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was in control, who governs britain, is the government in control? boris johnson hopes this idea that the uk is moving from a low wage high immigration economy to a higher wage low immigration economy is a product of brexit is something that will be popular and it may well be in the longer term but the tricky issue is how quickly the short term issues can be resolved, and i think the other question is the extent to which people blame the private sector for not changing things quickly enough, for instance in the haulage industry or in aspects of the food processing industry, or do people blame the prime ministerfor what is happening? people blame the prime minister for what is happening? what is happening? chris, good to see ou. retailers say petrol supplies are still not getting to london and south east england, with more than a fifth of forecourts still dry. the petrol retailers association said it hoped the army driving tankers would help
driving tankers would help increase fuel deliveries. but it said the crisis is virtually at an end in scotland, the north and midlands . on sunday morning, up to 22% of filling stations in the uk s most populous region were dry. but the pra said only 6% of stations were dry in the midlands, northern england and scotland. brian madderson is chairman of the petrol retailers association, which represents nearly 5,500 of the uk s 8,000 filling stations. a short while ago, i asked him for his latest update on the situation around the country. we decided to drill down this morning, and what we found was quite revealing. two thirds of the members providing their stats about stations were in the midlands, north and scotland and wales, and they were much improved,