http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article4103812.ece

"Downing Street today urged the public not to panic buy petrol as a
threatened four-day strike by tanker drivers nears.

Gordon Brown's spokesman urged both sides in the strike to reach a
resolution, to prevent petrol stations starting to run out of fuel
from the weekend. "

"“But the most responsible thing the public can do is to continue to
buy as normal.”"

Whats more interesting is the comments left by the public on this
article.

"To W jones of Liverpool, if dad wants more money, he should find a
different job like the rest of us. Wages must be set by labour supply
and demand, not by unions holding consumers to ransom. Please don't
insult the military, police force, fire crews or nurses by complaining
about undesirable hours."

"You've the Armed Services fighting and dying for their country ..for
a pittance..and these gits earn this much for driving a lorry.
Madness..uttter madnes. Sack every one of 'em.there's enough unemplyed
people to take their place.Let the banks call in their mortgage loans
maybe they will think twice"

"£39,000 to drive a truck? Im quitting my grad job and becoming a
truck driver. Jeez, they better be doing 70 hours a week at least for
that. People complaining cost of petrol is high? Maybe that is part of
the reason, although a small one."

As I said to Conor despite there being a reason for them earing 1.5
times the national average ( which is they work 60 hr weeks not 40
IIRC) the press won't highlight this reason. People will thing jump
to the conclusion that its just money grabbing unions and greedy
drivers.

Unless the Union gets some decent PR going they are in danger of being
made the boogie man.

Fod