British Vice Prime Minister: Criminals could drive trucks

British Vice Prime Minister: Criminals could drive trucks

“We have let prisoners and criminals work on a voluntary basis and unpaid,” said Raab – Justice Minister since the recent cabinet reshuffle – the “Spectator”. “Why not let them do paid work when there are bottlenecks, if it has an economic and social benefit?”

It is estimated that the UK is currently lacking more than 100,000 truck drivers. This creates major problems, especially at British petrol stations. Because no longer enough tank trucks were able to bring the fuel to the spot, countless filling stations have been left on dry land in the past few days. Even supermarkets have already had bottlenecks in some products.

After the British government called on the population not to panic, the situation got worse: there were long queues in front of those petrol stations that still had petrol and diesel in stock. Now the cabinet seems to have learned from its mistakes. The BBC reported Thursday, citing internal documents, that the government had ordered municipalities not to use the words “panic” or “panic buying” in their public communications regarding fuel.

The outline of the truck driver

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