Stag on E10 fuel?

[marshman]

French truckers' strike threatens chaos

Britons travelling in France could be caught in a damaging strike next week.UK hauliers are also set to be hit by the threatened stoppage by French truckers' unions.
The French workers are poised to start road blockades from 9pm on Sunday, should last-ditch talks in the pay-and-conditions row fail to produce a settlement.
"They are bound to target ports and that will hit both hauliers and trippers," said Geoff Dossetter of the UK's Freight Transport Association.
He went on: "We hope this does not turn out to be as devastating as the strikes in the late 1990s."
The British freight transport industry was severely hit by lengthy action by French transport workers in both 1996 and 1997.
There were numerous roadblocks set up around France and some UK lorry drivers were stranded for days at a time.
Since then, there have been isolated short strikes but it has been mainly quiet on the dispute front over the past two years.
France is already being hit by a protest from farmers who have used tractors and vegetable crates to block food distribution centres.

Its in the Daily Mail so must be true.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz4ocqg9JyA
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Pretty sure that is a very old news story. I think Geoff Dossetter left the FTA in 2009. The Daily Mail online is naughty as they don't appear to put dates on their "news" articles.

[Guest]

I'm in France now and have had to use E10
a few times as some service stations didn't have sp95. not had an issue yet, I've probably got 2 more fill ups. I may fill up with sp98 but that may just be a waste of money at €1.53 per litre!

[Jeff]

It was dated Wednesday, Aug 2nd 2017so not old news.

[Guest]

Hope they don't start tomorrow!

[dasadrew]

It was dated Wednesday, Aug 2nd 2017so not old news.

That page is amazing - it's like Harry Potter. Today, the article is dated 3rd August so they are really bang up to date! I've winged off an eMail to Le Monde telling them to get their act together.

Thank goodness big decisions aren't made on the basis of newspaper reports!

[Radenac]

Panic over, today's Mail.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-148883/French-truckers-strike-fails-block-port.html

What a shabby paper.

[dasadrew]

First evidence of a time machine in practical use too:

Air services between the UK and France were being badly affected by a separate dispute involving French air traffic controllers from 10pm today to 6am on Wednesday

[dasadrew]

"Go" ceased to exist in 2003, so the article was at least before then.

Budget carrier Go was also rescheduling its flights to Nice and Lyon, and low-cost carriers Ryanair, buzz and easyJet said they were monitoring the situation and were poised to make changes if necessary.

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[Radenac]

[marshman]

It was dated Wednesday, Aug 2nd 2017so not old news.

Jeff, the date at the top is the current date NOT the date the article was published. If you look now it will say Aug 3rd 2017. The original article was first published on Nov 22nd 2002.

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That was 15, YES FIFTEEN, years ago. Just goes to show how easy it is to start rumours on the internet. As I said in my first comment, The Daily Mail, and many other online news sites, do not print the date of the article on their webpage so you don't know how old the news is.

Roger

[marshman]

Panic over, today's Mail.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-148883/French-truckers-strike-fails-block-port.html

What a shabby paper.

That story is 15 years old as well, published Nov 25th 2002!

[Radenac]

Thanks Marshman, I was actually being a bit sarcastic (naughty me) as I would never dream of believing anything I read in the Mail, or the Express.

[dasadrew]

Thanks Marshman, I was actually being a bit sarcastic (naughty me) as I would never dream of believing anything I read in the Mail, or the Express.

... hope you're not solar powered either!

[Jeff]

Thanks Roger.

BUT there is some scare mongering on the Stag Face Book page.

[jagorstag]

Jeff, the date at the top is the current date NOT the date the article was published. If you look now it will say Aug 3rd 2017. The original article was first published on Nov 22nd 2002.

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That was 15, YES FIFTEEN, years ago. Just goes to show how easy it is to start rumours on the internet. As I said in my first comment, The Daily Mail, and many other online news sites, do not print the date of the article on their webpage so you don't know how old the news is.

Roger

Perhaps someone should tell The Donald that we have finally found the 'Fake News' he's been tweeting and talking so much about the last year or so!!!!