LAMBS TO THE SLAUGHTER
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When feelings run high people get hurt. Thankful ly the French Authorities appear to have finally reached that conclusion themselves. After previous incidents where French Police have reacted to attacks on foreign trucks carrying meat and livestock with what appears to have been a Gallic shrug, it looks as if France is finally getting tough with its farmers. Not before time.
Nothing in life is perfect, but nothing is going to be solved hurling a brick at a passing artic. It is a miracle that no driver hurt ...yet. Let's hope that those British hauliers that have the hands of the mob will be compensated adequately and Unfortunately, when it comes to getting compensation, the justice grind exceedingly slowly, as many TIR operators found cost the last time the lamb war flared up.
Of course this is not the first time that truck operators themselves in the front line of a political battle, and it certainly be the last. For those who can remember the Miners' Strike always be the disturbing memory of convoys of trucks with covered cabs carrying the coal into power stations. Considering opposition they encountered it's a wonder any operator do it. But then the really dirty jobs have a habit of paying No, the real question here is how long the road transport can continue to be a convenient buffer between opposing before somebody gets killed? Naturally enough it serves of politicians to say they will stand firm in the face of adversity, they will not be bullied by various sections of the community. was the last time you saw a politician driving a truckload British Government hasn't exactly been falling over itself about the treatment of British drivers, whether it is at the French farmers or in Greek jails. French politicians are a pragmatic lot, and if it means agreeing to higher subsidies get votes from a bunch of obstreperous sheep farmers ... In the meantime the only advice we can give to reefer livestock hauliers heading for France is keep your heads sidering the manner of some people's arguments the best to park the rig in a safe spot and wait until the protagonists their senses. Sadly, considering how often road hauliers get left holding the nasty end of the stick, it's unlikely to be all over by Christmas.