23 favourite tweets about the petrol, lorry driver (and anything else) shortage right now
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Just in case any of my British followers are concerned, here in France our food shops are fully stocked, our petrol stations have no queues or shortages and we remain full members of the EU with all the rights, benefits and advantages that gives us.#Brexit
— RS Archer (@archer_rs) September 27, 2021
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Hi @MichaelRosenYes I suppose you’ve already seen this one 🤣⛽️ pic.twitter.com/U6L7S3fsGd
— Alan Wylie (@wylie_alan) September 27, 2021
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The UK is one big flash mob promoting the next Mad Max movie
— Olaf Falafel (@OFalafel) September 27, 2021
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Right wingers: The British public survived the blitz!
We can handle anythingThe British public:
My car's got a full tank & now I'm filling up these 10 Farmfood carrier bags just in case.— joe heenan (@joeheenan) September 27, 2021
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Brexit in five stages:
Things will be better.
Things won’t be *that* bad.
Things are bad but it’s not our fault.
Things are awful but that was the plan.
I have no idea what they’ll claim next.— James O'Brien (@mrjamesob) September 25, 2021
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I suppose we just have to hope the same drivers we threw out months ago, haven’t filled vacancies elsewhere and would now like to happily return and spend a few months here before being told to go back home. Again. Aren’t we lovely?
— Adil Ray OBE (@adilray) September 25, 2021
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2012: Army called in: Olympics
2019: Army called in: Floods
2020: Army called in: COVID
2021: Army called in: Fuel crisisCalling the army is becoming a govt reflex, because it's one of the last tools of the state that reliably works. This isn't a good thing.
— Tom McTague (@TomMcTague) September 27, 2021
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Going to the local Esso https://t.co/yuNWA4L217
— James Felton (@JimMFelton) September 26, 2021
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I'll probably lose a few followers for writing this but I'm beginning to think Brexit isn't going very well
— joe heenan (@joeheenan) September 27, 2021
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https://twitter.com/nicolebowmann/status/1441864458444279812?s=20
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This ‘Inbetweeners’ takedown of people panic buying petrol is today’s most British thing