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The Bunker – News without the nonsense

Lorry Seems To Be The Hardest Work

The Bunker – News without the nonsense

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News, Government, Politics, Society & Culture

4.61K Ratings

🗓️ 14 September 2021

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

As we brace ourselves for “permanent” shop shortages and price hikes, we hear from lorry driver and transport expert Tom Reddy and Food and Drink Scotland’s James Withers on what’s behind the HGV driver shortages. Plus: how did hapless Education Secretary Gavin Williamson get to where he is today, and what does it take to make a sporting hero? And from the States, Joanna Walters unpacks Texas’ constitutional battle over abortion. "The margins in hauling are next to nothing." - Tom Reddy "I'm only 36, and I'm already tired of lorry driving. Nothing is changing in the conditions of the job." - Tom Reddy "Eastern European lorry drivers work a lot harder than we do." – Tom Reddy "It suits Boris Johnson to have an Education Secretary like Gavin Williamson - someone who won't slag him off, or make him look incompetent." - Ayesha Hazarika "We always think of Texas as being solidly Republican. But the game is still in play." - Justin Quirk "I still think Gareth Southgate should be Prime Minister." - Ayesha Hazarika "Women's sports is only now coming anywhere near gender parity." - Ayesha Hazarika https://www.patreon.com/bunkercast Presented by Ros Taylor with Justin Quirk and Ayesha Hazarika. Produced by Andrew Harrison. Assistant producers: Jacob Archbold and Jelena Sofronijevic . Music by Kenny Dickinson. Audio production by Alex Rees. The Bunker is a Podmasters Production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

My name is Stan. I'm at. Nice to meet you. So you took up photography where? I've always loved

0:05.4

photography but I turn it into earning a living at 60. I enrolled on a day course.

0:11.8

Well college. I loved going to college. It's good you can retrain. I'm enrolled on the day course. But college?

0:13.0

I love to go to college.

0:14.0

It's good you can retrain and do something.

0:16.0

Yeah, yeah.

0:17.0

Let's talk about working, learning, saving and making the most of living longer.

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From those happy greetings at the door to the warm

0:35.2

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Essential for their overall well-being and a happy, healthy life. They give you plenty of smiles so

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look after theirs with dental life. Pick up dental life in the pet food aisle. Hello and welcome to this week's round table edition of the bunker. I'm Ros Taylor.

1:15.0

Last week I agreed to eat some insects in the bunker studio for a special edition on the joys of

1:20.0

munching on bugs. We called it buzzfeed. Only for a listener to inform me that Brexit is putting

1:25.4

Britain's entire insect farming industry in jeopardy. Stock up on your salt and vinegar crickets now, that's my advice.

1:32.1

On the show this week week we'll be asking how

1:34.0

Gavin Williamson got where he is today and whether he will now go away

1:37.5

lorry driver a transport expert Tom Reddy will be talking about what's

1:41.3

causing the food shortages and price rises

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