Johnny Bognor

Meanwhile the West stands by while this is going on..... Mobile crematoria in #Mariupol Mayor of Mariupol Vadim Boychenko said today that #Russian mobile crematoria have started operating in the city. According to him, tens of thousands of people could have died in Mariupol and the cremation, "covering up the traces of crimes". Show this thread

Whilst the EU parliament have voted unanimously to block all fossil fuel imports from Russia... what are the leaders going to do???

Couldnt stand this bloke on Brexit, but he has nailed it: Calling out the EU Leaders (and Germany in particular) on their pathetic sanctions... https://twitter.com/guyverhofstadt/status/1511667812137377804?s=20&t=1hBsUn1Yy2D0PhX8NOJtMw

Russia's losses in three weeks are greater than all military deaths in conflict since WW2 1945 to 2021 = Over this 74-year period there have been a total of 7,187 British military deaths in conflict And this covers the following wars: Malayan Emergency Anglo Egyptian War Korean War Northern Ireland Falklands War Gulf War Bosnia War Kosovo War Iraq War Afghanistan

I think the west need to stop referring to sanctions, as sanctions They should be referred to as a special financial operation designed to help Russians

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As far as I remember, the whole point of the EU was to prevent another European war. As this has clearly failed, should the EU now be disbanded?

As far as I remember, the whole point of the EU was to prevent another European war. As this has clearly failed, should the EU now be disbanded?

Indeed. The Mayor of Kyiv being none other than Wladimir Klitschko (Former world Heavyweight champion) I'd like to see a one-onone, the mayor of Kyiv vs the Russian President Winner-takes-all

Whilst I don’t think Brexit has helped, Freedom of Movement hasn’t exactly helped the Germans find their missing 60,000 drivers loooool

In fact the IRU (International Road Transport Union) don't even mention Brexit in their latest statement which highlights a global issue https://www.iru.org/resources/newsroom/new-iru-survey-shows-driver-shortages-soar-2021 Anyone would think that the UK is the only one suffering. Surely, the remainers would look to their European friends to see how they are getting along before trying to clutch at straws????

But it's all down to Brexit, isn't it?????? I mean, that's what the remainers on here would have you believe... But according to Transport Insight, a specialist in the area, it has been bubbling for years and is now affecting our European friends, despite all of their lorry drivers going home... Poland: According to Ti estimates, the shortage in Poland in 2020 is around 124,000 drivers. According to IRU, Poland is one of the most heavily impacted European countries and driver shortage in 2020 stands at around 37%. Germany: Between 45,000 and 60,000 truck drivers are ‘missing’ in 2020 in the German market alone, according to the DSLV and BGL, and this number is only increasing. The IRU predicts a gap of 185,000 drivers by 2027 in Germany. France: In 2019 it has been reported by several news outlets that France is experiencing a shortage of approximately 43,000 drivers. Spain: According to Ti estimates, the shortfall of truck drivers in Spain was 15,340 in 2020. Italy: The shortfall in Italy in 2019 was estimated at around 15,000 drivers according to various sources including National newspaper Corriere della Sera. 4 European Driver Shortages Denmark, Norway & Sweden: The Scandinavian countries figures are not as high, but the shortage of drivers has spread across Europe. The shortage figures from 2017 for Sweden, Denmark and Norway are 5,000, 2,500 and 3,000, respectively. Belarus: In 2019, it was estimated that there is a shortage of 4,500 drivers in Belarus. Ukraine: The deficit of drivers in Ukraine in 2019 ranged from 12,000 to 120,000 depending on the region. Ignoring the driver shortages everywhere else, which has nothing to do with Brexit, they go on to say... The driver shortages have been affecting the global road freight market for around 15 years. The issue comes as the pool of truck drivers is contracting but demand for transport is rising. The COVID-19 pandemic has further exacerbated the already alarming issue of driver shortages as new drivers have been unable to train and take their tests and Covid restrictions make the job even less attractive. Even before the pandemic a serious cause for concern in the industry, the lack of drivers in the road transport industry was at an all-time high, with many of its underlying issues being long-term challenges. Factors such as an aging workforce and insufficient numbers of new recruits, due to working conditions and image issues of the profession, have been plaguing the industry for many years.

The thing I don't understand, is that if all the Eastern European lorry drivers have gone home, why does Poland have a shortage of 100,000+ lorry drivers? They clearly haven't gone to Germany either with their shortage of 60,000+ HGV drivers

If there were better candidates that didn't come forward, by default, that makes them pretty shit candidates. If they're not prepared to step forward and save their party (which is dying on its arse), who would want them running the country anyway?

Shouldn't the government produce a policy on what we should eat? Seems like the best way to battle Covid. Whilst some people don't know whether they should book a holiday or not, I don't even know what to have for breakfast FFS

Ursula von der Leyen accidentally made the case for Brexit while apologising to Europe for the slow pace of her vaccine roll-out today - admitting that solo countries will be quicker at getting things done. Attempting to justify why the EU signed deals for Covid vaccines weeks or months after the UK, she said on Friday that countries acting alone are 'like a speedboat' while the EU 'is more of a tanker.' LOL

Damn those Brexiteers.. https://metro.co.uk/2021/02/05/cadbury-to-bring-most-production-of-dairy-milk-back-to-uk-from-europe-14026912/?ito=push-notification&ci=74646&si=20393567

It highlights the inefficiencies of the EU when it comes to negotiating... anything from trade deals to vaccines

We have been able to do our own thing, but that doesn't detract from the fact that the EU's handling of vaccines as been nothing short of a shambles "The EU is acting 'slowly, bureaucratically and protectionist... and if something goes wrong, it's everyone else's fault" fumed a front-page editorial in Die Zeit, one of Germany's best-respected broadsheets. The German's are now mugging the EU off LOL

Indeed. An unforeseen benefit of not being in the EU was a more effective procurement process for vaccines. The EU signed vaccine contracts three months after the UK and are now bitching that they've not got their fair share. They dragged their feet, as they usually do, but somehow it's someone else's fault

Indeed. I jumped on a Ryan Air flight (booked mid-June) to Ibiza last week. I knew the risks and was prepared to take them. But with return flights costing £60 each and free cancellation on hotels, it was worth the risk. Those that can work from home, won't have an issue with the 14 day quarantine on return. I was shocked at how serious the Spanish take on Covid-19 is. They are way more stricter than us. The only people seeming to break the rules out there were the British tourists. It feels safer out there, than it does back here TBH

Just around the corner...

There is an honourable tradition in British public life that those charged with authority at the top of an organisation should accept responsibility for what happens in that organisation, Pal

Kier Starmer obviously apologised for nothing then... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20992789 https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2013/jan/11/jimmy-savile-police-report

Shame he didn't apply the same level of forensic scrutiny, when the crimes of Jimmy Saville were dismissed for insufficient evidence by the CPS