OT Shortage of lorry drivers? What is to blame?

[crashbang]

gone off at a tangent again.
no wonder you support a party that is dead and buried.

[rolymiller]

gone off at a tangent again.
no wonder you support a party that is dead and buried.

Not at all. All I'm saying is the govt should invest in small businesses big business can look after itself or it should be able to if run properly.Give employers and employees a leg up.

[CAMiller]

Back on topic. Here in the US there are 100s of container ships sitting out in the Pacific off the west coast awaiting unloading. The backlog is partially due to lack of dock workers and partially due to lack of lorry drivers. As each ship holds 10,000-20,000 containers that's a lot of stuff and the backlog isn't expected to be cleared until well into 2022. I assume people will be complaining they can't get their new iPhone

[mygiddypant]

I think the point Crash is making is that they won't be on £15/hr as it's unsustainable.

The point is they won't be on £15 as it's not Labour policy. It's a Daily Mail headline.

[crashbang]

And a dozen other sources.

[howdydoo]

Back on topic. Here in the US there are 100s of container ships sitting out in the Pacific off the west coast awaiting unloading. The backlog is partially due to lack of dock workers and partially due to lack of lorry drivers. As each ship holds 10,000-20,000 containers that's a lot of stuff and the backlog isn't expected to be cleared until well into 2022. I assume people will be complaining they can't get their new iPhone

I blame Brexit.

[CAMiller]

I blame Brexit.

I did point it out on Post #13 of this thread and here we are almost 200 posts later. Maybe I should move the thread

[MillerBill]

Over 50,000 HGV licences awaiting processing at the DVLA but the civil servants in Swansea have still not returned to work.Just an handful are doing the job.There is no wonder lorry drivers are losing faith,these lazy sods should get back to work.

[gm_gm]

Back on topic. Here in the US there are 100s of container ships sitting out in the Pacific off the west coast awaiting unloading. The backlog is partially due to lack of dock workers and partially due to lack of lorry drivers. As each ship holds 10,000-20,000 containers that's a lot of stuff and the backlog isn't expected to be cleared until well into 2022. I assume people will be complaining they can't get their new iPhone

Dear me, Brexit having an effect over there as well

[mygiddypant]

And a dozen other sources.

Another Brexit-type exaggeration? I don't doubt Johnson will milk this for all it's worth, just like the Big Red Bus myth. And the gullible will echo it as though they know what they are talking about.