Originally Posted by
John2
There's been a large shortage of drivers in all of Europe for many years.
If you look at Poland they've got a way bigger shortage than the UK has now, per capita.
A big difference is that they're connected by land borders to EU countries. That means it is comparatively trivial to use drivers from nearby countries with no additional paperwork, visas or friction at the borders. The driver shortage is basically diluted between the entire EU.
In the UK when a company has a job they need doing we can't just ask a French company to do it, the friction is a whole different world.
The thing about shortages is you'll often not notice them until all of a sudden its too late and "the straw has broken the camels back". That's what I think we're seeing in the UK in a way I think that Europe is cushioned from. Regardless of frogs experiences we're getting a whole different world of problems in the UK from anything currently happening on the continent. Covid and Brexit combined have been that straw for us. All sorts of unforseen consequences could be around the corner, and its not an easy problem to fix.