UK Government Changes Advice to Avoid the Chaos

The British Government now stated that there is no urgent need for drivers to top up petrol tanks after the Unite union ruled out a strike by tanker drivers over Easter. The UK Cabinet Office Minister, Francis Maude is getting calls to resign after suggesting that people should stockpile petrol in jerry cans. UK Prime Minister David Cameron also stated that it would be sensible for drivers to top up their tanks due to the potential for strike action, while others in Government suggested motorists keep their tanks two thirds full.British consumers are taking these advices very seriously and it resulted in long queues at petrol stations as drivers rushed to fill up their vehicles. Shockingly there were even reports of one woman filling up jam jars and empty paint tins with fuel. According to the estimation of petrol industry officials the number of forecourts that had run dry was probably "in the thousands".On the website of the Department for Energy and Climate Change fresh advice was posted on Saturday morning that under a banner urging motorists to follow this sensible advice before there is a strike and while there are no supply problems. It revealed that there is no need to queue at petrol forecourts. There is no urgency to top up your tank, a strike will not happen over Easter. A Unite union representing 2,000 tanker drivers, threatened to strike. Talks will begin on Monday through the conciliation service Acas. As per the director of the RAC Foundation, professor Stephen GlaisterUnite’s decision to hold off on strike action should give everyone breathing space and ease the pressure at the pumps. However there was little sign of the panic letting up as drivers formed queues of up to half a mile at those filling stations still holding supplies. The UK Government has been under pressure to invoke emergency powers giving 999 vehicles priority at filling stations. Apply for payday loans uk and get quick cash in no time.Southern England regional secretary for the GMB union, Paul Maloney which represents ambulance drivers, said there had been “widespread” problems getting hold of fuel. After a 46-year-old woman suffered 40 per cent burns when petrol ignited as she poured it into containers in her kitchen, Labour MPs have called for Mr. Maude to resign. Chairman of the conservative party Baroness Warsi has responded angrily to the suggestion that Mr. Maude should stand down.