This is London Calling.

You've seen the global economy really sucking in a huge amount of demand at the moment

for gas, for lorry drivers or shortages around the world. It's affecting

countries across the world, but we've got to make sure we have everything in

place as the recovery continues and that's what we're doing.

Welcome to London Calling, me, Jamesanker and my very good friend Mr.

Toby Young.

Tobes, do I sound a long way away?

You do?

Where are you, James?

Good, you picked up that cue nicely.

I'm actually in Croatia.

Wow.

And it's really nice.

I mean, I have to say say I have no desire whatsoever to go back to

England where I understand the ongoing fuel shortages and they're bringing in the army to deal with it and it's a nightmare.

It's their fights are breaking out in garage four courts the length and breadth of the

country and yeah we've got it we've essentially trained the British population to be on a hair trigger and to panic at the slightest thing.

And even though there aren't actually any fuel shortages

somehow the notion that there are fuel shortages has triggered a nationwide panic

which means that people have been filling up their cars

filling up Jerry cans storing fuel in garages and the upshot is we now have a

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