UK Fuel Delivery Strike Threats

[fish5133]

On wirral yesterday and today most petrol stations with long queues and closing with no fuel. Radio playing it down by saying some garages when in fact everyone i passed had large queues.

An interesting study for those in control of propaganda at the response of joe public to government pronouncements and media stories.
Seems ironic in the release of report about why riots happened.

[TonyGosling]

From last year: In the 1990s, there were over 19000 filling stations in the UK. Today, the total stands at less than 9000
http://mobile.uk.msn.com/device/car/news/article.aspx?cp-documentid=96 99717

Very interesting this - do I detect an exercise of some sort?
I've just been on the road and seen NO above average fuel queues round Bristol at all.
Since the massive reduction of filling stations over the last 15 years by 40% or so ordinary garages round Bristol have been extremely busy.
This is becoming entirely normal now as the Oil Companies' infrastructure can only just cope with present demand in many urban or semi-urban areas.
Since so many feul stations are already working at capacity HOW CAN IT BE POSSIBLE for them to RUN OUT OF FUEL even though there is no strike?
It can't!

Looks to me like the North West is being experimented on because down here there is no noticable demand over and above the norm - which is petrol stations running at capacity with usually the equivalent of one car waiting behind every car that is actually filling up at the pump.
At peak times, rush hours, the maximum load goes up to two cars waiting for every single pump which means cars are queuing down the road.
This has become NORMAL - repeat NORMAL - over the last half-decade or so as filling stations are being closed.
Once a long queue starts to form as above outside a filling station with say 12 pumps - a queue of 12 cars inside and 12 cars outside the station waiting is the norm.
At that point queues reach a natural limit as drivers low-ish on fuel will not bother - preferring to put off filling up to a convenient off-peak time say the next day.
This NE fuel running out thing HAS to be fixed. Therefore the tanker drivers' union maywell be part of the game, or exercise. What other explanation is there?
Who is the strike leader? Who is blocking health & safety at the employers like Hoyer?
Who and what is Hoyer?
Who are these individuals?

[TonyGosling]

Gleaned from The Guardian
Around 2,000 drivers were balloted at at seven companies
Drivers for 5 of the 7 said yes.
Drivers at:
DHL backed action short of a strike.
J. W. Suckling, which supplies Jet and Total rejected strike.

Hoyer is the only of the striking yes ballot firm named here.
"Unite members working for five fuel distribution firms delivering fuel for household names, including, Tesco, Sainsbury's, BP, Shell and Esso, backed the call for strike action"
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/mar/26/government-talks-fuel-t anker-drivers-strike

[TonyGosling]

None of these companies except DHL & BP display their company brand logo on their tankers do they?
Why is that?
Because there is no real market or competition when it comes to the energy business.
Why on earth would any half-decent company want to stay anonymous?
Because these are cults not companies.

The Telegraph is better:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/energy/fuel/9171811/Petrol-strikes-Qa ndA.html

Here are the 5 distribution firms who voted yes:

Turners
Norbert Dentressangle
Wincanton
BP (the only one which actually runs refineries and/or petrol stations)
Hoyer (rail freight cut-out firm rather too much like the Rockefeller monopoly Standard Oil)

These 5 deliver petrol to Shell, Esso, Tesco, BP and Sainsbury’s.

[Husq]

Enough is enough - an oil trucker's story

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&hl=en&hl=en&v=AZidpiFbnT I&gl=US

It seems the Police are now closing some petrol stations down

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2121984/Fuel-panic-ministers-s ay-wait-cars-tank-half-topping-up.html

The strike has not yet been announced. Govt propaganda to wind people up methinks.

[Mark Gobell]

Tories in false-flag "petrol"scam ...

[TonyGosling]

Deregulation of fuel tankers

Link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZidpiFbnTI

Unite fuel tanker drivers are working in an increasingly fragmented and unstable industry. The contract merry-go-round means that drivers are being passed around like the vital commodity they deliver. With each new employer the drivers suffer further attacks on their working conditions. Enough is Enough, end oil industry greed. Back Unite's call for industry minimum standards on health & safety, training and an industry-wide pension scheme, pay and terms and conditions.