"Conor" wrote in message
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"Fuel tourism" is unworkable for 99% of UK haulage.

Sounds reasonable to me. So there's a level playing field there.

The problem seems to be an oversupply of haulage capacity, so prices get
pared to the bone and hauliers can't simply charge a working rate. I thought
the great shortage of drivers, as advertised all over usenet over the past
few years, would fix that, but apparently not.

If there is oversupply, then firms will be going to the wall - it's what
happens in other industry.

What proportion of UK haulage is done by UK drivers in UK trucks, foreign
drivers in UK trucks, and foreign drivers in foreign trucks?

Once we know that we can make an informed judgement about whether or not the
complaints about eg polish drivers and foreign lorries taking trade are
actually making a difference.

cheers,
clive