normally would. obviously those people who have a tendency to be anxious at these times, many will have filled their cars up and there does come a point, as we saw, with the previous rapid of panic buying during the pandemic and third, when people settle down, get your state i return to life as normal again. the quicker people get back to that, the better, there is no shortage of petrol and refineries are storage and the only reason we do not have a petulant forecourt is that people are buying petrol when they do not need it. we do not have petrol at forecourts. let s get more from our political correspondent nick eardley in westminster, you heard a georgia used to saying this is not down to any shortages georgia used as saying. he is basically blaming people who are queueing up at petrol stations this morning for that saying the
the centre left spd in germany, the social democrat party has claimed a clear mandate to govern after preliminary results in yesterday s parliamentary elections put them narrowly ahead of the long dominant conservative alliance. its leader, olaf scholz says he would seek to form a coalition with the parties that came third and fourth the greens and the free democrats. for more on this let s go now to david eades in berlin. hello and welcome to berlin where the leaders of germany s two main parties are both claiming the right to govern after this unpredictable election race. party, they have been quick to press home that advantage. their candidate for chancellor, olaf scholz, has been pushing the case to be the only party worthy of forming a coalition. their lead over the the centre right christian democrats, the party of angela merkel, may be slim, but it is a party which has just been handed its worst ever result in a national election.
joined a lengthy queue, to and behold, guys, i managed to fill my tank, and a key worker, an ambulance driverfrom london. if you need petrol, this is the place to come. so you are having to bring in and so petrol forecourt? that so you are having to bring in and so petrol forecourt? petrol forecourt? that is how it works at hillington. petrol forecourt? that is how it works at hillington. we - petrol forecourt? that is how it works at hillington. we have i petrol forecourt? that is how it| works at hillington. we have to petrol forecourt? that is how it. works at hillington. we have to go to the local station. four weeks ago we did not have any diesel at all. no diesel whatsoever. and since then, the diesel came back and now then, the diesel came back and now the queue is like two miles long. and you do not get any priority for being in an actual ambulance? no priority whatsoever. an ambulance driver talking about the difficulties he has had sourcing petrol.
people to buy petrol as normal. blaming panic buying for those queues and shortages at some petrol stations. he said there is no shortage of fuel and predicted things would calm down now that people who are anxious had filled up their cars. he says because of these current problems is that panic buying episode. the most important thing is for people to start buying petrol as they normally would. he says this would have been entirely manageable had we not see lots of media coverage around the fact that there were shortages and the public reaction to that. he has said a lack of hgv drivers is not a huge problem for the fuel sector. he said there are currently no plans to bring in the army to drive tankers. there has been a lot of speculation around that for days. let s bring in our correspondence. the issue is getting enough supplies to the pumps when there is such demand, what is the situation with
the price of fuel? the price of fuel? currently, it is a averaging the price of fuel? currently, it is a averaging around the price of fuel? currently, it is a averaging around 41 the price of fuel? currently, it is a averaging around 41 litre - the price of fuel? currently, it is a averaging around 41 litre of. a averaging around 41 litre of unleaded it is currently averaging around 1.32 41 litre. the price of oil is going up because of the demand since the pandemic it is £132 one litre. brent crude is $79 per barrel, up 20 20% it is “p $79 per barrel, up 20 20% it is up 20% since august. the chances are that petrol prices are likely to go up that petrol prices are likely to go up even more in the future. they are going to be trading off using that brent crude fuel to price of petrol in the future. what george eustice has said driver about shortages, saying that. you know. it is not. i think you said. there is a lack of hgv drivers but that won t