PM: Shortages caused by ‘demand not supply’
The PM this morning said petrol shortages are caused by “demand, not supply” at the pumps, and said he had heard the situation was improving.
The Prime Minister told LBC: “I sympathise very much with the frustrations of people who have been queueing for petrol. I really, really do. I understand how infuriating it is when you can’t get petrol at the pumps, but I must repeat that this has overwhelmingly been a problem of demand, not supply.”
Mr Johnson added: “What I am getting at is that the tanker drivers, the lorry drivers, they have got more than the average week’s supply to the pumps for the last few days, and that is the situation.”
He continued: “I think even the Petrol Retailers Association have been saying that the situation has been improving markedly.
“What you are seeing is the UK economy coming back into life, really sort of stretching its legs, starting to move again, and of course there’s been a bit of creaking here and there because we haven’t had such activity in a long time.”
