Haha makes me laugh how people are so reliant on their cars. With the amount of cars on the road now the future looks bleak as gridlock will happen sooner than later. It will be faster to cycle to places. The only vehicles that should have paramount importance are delivery HGV’s. Normal people who are to lazy to walk ten yards, there the people that should suffer with higher fuel prices and shortages.

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Very wise to panic buy – it all started after the government said don’t panic so it is clear how much we believe what they say!!

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Don’t suppose the Express helped yesterday with their headline “We Will Run Out Of Petrol”

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what a load of dipsticks, it is only shell tankers on strike from 6am tomorrow for 4 days, if the strike goes ahead. the country is swimming with fuel.

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look guy.s i filled up 2 days ago when my friend mentioned it i, i asked if he had a spare 20 pound note so he said yes , I remember the last one it was chaos anyway I have many older friends and 2 dogs who need driving around like many other people in my posistion i am very busy getting work so the only person to get on their bike is the person who suggested it

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contrary to my flippant comment above this strike has serious cosequences as other company tanker drivers will not cross picket lines and stanlow is at a standstill. according to tony woodley joint general secretary of the union unite, his members who work for a subsidiary of shell want a 13% pay award to take them up to circa £40000 pa. he will say they were sacked by shell some years ago and lost salary and pension benefits and this pay deal would bring them up to other tanker drivers. shell have offered 7% and 6% for next year. this has been turned down by the members. in context shell make 1.5 billion pounds a month. this may be a short sharp strike or lookout. is 41k over the top, i will leave others to judge, other than to say these tanker drivers are driving potential fireballs about the uk.

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Personally, whenever I see “Don’t Panic Buy” – normally I do panic buy because you just know everyone else does. If the media didn’t promote “Don’t Panic Buy” then no one would, would they – because they wouldn’t no too? Personally, I panic buy under the following conditions:

All Media\Government “Don’t Panic Buy” notifications – more so if they are government ones.

Any Bank Holiday – bread and milk etc

Any kind of snow warning – again bread and milk are good

Any kind of flood warning which may stop deliveries – tinned stuff and bottled water is good here

Any kind of food shortage – even if I perhaps wouldn’t have bought buy it normally – depends what it is – bananas etc

Droughts – bottled water is a favourite

Oh and Petrol\Diesel (see above).

Thanks go to the Government and the Shropshire Star for their advice and news coverage for letting me and everyone else know what to purchase and when.

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drew i agree it is greedy but if they are earning £2 an hour less than other petrol tanker drivers, they are right to be aggrieved. what i find fault with is other company drivers refusing to cross picket lines. this is purely an in house pay dispute and nothing to do with bp, jet etc these drivers should be prosecuted, if they cannot work normally

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