So the fuel strike is about the drivers pay and conditions rather than the fuel prices?
Yup
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17502973
Think you need to check out the facts on why they are striking, it's not to do with pay at all, it's to do with how their conditions are being changed for the worse, I doubt anybody would be happy with their working conditions being changed at the drop of a hat and told to get on with it. These drivers have paid a fortune to qualify to drive these fuel tankers so have a right to protect their income. To use the army to do their jobs is nothing short of scandalous, the government brought the idea of using the army to drive tankers I case of fuel blockades like back in the early 2000's, not to break a legal strike. Does anyone honestly think the army would want to be put in that position, I certainly don't think they do.
I need my car to get to work, I can't use public transport as i start very early AM. I also work as a hgv driver, so need roughly £400 of diesel a day, if there is no fuel I won't be able to work, no work = no pay, but these guys are protecting their jobs and income, so they will have my respect for that