Keep calm and carry on
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The US and European economies are going to hell in a handcart, areas of the biggest cities in the UK are war zones – and yet the transport industry just keeps on going.
If ever a deep breath was required, followed by a royal declaration of “keep calm and carry on”, now is the time. As CM closed for press, it appeared that the transport industry had escaped largely unscathed from the madness that engulfed parts of London and other major cities (notwithstanding that some of our staff were way too close to the action for comfort). No doubt some of the unrest was driven by a genuine sense of inequality – and that feeling is everywhere in society and business, none more so than that caused by the high price of fuel.
The desire of the sharp end of the transport industry to protest over fuel prices seems to have diminished over the past few months and we hope that no operator thinks now is the time to man the barricades and loot the nearest fuel stations. Those who use unrest (whether violence and destruction or disruptive protests) in an attempt to right perceived wrongs have no place in society, and society at large is right to scorn them. The FairFuelUK campaign continues to keep the pressure on, and we're proud to continue to back it. That the campaign’s petition on the government’s website tops the table with more than 21,000 signatures, ahead of banning capital punishment, is a silver lining in the grey clouds hovering over the UK.
We expect you all to back it too. Justin Stanton