STOP WHINGEINO!
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These pages frequently rehearse the argument that the British haulage industry is politically persecuted and popularly misunderstood. Hauliers constantly complain about fuel tax, unfair government policies, and unfair international competition.
Firstly,lwould like to point out that British industry has been under threat for decades, since our heavy industries were dismantled in the 1980s. And recently the political spotlight has been turned on the public sector, with teachers, nurses, police and many other sectors left reeling from political manipulation of their numbers and functions. The haulage industry is by no means alone in being unhappy about government intervention.
Secondly, this industry must realise that whingeing is not enough. If you feel strongly, then work together. Educate the public. Organise a proper PR campaign. And for goodness' sake, turn up to your own demonstrations. Presumably many of you had work to be doing an lAugust—and so put a few short-term contracts before your long-term survival.
Wake up, guys. If you don't do better than you did at Dover, then you'll have no-one but yourselves to blame if this industry collapses.