[News] There's no need to panic buy petrol

[The Clamp]

The problem in Shoreham is that the A27 eastbound is shut all weekend. Not so much to do with complete throbbers queuing for fuel. Everything has had to come down the Brighton road from Lancing and up the high street.

This is true but the queue this morning was mostly down to people trying to get petrol in that small station in Shoreham.

 

[WATFORD zero]

Pumpkins. Can I bagsy pumpkins?

If Pumpkins are there, I'll give you the money myself,

But, especially for you, I'll include pumpkins

 

[LamieRobertson]

This is true but the queue this morning was mostly down to people trying to get petrol in that small station in Shoreham.

As it was yesterday

 

[Wrong-Direction]

We can have a plumbers meeting at the cafe

Is there any fuel that end? I've got half a tank and starting a bathroom in Worthing on Monday, doesn't bode well..

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[LamieRobertson]

Is there any fuel that end? I've got half a tank and starting a bathroom in Worthing on Monday, doesn't bode well..

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Couple of stations in Portsmouth had fuel a couple of hours ago if that helps

 

[Butch Willykins]

I have a friend who works for DEFRA, okay not directly related, but the talk is their is definitely a fuel shortage, the whole Taliban / Afghanistan thing has unsettled the region and oil production to the West has slowed/stopped. The lack of HGV drivers / Brexit is just a smoke screen.

Don’t shoot the messenger - not sure I believe it but he definitely did.

I think your mates talking out his arse.

 

[KeegansHairPiece]

Not quite sure how someone in DEFRA would know about fuel shortage. Its not their remit.

Now, if he worked for BEIS.

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No, not his remit or department, but conversations do occur across civil service departments.

 

[WATFORD zero]

No, not his remit or department, but conversations do occur across civil service departments.

There are over 10,000 and 3,000 direct employees in those 'departments' (not allowing for various sub contracted companies/groups/specialists and all the rest etc). It would be a bit like 'someone at the Amex told me' . I'd let it go

 

[swindonseagull]

No, not his remit or department, but conversations do occur across civil service departments.

Same as they occur here and in all workplaces,.....99% is just talk and rubbish exagerated and miss quoting by every teller of the tale...

Send reinforcements were going to advance............several radio messages later

Send Three and Fourpence. We’re Going to a Dance.................

 

[clapham_gull]

Long queues round here and the presence of a police helicopter hovering over Clapham Common for a very long time.

However that all turns out to be about an anti vax demo/music event on the common (again).

I'm sure they will complain about it not being covered by their boring term the "MSM", but there were so little of them the only "movement" occurring tonight was the MET telling them all to go home.

Why they keep selecting the Common is beyond me. It's so ****ing huge I was up there earlier on (as I was before) and missed the whole thing.

 

[KeegansHairPiece]

There are over 10,000 and 3,000 direct employees in those 'departments' (not allowing for various sub contracted companies/groups/specialists and all the rest etc). It would be a bit like 'someone at the Amex told me' . I'd let it go

He’s quite high up.

 

[BN9 BHA]

Is there any fuel that end? I've got half a tank and starting a bathroom in Worthing on Monday, doesn't bode well..

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Friday morning there was some at the Tates garage by Paradise Park.
I haven’t been in Newhaven for most of today, but I went past the petrol station on the A27 between Falmer and Lewes late afternoon and drivers were going in and no queue, I can’t 100% say they had fuel though.
The fuel station opposite by the Newmarket had cones in front of the pumps.

 

[DIFFBROOK]

I work in a Govt HQ Department. Not heard anything of the sort.

But, chit chat is common in any walk of life. Some of it true, most utter rubbish.

He’s quite high up.

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[KeegansHairPiece]

I work in a Govt HQ Department. Not heard anything of the sort.

But, chit chat is common in any walk of life. Some of it true, most utter rubbish.



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Completely agree.

It doesn’t help there’s little trust in the media or the government. It really wouldn’t be a surprise if there was a shortage but the message has been there isn’t and to blame something else.

 

[WATFORD zero]

He’s quite high up.

In a department of 10,000 people there's actually quite a few who are high up

 

[KeegansHairPiece]

In a department of 10,000 people there's actually quite a few who are high up

As above, you want to believe the present line, that’s fine. I’m a bit more skeptical about what is going on.

 

[osgood]

by making this its lead story ,we can thank the good old BBC for creating this scenario (panic buying) almost single-handedly
Well Done BBC !

 

[WATFORD zero]

As above, you want to believe the present line, that’s fine. I’m a bit more skeptical about what is going on.

I'm afraid that from my experience of dealing with the Government for over 20 years, by that very idea, you are giving the Cabinet Office and Government in General far more credence than you should. Trust me

 

[drew]

No, not his remit or department, but conversations do occur across civil service departments.

It might not be his remit but he would have concern if the agriculture sector were struggling to get the necessary fuel, not only for farms but the rest of the supply line.

That's not to say the stories relating to the Taliban are true though!

 

[Bodian]

There are over 10,000 and 3,000 direct employees in those 'departments' (not allowing for various sub contracted companies/groups/specialists and all the rest etc). It would be a bit like 'someone at the Amex told me' . I'd let it go

'Someone next to me in the queue to get my bovril at half-time...'