They didn’t whip it up - they reported what was happening and people chose how to respond. Now it’s chaotic and they’re reporting it as such.
Do you get angry with Shefali when she forecasts rain at the weekend as well? Whipping up thunderstorms, all for clicks probably.
Of course they knew what they were doing in how they reported it. Are you that naive?
"People chose how to respond".
It was known full well how they wanted people to respond. It was obvious to anybody with eyes.
Getting a bit tinfoil hat here.
Yes, it is chaotic now because of how it is being whipped up. Do you still struggle to understand that?
There is no risk of there being no fuel, there is plenty of petrol and diesel but while people are rushing out to fill any container they can then garages will run out until they can get another delivery. It's common sense.
Is it chaotic? I passed 3 petrol stations on the way to work, only Shell on Anstry Rd had queues and it was only a couple of cars.
It is now! I can't move anymore, I feel like I've just been doing some kind of economy run rally, and every fuel station I've gone past has been out of diesel.Is it chaotic?
So it's tinfoil hat to point out it's obvious to anybody with eyes how it would be taken?
No - I pointed out something similar in my first post in this thread.
It’s tinfoil to say “they wanted people to respond” a certain way.
There’s a genuine discussion to be had about the first point, but if you honestly believe the second point, then it isn’t going to go very far.
It's fucking awful where I am, every road with a petrol station backed up for miles. These cunts almost certainly still have 2000 bog rolls in their spare rooms.Is it chaotic? I passed 3 petrol stations on the way to work, only Shell on Anstry Rd had queues and it was only a couple of cars.
DVLA sitting on 40,000 hgv applications .
We've also had a situation at work where people haven't been able to drive because DVLA haven't managed to renew their licenses .
Get back to fucking work Jesus wept
I took my lad swimming yesterday and had to get some diesel on the way home. It was the 8th petrol station by the time I found one with some.
I don't really buy the "it's all the media" narrative tbh. I think there is a supply issue, misleading comments like "there is plenty of fuel in the UK" disguise that fuel is pretty useless sat in a refinery. The reporting may have led to some panic buying but that was Kwasi Karteng who said "No need to panic buy" which probably shows the credibility a government of liars has with the public.
Yes a lot of DVLA workers are working from home and have been hopeless at processing documents
I think this also. I'm sure there is less than normal (like the bog roll) but if the general public were normal and not fucking morons there would still be plenty for everyone (again like the bog roll.)I'm not sure there is any "may" about it? It did cause the panic buying.
If people were filling up as normal then it wouldn't really be putting so much strain on the garages trying to get fuel in while it's going out quicker than it can refill.
Find it bizarre how many people protect the media on here .
Tomorrow they will be moaning about it being tory ran .
The media are fucking woeful full stop
Vermin
Find it bizarre how many people protect the media on here , yet moan about its agenda when it's a narrative that fits their own belief .
The media are fucking woeful full stop
Vermin
You could flip that on its head and say there are people on here criticising the media who are quite content to go along with the scaremongering when it's stories like 10 million Turks due to descend on the UK.
For my part the only news I've listened to since last week was 5live and every report clearly repeated what the statement from the petrol company said which was a few stations will have shortages somake sure you've got enough fuel to get to the next one just in case.
People were still accusing them of stirring it up this morning! Some people just love an excuse to get their gammon on!
You could flip that on its head and say there are people on here criticising the media who are quite content to go along with the scaremongering when it's stories like 10 million Turks due to descend on the UK.
For my part the only news I've listened to since last week was 5live and every report clearly repeated what the statement from the petrol company said which was a few stations will have shortages somake sure you've got enough fuel to get to the next one just in case.
People were still accusing them of stirring it up this morning! Some people just love an excuse to get their gammon on!
I don’t disagree. But from the specifics of the insulate Britain protests new homes aren’t the issue it’s the estimated 20million older homes that have little to no insulation. The government do in fact have a scheme to insulate Britain called insulate Britain (assume the protests are deliberately using the same name) but it’s so badly funded and organised it’s basically achieving nothing. But it’s a boxed tick and that seems to be its only purpose.If its specifically about insulation then maybe......but building a load of new homes full of moribund technologies is fucknig stupid.....these new homes willbe old homes soon enough.....all fitted with gas boilers, no solar & still flushing drinknig water straight down the drain......
Their "protest" would be far better served trying to shape the future as opposed to trying to convince a few grannies to lob some kingspan in the loft....
Only if you’re a snowflake.isn’t gammon as a term now officially defined as bigotry?
I think this also. I'm sure there is less than normal (like the bog roll) but if the general public were normal and not fucking morons there would still be plenty for everyone (again like the bog roll.)
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You could flip that on its head and say there are people on here criticising the media who are quite content to go along with the scaremongering when it's stories like 10 million Turks due to descend on the UK.
For my part the only news I've listened to since last week was 5live and every report clearly repeated what the statement from the petrol company said which was a few stations will have shortages somake sure you've got enough fuel to get to the next one just in case.
People were still accusing them of stirring it up this morning! Some people just love an excuse to get their gammon on!
The media are still going on about it because now its actually worth going on about ..
The media The media can manipulate,influence ,persuade and pressurise society no doubt .. and they do often
Fuel supply: UK suspends competition law to get petrol to forecourts
It comes as the Petrol Retailers Association warns that up to two-thirds of its members are out of fuel.www.bbc.com
Without veering onto brexit, do the media really have the power to do this? They're on about the army getting involved now
But when you have people who know about these things confirming that the fuel cannot be delivered to fuel stations, and there are genuine shortages (to what degree nobody really knows), what were you expecting people to do?
Find it bizarre how many people protect the media on here when it suits their argument
Tomorrow they will be moaning about it being tory ran .
The media are fucking woeful full stop
Vermin
The media are woeful but they're not the sole cause of this is what I am sayingFind it bizarre how many people protect the media on here when it suits their argument
Tomorrow they will be moaning about it being tory ran .
The media are fucking woeful full stop
Vermin
And clint .. sadly in your arguments case , it's not just the "Gammon" blaming the media
The media are still going on about it because now its actually worth going on about ..
The media The media can manipulate,influence ,persuade and pressurise society no doubt .. and they do often
I've said for many years my opinion on the media on here
isn’t gammon as a term now officially defined as bigotry?
The media are woeful but they're not the sole cause of this is what I am saying
Fuel supply: UK suspends competition law to get petrol to forecourts
It comes as the Petrol Retailers Association warns that up to two-thirds of its members are out of fuel.www.bbc.com
what were you expecting people to do?
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