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Petrol stations throughout the UK are beginning to shut due to strike that will likely to be taking place on Monday 2nd<\/sup> April 2012.<\/p>\n

Drivers throughout the UK are rushing to petrol stations after the Government alerted the country of a possible tanker driver strike.  The Government advised drivers to fill up their cars as soon as possible and to also fill up a jerry can to keep safe in the need of an emergency.<\/p>\n

Police & Fire services were called out to forecourts amid chaos at garages with a garage in Bournemouth having to close at 11am due to drivers arguing over queue-jumping in a half-a-mile tailback of cars waiting to fill up.<\/p>\n

The government have since re-tracked their comments and now recommending only topping up cars with half empty tanks.<\/p>\n

Ed Miliband has called David Cameron and Francis Maude, the Cabinet Office minister initially responsible for the message, to apologise. Miliband said: “The prime minister is presiding over a shambles on petrol.”<\/p>\n

He followed by saying in a statement: “In a delicate situation which demanded statesmanship, the government showed partisanship. They made a crude decision to play politics with petrol without regard for the consequence.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Petrol stations throughout the UK are beginning to shut due to strike that will likely to be taking place on Monday 2nd April 2012.<\/p>\n

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