of Brits have signed up for the HGV test. Result.

[@pragma5282]

It's Project Reality unfolding as predicted by the experts 5 years ago, what a surprise!

[@marcellosgarbini759]

Can't blame Covid. Its Brexit. Have everything here in Italy.

[@andyvilla4489]

Shops are fully stocked in the Irish Republic. We have the pandemic too so the only difference can be Brexit. Brexit was England telling Europeans what they thought of them, then they left. Enjoy.

[@jimpickins7900]

same in England, must be a localised problem.

[@jackp492]

@@jimpickins7900 no problem here in Norfolk and our county has only 2 major roads in and out, you'd think we would be the worst hit, this is just advertising for a shortfall they predict, not a problem we have

[@jackwhitehead5233]

I'm in England and I've not experienced any of these shortages.

[@chris-ryan]

No empty shelves In the EU, we all had covid to deal with.

[@davidrichardson5482]

Were you paying your drivers furlough as they work in a different country? No. Also no empty shelves here.

[@Mr11ESSE111]

At least there is no shortage of lawyers, politicians,bankers....

[@zdikbiodr7341]

It could be that there are severe shortages of HGV drivers in Poland, but I haven't seen empty shelves in shops over here. Curious, innit?

[@antm2296]

Had my HGV license for 4 years and when I passed my test I was offered a job straight away.. at £9 p/h , which made me strongly consider throwing the towel in straight away. Luckily stayed with it and earn 43k a year basic, home every night. But the industry must change if the job is to appeal to a new generation of drivers. Because there are far too many companies out there who treat drivers as an object, not a person. Make it an appealing industry, you’ll get the right individuals for the job.

[@effychase62]

Driving a long haul truck is not very fulfilling in the long term. Sure, it's exciting in the beginning but long term, not really. Better economic options are readily available for people.

[@matbroomfield]

When you have almost no qualifications, you don't have the luxury of "fulfilling."

[@kukulroukul4698]

@@matbroomfield really ? the '' qualifications '' ? you must be joking somehow

[@smithgrace4384]

Hello handsome

[@matbroomfield]

@@kukulroukul4698 What part of what I said do you find controversial or humorous?

[@kukulroukul4698]

@@matbroomfield like as if.... ANY qualification in this world WOULD be hard to obtain ?

[@astritkaja2655]

That’s a bit funny because I’m tired hearing people that foreigners are here to take our jobs. Get up and get the jobs because foreigners left.

[@ellamay8057]

I don't see any shortage here in Germany. Interesting!!

[@braveconcepts]

Marie Antoinette: "Let them eat Nando's".

[@olmostgudinaf8100]

Oops!

[@alextclulz]

Apparently they ran out of chicken!

[@cyberpunk3052]

I believe it was satre that said "fuck Nando's"

[@kingscourtchess]

Cake. That's what she said. With cups of tea.

[@viper_fan]

The toast sandwich should become the official brexit food.

[@unpopularopinions2261]

The UK people need to start doing work to build their country and stop being lazy🤷‍♂️🙄😒

[@Goubo2000]

Say that to the 20,000 afghans brought over living in hotels and housing for free and all the immigrants coming from france etc 🤣

[@user-vh6ts9uf6c]

@@Goubo2000 Yeah - it's all the immigrants fault. ROLLS EYES. Take some responsibility you ignorant fool.

[@Goubo2000]

doesn’t help our government doesn’t care about us thx to u stupid idiots voting for boris … only cares about money not the people

[@kukulroukul4698]

now THATS a ''qualification '' !

[@kevt3318]

Maybe they will now cheap labour is over and they're paying wages properly. #enjoyng thepayrise.

[@EnordAreven]

YES, Brexit has got us proper messed up.

[@gonner221]

As an american, I'd like to point out that you aren't seeing empty shelves on the continent.

[@mariz2361]

It does confuse me why the younger generation has not wanted to go into a driving job... I mean, it's not like they've grown up in a world developing self-driving vehicles or anything... (???)

[@willyconker1517]

Trouble was on the horizon when a generation stopped laughing at Morecambe & Wise repeats!

[@karllion4373]

The US and Brazil are, by far, the countries most affected by Covid. Are these countries being affected by shortage of goods?

[@neonemptiness8152]

Yes , mayonnaise prices have doubled , bacon shortages ect. No lorry drivers and no one working in restaurants, petrol prices have doubled and inflation at all time high. Can’t blame brexit on that cos it’s the US.

[@neonemptiness8152]

Just lockdowns and covid government payments to blame

[@NMarinhoRJ]

As a Brazilian, the prices skyrocket there, but it's because most of what we produce is being exported, anyway, no shortage here, even if everything is more expensive for now, everything is available too. I can't tell you how the situation is in USA tho

[@nikhilsingh2475]

India too mate and we are not seeing see any shortages of anything in the supermarkets or small grocery stores. There's no shortages of medicines or medicinal supplies as well.

[@simonpeggboard4004]

Yes.

[@sjonm]

"taking back control of our boarders" 😂 those blonde clowns Eddie Sheeran excused

[@guinessdraught2758]

Eddy is one of us and has nothing to do with the Anglo Saxons ..... lol

[@peterthomas1861]

There was a severe drought and famines in several poor countries (including ours) during 1970. It was UK which sent corns, medicines and clothes repeatedly and protected numerous lives. Now, this great country country is under several kinds of crisis. Heart breaking.

[@concorkery8496]

Nobody mentioned the elephant in the room I noticed. A huge reason is racism and xenophobic population that don't want workers from outside. Why would anyone want to go and work in a place where they are hated just because of where they grew up

[@spaceghost4475]

Says the dole munching race baiter...

