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news. manning. borisjohnson has said he s not worried about rising prices and the disruption to food and some fuel supplies, saying the country can t go back to what he called the failed model of the uk economy. the prime minister said the government can t magic up solutions and argued supply chains would sort themselves out . he was speaking to our political editor laura kuenssberg at the conservative party conference in manchester and her report contains some flash photography. this is fantastic. he doesn t hide how much he is enjoying himself. i had in the polls with a plum percussion of a huge majority back at parliament. but carefree? the country is not. with rising prices, some empty shelves. prime minister, why wasn t the government prepared for what you describe as very real stresses and strains on the country right now? this is a function of a global recovery and you are seeing stresses and strains caused by the world economy sucking demand for
this is a function of a global recovery and you are seeing stresses and strains caused by the world economy sucking demand for everything from gas to hgv drivers across the planet. rather than government stepping in to mend and patch and mend every bit of our supply chains, what you ve got in this country is fantastic expertise, fantastic skill in logistics, you listen to some of the supermarkets, they will manage this. but it is real world problems people are facing. you were warned back in april about the shortage of hgv drivers, you were warned about fuel costs back in july. there was a letter to you from the meat industry back injune. isn t the point that you were warned about every single one of these issues and you are basically still sitting saying, well, the government might be able to help around the edges but basically business has got to sort it out? on all of those issues, and certainly there are issues in all of those sectors, but what you can t do and must not do, laura,