For fear of running out, the British have been rushing, for several days, on fuel as soon as a service station offers it.
And further aggravate the gasoline shortage in the United Kingdom.
Plagued by supply problems linked to the Covid-19 health crisis and Brexit, the United Kingdom is forced to call on the military to ask them, if the situation were to get complicated, to manage these supplies.
The crisis started in the middle of last week after a confidential report from BP to the government leaked, describing a few dozen gas stations closing for lack of fuel.
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Shortages of gasoline or diesel are initially due to the lack of truck drivers to transport it from the storage terminals to the pumps.
The lockdowns prompted some European drivers to return to their country, and tens of thousands of others were unable to pass their heavy goods vehicle licenses because of the examination centers closed for months.
The shortage of truck drivers has been going on for several months due to the combined pandemic and Brexit, with Labor accusing Boris Johnson's Tory government of 'falling asleep at the wheel' and not intervening before.
Brexit also complicates migration procedures where European workers previously circulated freely.