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Straight from the HGV drivers mouth

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    #11
    Originally posted by vetran View Post

    many in this country have made TULIP up and accused various people of being racist. Sorry have to call you out on this.

    https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/l...t-b476719.html



    so yes it was France that caused this gentleman's bad experience. Sorry it must be the brexiteers fault.

    As far as apparent racism against EU workers apparently 6 million loved it so much here they applied for settlement . That is 4-5 times the number of Brits in the EU do you think our new citizens left the EU because it is more tolerant than the UK? Have you seen some of the naked racism in some EU countries?

    The argument that EU workers were causing low wages has been resoundingly proven, we are short of HGV drivers, Catering and farm staff all lowly paid jobs occupied by many EU citizens, guess what the employers are doing ? Oh yes raising wages.

    We know many European criminals have rebooted their career in the UK as some of our worst crimes recently have involved none UK nationals many here illegally.

    Now if you have been out shouting "go home legal migrants" you are probably alone on this board! but you are so wrong about everything else I wouldn't be surprised.
    What a load of bollox, and how many times has it been explained to you that the UK could have refused entry to know EU criminals but the UK chose not to control its borders like the rest of the EU. You babble on like a broken record with Brexit rhetoric lies meanwhile the UK falls apart because of numpties like you who put the cross in the wrong box.
    "A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves and traitors are not victims, but accomplices," George Orwell

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      #12
      Originally posted by xoggoth View Post
      Re this max £30 limit some garages have, sensible comment in news today that should be the opposite, a minimum of £30 or more. Then drivers can only fill up when their tanks are low, as per normal.
      So what are:
      1. Motorbike owners, scooter owners and moped owners suppose to do?
      2. Gardeners who use petrol mowers, hedge trimmers etc suppose to do?
      3. RNLI volunteers suppose to do so they can fill up lifeboats?

      There are probably more examples of people who need to get less than £30 of fuel and/or use petrol cans but theses are the ones I can think of at the top of my head.
      "You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JR

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        #13
        Some tanker and HGV drivers are starting to struggle to fill their tankers/HGVs.

        Luckily most companies have their own pumps......
        "You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JR

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          #14
          Originally posted by Paddy the numpty View Post

          What a load of bollox I talk I see a link that proves the reason the HGV drivers were stuck in the UK was France's covid testing not Brexit but I keep on posting rowlocks.

          Now we require suitable Visas we will be able to control access better its not like the EU are avoiding travelling thieves, many of their worst criminals are crossing borders.
          FTFY if you are going to make stuff up please at least try to make it believable.


          Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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            #15
            Originally posted by WTFH View Post

            Many in the country have spent the last 5 years campaigning that foreigners should go home, that they are over here taking our jobs, stealing our benefits, etc.
            So, what encouragement is there for them to come back?
            Oh, yes, those years of abuse were the fault of the French.

            Keep on blaming foreigners, that's the spirit!
            Actually, one reason I voted for Brexit was a conviction that we were becoming a complacent lazy parasite nation, too reliant on and addicted to cheap overseas labour, voluntary slave labour one might almost say.

            Maybe some temporary disruption will be good in the long run, if it means we become more self-reliant and stop outsourcing our skills and exploiting foreign labour to the detriment of training and employing British people.
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              #16
              Originally posted by OwlHoot View Post

              Actually, one reason I voted for Brexit was a conviction that we were becoming a complacent lazy parasite nation, too reliant on and addicted to cheap overseas labour, voluntary slave labour one might almost say.

              Maybe some temporary disruption will be good in the long run, if it means we become more self-reliant and stop outsourcing our skills and exploiting foreign labour to the detriment of training and employing British people.
              Can you give a link to show that was reason prior to the referendum? Or were you the only person?
              "A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves and traitors are not victims, but accomplices," George Orwell

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                #17
                Originally posted by Paddy View Post

                Can you give a link to show that was reason prior to the referendum? Or were you the only person?
                Unfortunately the "list past posts" functionality on this board is completely broken, following the update a few months ago, and only allows one to see back about two weeks. So posts older than that have presumably fallen off the end of the conveyor belt.
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                  #18
                  Originally posted by OwlHoot View Post

                  Unfortunately the "list past posts" functionality on this board is completely broken, following the update a few months ago, and only allows one to see back about two weeks. So posts older than that have presumably fallen off the end of the conveyor belt.
                  Change the filter on the top right to 'all time' to see older posts

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                    #19
                    Got a couple of big cans of gas oil, AKA red diesel, from my old heating system in my shed. Illegal to use though and not sure it it wouldn't damage me little van's engine.
                    bloggoth

                    If everything isn't black and white, I say, 'Why the hell not?'
                    John Wayne (My guru, not to be confused with my beloved prophet Jeremy Clarkson)

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                      #20
                      Originally posted by xoggoth View Post
                      Got a couple of big cans of ... oil,... in my shed. ...not sure it it wouldn't damage me little van's engine.
                      Provided you've not tweaked the engine too much, you should be OK. The bigger the engine the better.
                      Also, maybe mix it down with some pump diesel, rather than just using it on its own.

                      Diesel engines are pretty tolerant of what they burn.
                      …Maybe we ain’t that young anymore

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