Cancellation reasons

BP garage on Blackpool Road opposite the street where I live ran out on Monday Price of diesel £135.9. They got a delivery last night price today £140.9.

You won’t get far off £30 worth of fuel.

I think that's spot on Nellie.

Having spoken to a few villagers this week I know many never have a full tank as they can't afford to have money sitting around like that. They put £10-15 in the tank every weekend for next week so they were panicking as they were the ones running nearer empty. Any selfish ones were the ones who had near full tanks and topped them up or used jerry cans for stockpiling when they didn't necessarily need to.

We usually use our local Asda or Morrisons, they have not had any queues.   

Diesel seems to be £134.7 at both.

Yes, I guess that may be true Nellie, and as ever, it will be those who have a real need who will be penalised by those who buy regardless of their need (like the lady reported last week as buying her £30 worth and then immediately moving on to the next pump for another £30 worth!) 

Kenexton - I don't buy this "there's no real problem, it's all the BBC conspiracy theory". The news on ITV, C4 and Sky were all reporting the same thing as we're most of the newspapers of all shades! And the government response of drafting in the army and issuing visas for European drivers simply confirms what a mess the country is in, hopefully temporarily, but who knows with this lot in charge of things? 

Yet more BBC hyperbole in support of the BBC "hidden agenda"?

I think that sentence tells where your real agenda lies. No mention by you of the right wing press stating exactly the same as the BBC. All one big conspiracy theory eh? First time the BBC, the Mirror and the Telegraph have got into bed together.

I'm see that you were able to get home fine but as CY states further up thread he had trouble finding fuel and had to cut short his break and I personally saw multiple garages closed last weekend when we were away and have continued to see some local ones still without fuel. So, no conspiracy theory. You'll just have to accept the BBC was right this time. Can't win them all.

I was chatting to a wagon driver the other day, he told me his wage was £11.60 per hour. How many on here would work for that amount  as a proper job not  just a pocket money job that a lot of pensioners do.

I can back that up, WN. Down in the SW there was no fuel at either of the two garages we passed at Wadebridge on Monday, however by Thursday, at Redruth we drove straight up to the pump at Morrison's for fuel having passed a couple of other filling stations with minimal queues to fill up.

Moulsey never said that there is "no problem" but that it is not quite as bad as is being reported.Conflation of separate  issues by the BBC dropped a pebble in the pond and the Media rippled on....the Public reacted to that.

The situation is far more complex than is being reported in the Media.I find to be  quite ironic that when "market forces " eventually work in  favour of a particular  employee group the former beneficiaries of former market conditions  in operaton  complain bitterly when circumstances work against their interests,

They blame the Government but we do not live in a centralised "command economy",so the power of the latter is very limited,

The BBC wanted the status quo to continue and lobbied for it, events turned out otherwise for them and their ilk.

It will all come out in the wash,eventually, regardless of whoever is in Power.

Had occasion to call Green Flag today, nothing to do with fuel shortage, but as I sat there listening to the recorded messages they made it clear they’re subject to the same supply problems as the rest of us and will not bring fuel to stranded motorists. Wouldn’t want to find myself in that situation a long way from home.