NO BACKBONE
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I see that the drivers' action for the lowering of diesel prices has fallen through—once more it's the old British tradition of keeping a "stiff upper lip" in the face of adversity.
The thing is, the backbone has gone and the fighting spirit for what we believe in. Plus the fact that "certain" big haulage fleets didn't join in: they would have helped the cause a whole lot better by turning their fleets out, instead of sitting behind their desks saying It Why, oh why can't we be more like the rest of Europe and do what they do in cases like this? Instead of talking all the time, everybody calls for action, flagging out and any other things they can think of, instead of direct action In case they upset the people of this coun try, who can't see that if the haulage industry get the prices lowered it would benefit them as well.
I am sorry to say this, I know the industry will go on in one form or another, but like the coal and the steel industries, the Government makes noises, goes through the motions and waits till it runs out of steam. It then sits back and wonders what else it can do to kill it off properly. So the only thing I can say is the owners of the big fleets who didn't help must be sitting on the sidelines like vultures, looking at what comes out of this and seeing what business they can pick up as firms go to the wall, That's as much as I can say, before I really get upset and mad.
J Morrissy Cheadle, Cheshire.