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Exactly where is all this petrol that is waiting to be tankered? Can't we just drive there with a few jerry cans?
problem is, the hose they use to fill the tankers is a bit too big for the micky mouse filler on your car, it also pumps about 50 litres per second ! - you're going to need a good pair of wellies and put out the ciggy, you really need a skip on a trailer and fill that, try to avoid it sloshing out of the side as you drive home.Exactly where is all this petrol that is waiting to be tankered? Can't we just drive there with a few jerry cans?
HGV boss is accused of triggering petrol pump crisis: Ministers point the finger at ex-BBC man and diehard Remainer who 'leaked remarks made by a BP executive at a private Government meeting'
By GLEN OWEN POLITICAL EDITOR FOR THE MAIL ON SUNDAY
- Ministers say Rod McKenzie selectively leaked remarks made by BP executive at private Government meeting
- Senior sources suggested ex-BBC boss ‘weaponised’ the comments to deflect blame for UK’s supply chaos
- Mr McKenzie, who ran BBC Radio 1’s Newsbeat before joining the Road Haulage Association, denied the claim
- As managing director of policy for the RHA, he has blamed post-Brexit immigration restrictions for the crisis
PUBLISHED: 22:15, 25 September 2021 | UPDATED: 00:22, 26 September 2021
A former BBC boss opposed to Brexit has been accused of triggering the petrol pump crisis.
Ministers say Rod McKenzie sparked the nationwide panic-buying frenzy by selectively leaking remarks made by a BP executive at a private Government meeting. Senior sources suggested he ‘weaponised’ the comments to deflect blame for the UK’s supply chaos.
Mr McKenzie, who ran BBC Radio 1’s Newsbeat for more than two decades before joining the Road Haulage Association, last night denied the claim.
As managing director of policy for the RHA, he has blamed post-Brexit immigration restrictions for the crisis in the industry and has been leading calls for the Government to lift visa restrictions to allow more foreign drivers into the country.
According to a senior Government source, however, she also said the situation had been ‘going on for weeks’ and that very few forecourts had had to close. Crucially, those additional comments – which Government insiders believe would have prevented or at least reduced the panic-buying of fuel – were not made public.
Mr McKenzie said he did not take part in the meeting and firmly denied that there was any direct evidence that he or anyone at the RHA leaked the selective remarks.
But a senior Government source said: ‘McKenzie will have been aware of Ms Hofer’s comments and had every incentive to weaponise them. The RHA leak every meeting they have with us. They have a rap sheet as long as their arm.
‘McKenzie is just a moaning Remainer and he and the RHA are entirely responsible for this panic and chaos. We will deal with them when this is over.’
BP denied that any of its staff were behind the leak, with a spokeswoman saying it ‘would have been completely counter-productive’.
BP, Esso, Texaco and Shell last night introduced a £30 limit on fuel purchases after motorists were seen on forecourts filling multiple jerry cans.
The fuel crisis began to snowball last week after comments made by Hanna Hofer, head of BP’s retail business, at a Cabinet Office meeting were leaked. On September 16, Ms Hofer told civil servants, hauliers and other industry figures that the company had ‘two-thirds of normal forecourt stock levels’.
HGV boss is accused of triggering petrol pump crisis: Ministers point the finger at ex-BBC man and diehard Remainer who 'leaked remarks made by a BP executive at a private Government meeting'
By GLEN OWEN POLITICAL EDITOR FOR THE MAIL ON SUNDAY
- Ministers say Rod McKenzie selectively leaked remarks made by BP executive at private Government meeting
- Senior sources suggested ex-BBC boss ‘weaponised’ the comments to deflect blame for UK’s supply chaos
- Mr McKenzie, who ran BBC Radio 1’s Newsbeat before joining the Road Haulage Association, denied the claim
- As managing director of policy for the RHA, he has blamed post-Brexit immigration restrictions for the crisis
PUBLISHED: 22:15, 25 September 2021 | UPDATED: 00:22, 26 September 2021
A former BBC boss opposed to Brexit has been accused of triggering the petrol pump crisis.
Ministers say Rod McKenzie sparked the nationwide panic-buying frenzy by selectively leaking remarks made by a BP executive at a private Government meeting. Senior sources suggested he ‘weaponised’ the comments to deflect blame for the UK’s supply chaos.
Mr McKenzie, who ran BBC Radio 1’s Newsbeat for more than two decades before joining the Road Haulage Association, last night denied the claim.
As managing director of policy for the RHA, he has blamed post-Brexit immigration restrictions for the crisis in the industry and has been leading calls for the Government to lift visa restrictions to allow more foreign drivers into the country.
According to a senior Government source, however, she also said the situation had been ‘going on for weeks’ and that very few forecourts had had to close. Crucially, those additional comments – which Government insiders believe would have prevented or at least reduced the panic-buying of fuel – were not made public.
Mr McKenzie said he did not take part in the meeting and firmly denied that there was any direct evidence that he or anyone at the RHA leaked the selective remarks.
But a senior Government source said: ‘McKenzie will have been aware of Ms Hofer’s comments and had every incentive to weaponise them. The RHA leak every meeting they have with us. They have a rap sheet as long as their arm.
‘McKenzie is just a moaning Remainer and he and the RHA are entirely responsible for this panic and chaos. We will deal with them when this is over.’
BP denied that any of its staff were behind the leak, with a spokeswoman saying it ‘would have been completely counter-productive’.
BP, Esso, Texaco and Shell last night introduced a £30 limit on fuel purchases after motorists were seen on forecourts filling multiple jerry cans.
The fuel crisis began to snowball last week after comments made by Hanna Hofer, head of BP’s retail business, at a Cabinet Office meeting were leaked. On September 16, Ms Hofer told civil servants, hauliers and other industry figures that the company had ‘two-thirds of normal forecourt stock levels’.
So stuff everybody queuing up,you just pushed in front of everyone.I've just got back. Struck lucky at my 6th station. I was in the red and filled up - £9.76! I was on my scooter and I zipped past about 30 vehicles in the queue, switched off and pushed it past the last dozen or so, straight onto the pump. I wouldn’t bother but I have to get to the Olympic park in Stratford tomorrow and I’d prefer not to use pubic (and I do mean pubic) transport if I can a avoid it. I’ve never seen so many women in petrol stations wearing pyjamas!
Not to mention the government have changed the Visa entitlements to resolve (according to you) a non-existent problem.I drove 150 miles from North to South Wales yesterday (a Sunday). Lots of petrol tankers on the roads and all petrol stations enroute ( A roads) had petrol with insignificant queues. It seems its only the urban/highly populated towns which are suffering shortages. All because the media has made a crisis over a couple of insignificant stations being temporarily out of fuel.
Not to mention the government have changed the Visa entitlements to resolve (according to you) a non-existent problem.
It seems its only the urban/highly populated towns which are suffering shortages.
Yes, townies. No sense at all.
been out and about today in North Northumberland / Scottish Borders, filling stations all seemed normal, no queues at all. Is it really just big cities (or maybe just london) where this madness is taking place.I drove 150 miles from North to South Wales yesterday (a Sunday). Lots of petrol tankers on the roads and all petrol stations enroute ( A roads) had petrol with insignificant queues. It seems its only the urban/highly populated towns which are suffering shortages. All because the media has made a crisis over a couple of insignificant stations being temporarily out of fuel.