While many have blamed Brexit for the shortage of drivers, Downing Street claimed it was a “temporary Covid-related shortage” also suffered by other countries around the world.
bahaha, surely
I don't think that's going to fix things. The supply chain is well and truly screwed for just about everyone.
I don't know how reliable this post is, but there is plenty of circumstantial evidence supporting it. Polsaker at least confirms that microchips are in obscenely high demand, and deliveries have been horribly unreliable for most of a year now.
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