talk festival about what people will experience when they wake up this morning. we are told that the shortage of fuel is limited to a certain number of petrol stations. but could this problem get worse? well, it s as simple as this. everything we get in britain comes on the back of a truck. if there is a shortage of hgv drivers, and there is, by100,000, there is a shortage of hgv drivers, and there is, by 100,000, there is an inevitability that we will not get all of the things we want when we want them. the logistics industry is brilliant at organising logistics, so it s not a case of running out of people should not panic buy. but they are struggling and working really hard to get essential deliveries right across the board, notjust petrol but absolutely everything you can think of, to the people who need it. there will be glitches because the supply chain on which we all depend is creaking. forgive me, you might be able to hear that there is one driver that