[@benjamin2149]

People don't want young workers coming into the country whilst having a worker shortage and wilst complaining that tax rises are necessary to pay for aging society. It is Brexit - Stupid

[@scimatarpictures]

You can’t have lived anywhere else in Europe if you truly believe the British are such xenophobes 🤣

[@lewisdean22]

@@spaceghost4475 leave him alone his mum is making his lunch, that's only if he comes out the basement.

[@daveoc1010]

@@bobloblaw1720 it's the young white Labour voters that you need to worry about, the OP comment is a perfect example

[@chris60036]

Brexit. IR35. Tax increases. Poor handling of the pandemic. In short, - the Tories. Also, if drivers are paid more (not saying they shouldn't be) those costs will be passed on to consumers with a doubt - Food costs have already gone up 20% in the past year

[@simonpeggboard4004]

IR35 was necessary to stop the abuse of the system. Brexit is the best idea in 50 years. UK is at the top of the leaderboard for the handling of the pandemic, especially when coupled with the plethora of other equally pressing problems that opportunistic (or even nepharious) countries were implementing. Global costs will increase. But they will settle down in the next 3-5 years. Its the same pattern every time there is a crisis. Nothing new or exciting economically.

[@piofernandez3301]

In Spain, France, Germany there is also probably some shortage of lorry drivers. But I have seen no signs of lack of products in any shops. Covid lockdowns in 2020 may have something to do with that. But most workers activity and traffic on the roads are going (almost) back to 'pre-pandemic' levels. Including truck traffic.

[@Kat-mu8wq]

Brexit: money making scheme. Since Brexit my bank now charges me "currency conversion fee" if I buy outside the UK which they didn't do before. Since I cant get specific things in the UK..... Yeah..

[@honourthefire9182]

Cmon you brexiteers must of seen this coming, your vote our shortages.

[@baguette_connoisseur]

must have*

[@manufc-bd2fb]

did you not watch the video?

[@j7ech402]

C'mon*

[@honourthefire9182]

We've had nuff shortages here.

[@pomskylifenova7344]

Yeeaahhh

[@steve-thomas]

No problem in Europe.

[@maxharbig1167]

The whole of Europe has Corona virus but there are no supply chain problems like those in the UK. How come?

[@scottloughton8880]

The BBC are actively covering up brexit. Byline times interview fishing and farming people after being shown on BBC. The say their explanation why brexit is to blame are edited out. Byline asked the BBC why and were told because the comments weren't relevant.

[@DardaniaLion]

At least UK got Brexit it wanted and Scotland should be leaving UK. People in UK wanted EU immigrants out so they left and now people in UK can get their food from the factories.

[@healingandgrowth-infp4677]

I always said the way that England was complaint about Europe and how they are treated is the exact way that England has treated Scotland and Ireland for years and if we complained it was called treason as part of Europe to complain should also be called treason. They went on about stealing oil and fishes etc in their seas for example but they took all the oil and income from Scotland they complain about being used by the Europe countries but they use Scotland even so much as dumping nuclear weapons here… against our will and choice… and making us a target for enemies too… votes here are meaningless as a whole England always outvoted us. This is not a country they don’t treat us as equals…. N it’s not like like USA and it’s states this is like USA controlling Canada and Mexico and whining about the White House that controls them. They never have treated countries in their system fairly over many centuries and yet now they have a right to complain about Europe and join forces with USA the very country they tried to keep control over now bowing down to their feet and taking their bad awful regulations in the food and pharma n politicians….. and dragging Scotland and Wales and N.Ireland along with them…. We want Europe and their fair n safe food etc regulations.

[@vladimirputin4822]

The UK told a willing workforce to fork off, they did. Welcome to the brexit. 3rd country status is 3rd country status. The UK wrote most of the rules for 3rd country status......karma.

[@aryastark772]

Ashamed of my country now … I didn’t vote for this. I was raised to be proud of being European, and I still am, I’ve just lost faith in half the people in the UK who voted for this. My Grandad also influenced my political and ethical views. He always said that the EU was a far stronger force for good, it stood for peace, and cooperation, and working towards the possible or not so possible goal of never having such a devastating World War upon the world again He was an Engineer from Yorkshire, strong, practical, sometimes intimidating. But had the biggest heart and a lifelong Labour member alongside being a Christian. Believing we should help those who have less than ourselves and value every single person if they are good citizens , contributing any way they can and compassionate, tolerant and respectful to anyone no matter what they look like, what faith they follow or where they’re from.

[@snubbedpeer]

UK government: excuses excuses excuses and so on. But a lot of it comes from Brexit, such as banning EU id cards as valid for entry. Importing workers from the EU is now a costly and drawn out exercise.

[@sko1beer]

after watching boris lie to the public on the national news 2 nights ago its now beyond scary he came out with some bullcrap that the driver shortage is international and that even mainland china is short on drivers why is no one calling him out thats a complement lie

[@nachoIibre]

I like how the BBC is going out of its way to shout "It's not #brexit's fault" 😂. Those vacancy numbers don't mean anything unless you show how they changed over time around brexit and the pandemic.The key difference between the UK and Poland is that the UK currently has, and will over christmas this year and at least 2022, a shit tonne of empty shelves. The shelves in Poland, otoh, are pretty damn well stocked.

[@cplcabs]

I thought it did go out of its way to blame Brexit when this has nothing to do with Brexit. Europe wide has a shortage of drivers and there are shortages in countries in the EU and world wide. You going to blame Brexit for all that?