*** OFFICIAL BREXIT SUNLIT UPLANDS and #MEGA THREAD ***

[OngBonga]

But there isn't a fuel shortage. There's a driver shortage. There's plenty of fuel, so they're saying. Granted they could be lying, but that lie gets exposed very quickly because if there's a fuel shortage then this continues, while if there is not then it won't continue.

There's no other explanation...

There is if you're willing to accept that there might be an agenda to create havoc so it can be blamed on Brexit. Or perhaps there's another agenda, such as a good old fashioned distraction.

As much as government and media are filth and need to be held to account, that shouldn't mean the general public get a free pass to behave like idiots and then blame others. The public have to accept their share of responsibility, and in this case it's rather large. People should be capable of critical thinking, they should not just absorb whatever the media say. It's all very well saying people don't trust the government and media, but that doesn't stop people from doing exactly what the govt want us to do... panic, argue with each other about politics, blame each other for the failings of govt, turn a blind eye to corruption, while saying nothing about creeping fascism, or even go as far as to cheerlead it.

[Poopadoop]

But there isn't a fuel shortage. There's a driver shortage.

I mean, you're splitting hairs here. The fuel doesn't do anyone any good if it's sitting in a depot somewhere instead of at the petrol stations. The driver shortage --> fuel shortage.

[OngBonga]

I mean, you're splitting hairs here. The fuel doesn't do anyone any good if it's sitting in a depot somewhere instead of at the petrol stations. The driver shortage --> fuel shortage.

Like I said before, this is a manageable driver shortage without the panic buying. It's not new, we've had this driver shortage for weeks if not months, and nobody noticed. It's only when people are told not to panic they panic. And Boris knows this.

Why would Boris want people to blame it on Brexit?

Your guess is as good as mine. Maybe they want us back in the EU without losing votes. Better for Tory voters to decide for themselves that it's not worth the hassle. But that is indeed a guess.

Whatever it was that happened that was worse than this, I'm sure we'd have heard about it.

Covid passports. Search twitter for "Plan B".

Also, there comes a point where it's no longer people being stupid but it's rational to panic-buy.

Joining the queue isn't joining in the panic. Everyone who has a car needs fuel. Filling your tank when you use quarter of a tank a week is panic buying. And that is stupid, because you're stockpiling fuel that somebody else needs. That somebody could be a doctor trying to get to work. People know this when they fill up needlessly, but they just don't want to have to queue again next week, even though this will all have blown over by then.

[Poopadoop]

Like I said before, this is a manageable driver shortage without the panic buying. It's not new, we've had this driver shortage for weeks if not months, and nobody noticed.

I think a few people might have noticed empty or half-empty shelves in their supermarkets.

Covid passports. Search twitter for "Plan B".

Covid passports exist in most countries. If the gov't here thinks they need to manufacture a fuel crisis to sneak in covid passports then they must really think the population is full of nutters.

[Poopadoop]

There is if you're willing to accept that there might be an agenda to create havoc so it can be blamed on Brexit.

Why would Boris want people to blame it on Brexit? He's the one who started the panic by telling people not to panic. No-one would have even thought about panic-buying fuel because a few stations ran out somewhere on the other side of the country.

Or perhaps there's another agenda, such as a good old fashioned distraction.

Whatever it was that happened that was worse than this, I'm sure we'd have heard about it.

As much as government and media are filth and need to be held to account, that shouldn't mean the general public get a free pass to behave like idiots and then blame others. The public have to accept their share of responsibility, and in this case it's rather large. People should be capable of critical thinking, they should not just absorb whatever the media say.

I think it was George Carlin who said "Think about how stupid the average person is, then consider that half the population is even dumber than that."

Also, there comes a point where it's no longer people being stupid but it's rational to panic-buy. If you need petrol to get to work next week and there's a queue outside every station, you're going to join the queue before it all runs out. Mass hysteria of a sort, it's contagious. Just needs a spark to get it all started. It's easy to look at it from a distance and go 'what a bunch of idiots', but really it's just a few idiots to start it and everyone else is actually being fairly sensible. If I had needed to use my car for commuting in the next week, I would have been one of those people queueing up.