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If you think that @Bronco voted remain then you really haven't been paying attention

 

I was a rampant brexiteer. Would definitely think long and hard about that now if I had to choose again.

 

No because I'm falling out of love fast with the tories and all their levelling up lies.

 

They won’t allow cabinet ministers on there because they don’t like being asked “ difficult “ questions, no matter who the presenter is perhaps. Even right winger Marr created a huge car crash for the buffoon on Sunday morning. Dreadful stuff!

 

Is Brexit a significant factor in the shortages of HGV drivers in France, Germany,Poland, most of Europe, the USA and China who all have huge shortages of HGV drivers causing shortages in those countries? The one thing in common is covid and the fact that no drivers were trained while the pandemic was on, We cancelled 40,000 tests in the UK which is the main cause of the shortage not Brexit along with changes to the tax system which was tightened up for the self employed as a lot of the cheap EU drivers were

 

When we catch up from the Covid pause in our economy we will be able to judge progress more quickly, Having our economy virtually closed down for 18 months has not helped,
On Newsnight last night the program did a piece on the lack of HGV drivers and blamed Brexit for the cause before a guest pointed out that it was remarkable that Newsnight had not mentioned the lost 40,000 HGV tests that were cancelled due to covid and that was the main reason for the HGV problem and that it was amiss of Newsnight not to even mention it,
However for most viewers it was typical of a very anti Brexit programme

 

Are these 40,000 actual booked tests, for trained drivers, that have been cancelled? Or is it, as I suspect, the notional number of tests that they would like to have done during that period. If so, that assumes that there would be 40,000 people who undertook the training during that period who couldn't get qualified for lack of testing. That seems highly unlikely to me, given the general reluctance of people to put themselves forward for this highly inhospitable job. I don't believe for one moment that 40,000 lorry drivers would have been trained since Brexit, Covid or no Covid.

 

The industry has always had to balance a lack of numbers with getting deliveries done, Brexit and Covid have just made the situation nearly untenable. But there is a major problem with enticing people into the industry, poor pay and working conditions one of the major reasons behind the lack of personnel. The 'test' scenario is just a bit of a smokescreen.

 

Headlines this morning.. “ Economically illiterate” not something he expected.? Newsnight, the bastion of decent BBCnew last night said , we are in for a massive , “ prices” awakening which will be with us for ever.

Food, all fuels, all manufactured goods, . His excuse yesterday “ Something people voted for” . Did you spot that on a bus?

Righty Ho!

 

Because the power companies were under prepared. We need another Gordon Brown Grab on their profits (whats left of them)

 

The Tories won’t appear on Newsnight because they don’t like being challenged, nothing to do with alleged BBC bias. Hate talking politics on this site but will make an exception in this case.

 

No did not watch as it is poor under Bruce and the anti brexit Broadcasting corporation, And as your second comment the polls show very few have changed there mind with most polls showing a 51 to 49% lead for remain if we voted today which is remarkable support for Brexit by the public as we have faced the problems of leaving the EU with the benefits yet to come,

 

Of course Brexit it is a significant factor. The government's own Operation Yellowhammer report is literally playing out in front of our very eyes right now, and that was published back in August 2019, way before Covid hit.

 

The loss of ten to fifteen thousand HGV drivers leaving the UK has had an effect but coupled with a loss of the 40,000 who were due to be trained here in the UK and would be on the roads now has a bigger bearing on the shortage along with an industry that has not trained enough drivers year on year because it was cheaper to import them on low wages

 

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhush were not to mention that.

 

He is not blaming Brexit he is blaming the government for not allowing what would be mass immigration to revert to a low wage hire them and fire them employment practice,