All current ills in the world, of course, can be blamed on two things: climate change and Brexit. So far, there are few people blaming the rationing of petrol and diesel on extreme weather-related to climate change (although give it time), but the usual suspects have certainly been quick out of the blocks to blame it all on Brexit. Lord Adonis, for example, has claimed:
‘Brexit is now leading to fuel-rationing’
BP has blamed its inability to keep petrol stations stocked on a shortage of lorry-drivers, but can that really be blamed on Brexit?
In July, the Road Haulage Association (RHA) published a survey of 615 haulage firms as to what they thought was the cause of the then already-developing driver shortage. They were given a list of possible contributory factors and told they could choose as many, or as few, as they liked.
While Brexit is seen as an important factor, it is far from the only reason contributing to driver shortages
A total of 58 per cent mentioned Brexit – the same proportion who identified the retirement of drivers.
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