...any opinions?
How much disruption is it likely to cause?
Good on em i say, go on strike, let the country see how much it relies on its road haulage industry!
Sadly, it does - which is why it is effectively subsidised so much. And, before anyone flames me for that remark, just look at the massive numbers of small, independent hauliers around. What other industry can afford to be so fragmented these days?Good on em i say, go on strike, let the country see how much it relies on its road haulage industry!
Sadly, it does - which is why it is effectively subsidised so much. And, before anyone flames me for that remark, just look at the massive numbers of small, independent hauliers around. What other industry can afford to be so fragmented these days?
'Oil Based' economy anyone??? Wonder what Marples/Beeching would be thinking now, as it's all coming 'home to roost'??? :roll:
The Government have simple way to deal with it. Send the Riot police in to break up the "strikers" lines and use the army to distribute the fuel. The police can then keep the "strikers" away from the fuel depots and keep the deliveries moving.
It is what they did with the miners.
Isn't there something missing, though? The infrastructure seems to be considered as free, provided by the state out of taxation. Level that particular playing field and there could be several knock-on effects, some detrimental to the country, some not......
My routes' main costs where:
Fuel: £60 - £80/day
Me: £100 - £130/day (What it costs to employ me, not what I get paid!)
Vehicle Lease: ~£35/day
Depot costs sod all, we borrowed space from another company.
Sadly, it does - which is why it is effectively subsidised so much. And, before anyone flames me for that remark, just look at the massive numbers of small, independent hauliers around. What other industry can afford to be so fragmented these days?
Isn't there something missing, though? The infrastructure seems to be considered as free, provided by the state out of taxation. Level that particular playing field and there could be several knock-on effects, some detrimental to the country, some not.
There certainly won't be any fueling around.In unrelated news isn't water cannon now meant to be available to deal with rioters? (I hope rioter is suitably defined in law). Perhaps the South East could riot in their gardens
And didn't that work well?
We've a fine mining industry haven't we?
Isn't riot police a bit of an overreactio to people withdrawing their labour?
In unrelated news isn't water cannon now meant to be available to deal with rioters? (I hope rioter is suitably defined in law). Perhaps the South East could riot in their gardens
There certainly won't be any fueling around.
MPs will have all the fuel they need of course...
It's like something out of nineteen eighty four where the Party keeps all the good stuff for its own use and denies any to the proles.
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Any attempt to disrupt this could be seen as civil insurrection and an attempt to overthrow the elected government. .