Thousands of gas stations in the UK have no gas

The British Gasoline Retailers Association said that thousands of gas stations sold out fuel on the 26th

BP said on the 26th that this oil company sold out fuel at nearly one-third of the gas stations in the UK that day

The Associated Press reported that in the past weekend, there were long queues of cars at the gates of some gas stations in the UK, and some motorists waited for hours to refuel

In the eyes of Brian Madsen, president of the Gasoline Retailers Association, the fuel shortage is purely the result of "panic buying

Industry insiders have analyzed that, dragged down by factors such as the new crown epidemic, the aging labor force and the departure of a large number of foreign workers from the UK’s “Brexit”, the UK has a shortage of at least tens of thousands of truck drivers

The British government announced on the 25th that it will introduce about 5,000 truck drivers in October by issuing three-month visas and issue an additional 5,500 visas for workers in the poultry industry to alleviate the "employment shortage"

Many industry associations welcome this decision, but the British Retail Association believes that the relevant measures are "too small and come too late

Ruby McGregor-Smith, president of the Federation of British Industry, said that the above measures by the British government are just "dropping the bill